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Neiman Marcus is testing a digital "Memory Mirror" that uses video to let shoppers see how outfits they have tried on look from the back.

Magic Mirror, At The Store, Should This Top Go In My Drawer?

Craning your neck in the dressing room is just part of the shopping experience. But Neiman Marcus hopes a new digital "Memory Mirror" will make it easier to find something that fits just right.

Raw To Ready: Bombardier

Airs Wednesday, November 6, 2013 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Governor Praises New Supreme Court Nominee

Governor Jerry Brown says Stanford Law Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar is smart and even-tempered.

A guard motions to a medic, left, who arrived with a stretcher to Waller County Jail in Hempstead, Texas, on July 13, the day Sandra Bland died at the jail. Officials said Thursday that an autopsy did not find signs that Bland's death was a homicide.

Autopsy Of Sandra Bland Doesn't Suggest Homicide, Texas County Officials Say

The prosecutors' presentation Thursday included several color photographs of Bland's body – including her neck, which had a thick dark line curving across it.

What Winter Will Be Like In 100 Years

Milder or wilder? Wetter or drier? A hard cold look at the future of the season.

In the current version of the Fitnet App, the camera of an exerciser's smartphone captures data from him (upper left), while a prerecorded trainer guides him through a workout. A clock (bottom center) shows elapsed time. The orange dots (upper left) indicate he's following her routine well, as judged by the camera and phone's app. The app can also estimate the exerciser's number of steps.

Fitness App Aims To Deliver Live Feedback From A Personal Trainer 24/7

The Fitnet app uses your phone's camera to analyze your workout and give feedback. Next step is a live trainer on the other end. The hitch: Your Internet speed likely needs to be 40 times faster.

Q&A: The Teaching Brain

We hear a lot about the brains of learners. A new book explores the brain processes involved in teaching.

One goal of Buffett's research farm is to find better crops for poor subsistence farmers. He also runs two others similar to this one in Illinois and South Africa.

Howard Buffett Battles Hunger, Armed With Money And Science

Get Howard Buffett into the cab of a big ole' farm tractor and he's like a kid -- albeit a 58-year-old, gray-haired one. He's especially excited when it comes to the tractor's elaborate GPS system, which he describes as "very cool."

United has purchased 15 million gallons of renewable jet fuel made from beef tallow, or fat, by Alt Air Fuels and plans to use the fuel this year for Los Angeles-to-San Francisco flights.

Food Waste And Beef Fat Will Be Making Airplanes Soar

Biofuel producers are teaming up with farms, meatpackers and waste management companies to tap the gassy waste on farms to make renewable jet fuel and diesel for vehicles.

Study: Snack Might Help Avoid Fight With Spouse

Researchers say eating a candy bar might be a good idea if spouses are about to discuss something touchy, but that fruits and vegetables are a better long-term strategy for keeping blood sugar levels up.

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