What To Know About Trump's Pardon Of Conservative Author Dinesh D'Souza

What To Know About Trump's Pardon Of Conservative Author Dinesh D'Souza
Once official, it will be Trump's fifth clemency or pardon granted in a string of controversial decisions.

May 31, 2018 at 10:27PM
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A Fish Called Rockweed

A Fish Called Rockweed
In Maine, a strange legal debate is raging over rights to the state's most important seaweed.

May 30, 2018 at 04:40PM
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Looking for Life on a Flat Earth

Looking for Life on a Flat Earth
What a burgeoning movement says about science, solace, and how a theory becomes truth.

May 31, 2018 at 09:09PM
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Big Banks to Get a Break From Limits on Risky Trading

Big Banks to Get a Break From Limits on Risky Trading
The Fed proposed loosening the Volcker Rule, which prevents banks from trading with depositors' money. The move is expected to give banks more room for complex trades.

May 31, 2018 at 05:46PM
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What 1,147 Men Think About #MeToo: A Glamour x GQ Survey

What 1,147 Men Think About #MeToo: A Glamour x GQ Survey
GQ partnered with Glamour on an exclusive survey of more than 1,000 men about #MeToo, and the results were eye-opening.

May 31, 2018 at 04:39PM
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Bye, Chrome: Why I’m switching to Firefox and you should too

Bye, Chrome: Why I’m switching to Firefox and you should too
Why should I continue to use Google's browser when its incentives — to learn a lot about me so it can sell advertisements — don't align with mine?

May 30, 2018 at 08:21PM
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Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal

Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal
The attorney general is a key witness in the investigation into whether Mr. Trump tried to obstruct the Russia inquiry itself.

May 30, 2018 at 10:33PM
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Heavy Rainfall In A Desert Looks Absolutely Insane

Heavy Rainfall In A Desert Looks Absolutely Insane
Last week a cyclone brought Oman three years' worth of rain in a single day.

May 30, 2018 at 07:19PM
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Russian Reporter Who Was Reportedly Murder Yesterday Actually Just Faked His Own Death

Russian Reporter Who Was Reportedly Murder Yesterday Actually Just Faked His Own Death
A lawmaker said the faked death was justified because "Sherlock Holmes successfully used the method of staging his own death to effectively investigate difficult & complicated crimes."

May 30, 2018 at 09:26PM
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The Legal War on Alex Jones

The Legal War on Alex Jones
The victims of right-wing conspiracy theories are taking media outlets to court, but face a daunting legal standard.

May 30, 2018 at 04:08AM
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Kim Kardashian and Trump Will Meet at the White House Wednesday

Kim Kardashian and Trump Will Meet at the White House Wednesday
Months of talks between Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian will culminate in an Oval Office meeting with President Trump, in which the reality-TV star will ask him to pardon a 62-year-old great grandmother serving a life sentence without parole for a first-time drug offense.

May 30, 2018 at 05:49PM
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New Pokémon Game Announced For Switch, Has Multiplayer & Poké Ball Controller [Update]

New Pokémon Game Announced For Switch, Has Multiplayer & Poké Ball Controller [Update]
"Let's Go Pikachu" and "Let's Go Eevee" are real, and coming to the Switch on November 16, confirming previous leaks and rumors.

May 30, 2018 at 05:49PM
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“Spider-Man” of Paris Will Get French Citizenship After Rescuing Child Dangling From Balcony

“Spider-Man” of Paris Will Get French Citizenship After Rescuing Child Dangling From Balcony
French President Emmanuel Macron also offered Mamoudou Gassama, a 22-year-old Malian migrant, a job as a firefighter.

May 29, 2018 at 06:43AM
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The Only Emotions I Can Feel Are Anger And Fear

The Only Emotions I Can Feel Are Anger And Fear
One in ten people struggle to recognize their emotions. New research suggests a vital link between our ability to sense our physical bodies and knowing how we feel.

May 29, 2018 at 08:13PM
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Papua New Guinea Is Banning Facebook For A Month

Papua New Guinea Is Banning Facebook For A Month
The country will use the time to study how its citizens use the platform, and how fake news and pornography spreads, among other things.

May 29, 2018 at 06:02PM
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Top North Korean official on his way to U.S. for talks on Trump-Kim summit

Top North Korean official on his way to U.S. for talks on Trump-Kim summit
Kim Yong Chol, who has been at the forefront of North Korea's outreach, was seen at Beijing's airport Tuesday.

May 29, 2018 at 05:30PM
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Kilauea Volcano’s Lava Fields Offer Scientists a Portal to Mars

Kilauea Volcano’s Lava Fields Offer Scientists a Portal to Mars
Scientists are studying the Hawaiian volcano as part of a NASA-led project to answer questions like how life on Mars could have developed — if it ever did.

May 29, 2018 at 04:46PM
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Photos: 25,000 Berliners drown out a fascist rally with techno

Photos: 25,000 Berliners drown out a fascist rally with techno
Berlin takes a stand against fascism with its best beats.

May 29, 2018 at 06:43AM
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EU proposes single-use plastics ban

EU proposes single-use plastics ban
The European Union wants to reduce the sale of single-use plastics in supermarkets.

May 28, 2018 at 05:37PM
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How Your Personality Changes In The First Year Of Marriage

How Your Personality Changes In The First Year Of Marriage
Hitch yourself to another human being for long enough, and eventually you'll notice yourself starting to change in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.

May 28, 2018 at 12:06AM
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Alan Bean, The Fourth Human To Walk On The Moon, Has Died

Alan Bean, The Fourth Human To Walk On The Moon, Has Died
Bean loved being an astronaut. He may have loved being an artist more.

May 27, 2018 at 01:58AM
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What Nokia Phones and a German Soccer Team Have in Common

What Nokia Phones and a German Soccer Team Have in Common
The strange and winding saga that starts with bad soccer players.

May 28, 2018 at 03:10AM
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Intel accused of age discrimination

Intel accused of age discrimination
US federal investigators are looking into Intel's layoffs of 12,000 employees since 2016.

May 28, 2018 at 06:36PM
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The Scientific Reasons For Why You Shouldn't Pee In A Pool

The Scientific Reasons For Why You Shouldn't Pee In A Pool
If you think chlorine is going to fix your urine-filled pool problems, you've got it all wrong.

May 28, 2018 at 06:31PM
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EU proposes single-use plastics ban

EU proposes single-use plastics ban
The European Union wants to reduce the sale of single-use plastics in supermarkets.

May 28, 2018 at 05:37PM
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LeBron James is the greatest player of all-time

LeBron James is the greatest player of all-time
Sunday's performance against the Boston Celtics sealed the deal.

May 28, 2018 at 05:37PM
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Trump confirms US negotiators in North Korea for summit talks

Trump confirms US negotiators in North Korea for summit talks
Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that US negotiators were in North Korea for talks ahead of his planned summit with Kim Jong-un — a meeting the US president said was cancelled only three days before.

May 28, 2018 at 05:37PM
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Subtropical Storm Alberto moves to gatecrash Memorial Day outings

Subtropical Storm Alberto moves to gatecrash Memorial Day outings
Subtropical Storm Alberto is disrupting plans for Memorial Day barbecues and beach outings in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, as the storm continues to churn north through the Gulf of Mexico.

May 28, 2018 at 05:37PM
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Look into my eyes: one woman’s journey from coma to consciousness

Look into my eyes: one woman’s journey from coma to consciousness
After a deadly bacterial infection, Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard woke to find herself locked in her own body, with only one way to communicate — blinking: one for no, two for yes.

May 28, 2018 at 04:38PM
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How the Media Helped Legitimize Extremism

How the Media Helped Legitimize Extremism
A new study, by a respected scholar on internet culture, winds up a penetrating indictment of journalism's internal inconsistencies.

May 28, 2018 at 03:10AM
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How ‘Super Gonorrhea’ Became Super

How ‘Super Gonorrhea’ Became Super
Big Pharma + antibiotic misuse = extremely horrible STDs.

May 26, 2018 at 11:10PM
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America's Graying Population In 3 Maps

America's Graying Population In 3 Maps
Unsurprisingly, popular retirement states like Florida and Arizona have high concentrations of older Americans. What may be more of a surprise is the broad swaths of elderly running through the Midwest and the Appalachians.

May 26, 2018 at 06:15PM
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A Porn Star Said She Was Assaulted On Set. Then She Was Sued For Defamation.

A Porn Star Said She Was Assaulted On Set. Then She Was Sued For Defamation.
"Why am I fighting this hard to prove that I was physically/sexually abused when it's on film?"

May 27, 2018 at 02:03AM
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A Visit to Prince’s Mysterious Paisley Park

A Visit to Prince’s Mysterious Paisley Park
This is where we found religion. Not our most popular period, but some things are more important than record sales. Besides, the only thing more universal than God is death, and we already have enough tunes about that topic.

May 25, 2018 at 09:06PM
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Rooftop Bars Are Beautiful Fantasies That Never Deliver

Rooftop Bars Are Beautiful Fantasies That Never Deliver
For reasons psychological and primal, something goes horribly awry once people are given the opportunity to drink and socialize en plein air. The environment stirs up an uncommonly alpha energy, lousy with entitlement and overpriced cocktails.

May 24, 2018 at 11:40PM
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The prescription abortion pill we could have, but don’t

The prescription abortion pill we could have, but don’t
Mifeprestone is offered directly to patients in places like Canada and Australia, but not in the U.S.

May 27, 2018 at 08:05PM
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Irish Times exit poll projects Ireland has voted by landslide to repeal Eighth Amendment

Irish Times exit poll projects Ireland has voted by landslide to repeal Eighth Amendment
Ireland has voted by a landslide margin to change its constitution so that abortion can be legalized, according to an exit poll conducted for the Irish Times.

May 26, 2018 at 02:17AM
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How Much Are The Different Parts Of Your Body Worth?

How Much Are The Different Parts Of Your Body Worth?
Thanks to this video we now know that if you stored all of your farts for forty years you could make a cool $220.

May 27, 2018 at 06:06PM
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All Hail the Snickers Ice Cream Bar, the True King of the Freezer

All Hail the Snickers Ice Cream Bar, the True King of the Freezer
A Snickers Ice Cream Bar, pulled fresh from the freezer, is an altogether different creature: Softer, gentler, an improbable feat of food engineering that carries itself with a quiet, confident sophistication.

May 25, 2018 at 12:06PM
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Chris Paul Hits Wild Three-Pointer, Shimmies In Steph Curry's Face

Chris Paul Hits Wild Three-Pointer, Shimmies In Steph Curry's Face
Like a good neighbor, Chris Paul knows your signature move and is not afraid to replicate it right back at you.

May 25, 2018 at 07:39PM
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Glass Dresses, The Fairytale Fashion Trend That Never Quite Took Off

Glass Dresses, The Fairytale Fashion Trend That Never Quite Took Off
The World's Fair showstopper highlighted the appetite for mingling science and apparel.

May 27, 2018 at 04:24PM
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Behold, The Pizza Omelette

Behold, The Pizza Omelette
In order to make a pizza omelette, you need to break a few eggs.

May 25, 2018 at 06:45PM
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How ‘Super Gonorrhea’ Became Super

How ‘Super Gonorrhea’ Became Super
Big Pharma + antibiotic misuse = extremely horrible STDs.

May 26, 2018 at 11:10PM
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The Surprising Thing That Happens When You Put Cotton Candy In Liquid Nitrogen

The Surprising Thing That Happens When You Put Cotton Candy In Liquid Nitrogen
Normally, you only see cotton candy in two forms: dry or dissolved. When you dip it into liquid nitrogen, however, it comes out as something else entirely.

May 26, 2018 at 09:56PM
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North And South Korean Leaders Hold Surprise US Summit Discussions

North And South Korean Leaders Hold Surprise US Summit Discussions
Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in meet in border village, days after Donald Trump cancelled planned summit.

May 26, 2018 at 08:34PM
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How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money

How Britain let Russia hide its dirty money
For decades, politicians have welcomed the super-rich with open arms. Now they're finally having second thoughts. But is it too late?

May 26, 2018 at 01:10AM
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I was Jordan Peterson’s strongest supporter. Now I think he’s dangerous

I was Jordan Peterson’s strongest supporter. Now I think he’s dangerous
When he soared into the stratosphere he became peculiarly unknowable. There is something about the dazzle of the limelight that makes it hard to see him clearly. But people continue to be who they are even in the blinding overexposure of success. I have known Jordan Peterson for 20 years, and people had better know more about who he is.

May 25, 2018 at 10:09PM
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The Reporter Who Took Down a Unicorn

The Reporter Who Took Down a Unicorn
How John Carreyrou battled corporate surveillance and intimidation to expose a multibillion-dollar Silicon Valley start-up as a fraud.

May 25, 2018 at 03:04AM
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Questioning Truth, Reality and the Role of Science

Questioning Truth, Reality and the Role of Science
In an era when untestable ideas such as the multiverse hold sway, Michela Massimi defends science from those who think it hopelessly unmoored from physical reality.

May 25, 2018 at 10:09PM
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There’s Something About Yogurt

There’s Something About Yogurt
Several new studies suggest yogurt might reduce inflammation — a process linked to different types of diseases.

May 25, 2018 at 07:46PM
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