Hands down, navigation is the most crucial part of a website’s design. Without a thoughtful navigation, users won’t be able to find their way around. In fact, they’ll just leave. That being said, there’s no reason to limit your navigation to a boring bar across the top of the page. You can still be creative …

For years, Niagara Falls was the destination of choice for those about to take the plunge, so what better way to celebrate New York’s passage of the same-sex marriage law than to light up the falls in welcome? Full story at Lance Bass’ Twitter via Jezebel. Celebrating in Niagara.

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A helmet outfitted with the sensors that measures impact of collision on the football field captured in real time the force that caused a player to break his neck. It is rare for a high school or college student to suffer a broken neck. Concussions are much more common. Each athlete’s body reacts differently to …

Despite a financial crisis, the GDPs of certain US cities still challenge that of countries of all sizes around the world, as Zara Matheson of the Martin Prosperity Institute discovered when compiling the above map. For example, who would have thought that Switzerland and Chicago had anything more in common than a lot of snow, …

Nothing’s worse than the feeling that you’ve made a bad first impression. It happens to the best of us, but that’s OK. BNET offers four simple ways to make a solid introduction, every time. For example: Embrace less is more. Brief introductions are always best. Provide the bare minimum the other person needs to know, …

Even if Don Draper himself fleshed out your latest ad campaign, nothing can replace the incredible value of providing customers with the best possible customer experience. Think about it, if you went the fanciest restaurant in town and everyone treated you poorly, would you go back? (Click on the infographic below to learn more.) Via …

One of the best fringe benefits of a cultural phenomenon like Harry Potter is the inspiration it provides to other talented artists. Take this BuzzFeed article for example, which features beautiful renderings of the horcruxes from the final installment of the Harry Potter series. Spoiler alert: If you haven’t read the last one, or seen …

Behold the world’s highest tennis court. It rests atop the fourth tallest hotel in the world, located in Dubai. When no one is playing, the court moonlights as a helipad. Here’s Roger Federer and Andre Agassi playing a few rounds.  You’d need a lot of balls to play up there (both kinds). Full story and …

Pottermania has reached a whole new level of bizarre with ultra-realistic baby dolls modeled after Harry Potter characters. Artist Tracy Ann Lister crafted the heebeejeebies-inducing, albeit quite impressive, newborns that are available for purchase on eBay. The dolls also provide a valuable life lesson: don’t get hosed on Butterbeer and knock robes with Voldemort. Via …

Can’t tell the difference between a Pentobarbital and a Secobarbital or a roach and a bomber? Fear not, drug rookies, because the Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs Identification Kit can help. Produced in the 1960s, Winston Products for Education created the drug ID kit as an instructional aid for schools and law enforcement agencies. Full story, …

A tweet by any other name just wouldn’t be the same, and the founders of Twitter are happy now they didn’t go with the original ideas for naming the social media service. While it’s funny to think of a country madly twitching over a women’s World Cup game, things wouldn’t be the same without the …