The Online Gig Economy's 'Race To The Bottom'

The Online Gig Economy's 'Race To The Bottom'
When the whole world is fighting for the same jobs, what happens to workers?

August 31, 2018 at 10:03PM
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The Dangerous Myths Of South African Land Seizures

The Dangerous Myths Of South African Land Seizures
Reactionaries on either side of the Atlantic are empowering each other.

August 30, 2018 at 07:14PM
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Climate Change Could Render Many Of Earth's Ecosystems Unrecognizable

Climate Change Could Render Many Of Earth's Ecosystems Unrecognizable
"Even as someone who has spent more than 40 years thinking about vegetation change looking into the past... it is really hard for me to wrap my mind around the magnitude of change we're talking about."

September 1, 2018 at 07:00AM
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98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite

98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite
Forget everything you thought you knew about normal body temperature and fever, starting with 98.6. That's an antiquated number based on a flawed study from 1868 (yes, 150 years ago). The facts about fever are a lot more complicated.

August 30, 2018 at 06:12PM
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Andrew Gillum Makes History As Democratic Nominee For Florida Governor

Andrew Gillum Makes History As Democratic Nominee For Florida Governor
Florida Democrats picked Andrew Gillum, the charismatic liberal activist and mayor of Tallahassee, as the party's nominee for governor.

August 29, 2018 at 05:56PM
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The Most Popular Personality Test In The World Is A Joke

The Most Popular Personality Test In The World Is A Joke
"The Personality Brokers" goes into the flawed, fraught history behind the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which is about as psychologically credible as a BuzzFeed quiz.

August 31, 2018 at 04:08AM
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How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?

How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?
As the world warms because of human-induced climate change, most of us can expect to see more days when temperatures hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) or higher. See how your hometown has changed so far and how much hotter it may get.

August 31, 2018 at 06:40PM
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Inside Canada's First-Ever Flat Earth Conference

Inside Canada's First-Ever Flat Earth Conference
We went to see what would happen when the world's most well-known flat earthers got together.

August 31, 2018 at 05:42PM
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Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World?

Should We Dim the Skies to Save the World?
Volcanic eruptions spray the skies with sulfuric particles that partially block solar radiation. Some climate scientists see it as an inspiration for a bold, if risky, plan to slow global warming.

August 31, 2018 at 04:53PM
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The Point Of No Return For Our Planet Is Only 15 Years Away

The Point Of No Return For Our Planet Is Only 15 Years Away
If we don't take drastic and immediate action, food shortages, plant and animal extinction, and inhospitable environments for humans will become inevitable, scientists say.

August 31, 2018 at 04:53PM
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How Do We Fix Toxic Restaurant Culture?

How Do We Fix Toxic Restaurant Culture?
The rise of the #MeToo movement has meant a new understanding of just how bad restaurant culture has gotten for those who work in the industry. But awareness hasn't necessarily brought about a whole lot of change. So we asked six chefs and restaurateurs to sit down and figure out what it takes to fix an industry.

August 30, 2018 at 10:45PM
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Colin Kaepernick's Collusion Case Against the NFL Allowed to Proceed

Colin Kaepernick's Collusion Case Against the NFL Allowed to Proceed
Kaepernick filed a grievance last fall against the NFL alleging that the league made a coordinated effort to keep him out of the league following the 2016 season.

August 31, 2018 at 12:48PM
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Is California Becoming Unlivable?

Is California Becoming Unlivable?
As climate change ravages the Golden State, earthquakes could become the least of residents' concerns.

August 31, 2018 at 06:44AM
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NBC Threatened Ronan Farrow if He Kept Reporting on Harvey Weinstein

NBC Threatened Ronan Farrow if He Kept Reporting on Harvey Weinstein
Ronan Farrow had already left NBC News. But a top lawyer at the network threatened to smear him if he continued to pursue the Hollywood mogul, multiple knowledgeable sources say.

August 31, 2018 at 10:42AM
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Gorillaz Released A Legendary Web Game, But Who Actually Made It?

Gorillaz Released A Legendary Web Game, But Who Actually Made It?
The process I went through in finding the creator of "Final Drive," the Gorillaz web game featuring their single "19-2000," speaks to the precarious state of web history.

August 30, 2018 at 06:30PM
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The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden
How a scientist found a rainforest on top of a mountain, then led a team of 28 scientists, logistics experts, climbers and others to a place where humans had not set foot for centuries.

August 28, 2018 at 09:07PM
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The New Hunt for Dark Matter Is Taking Place Under a Mountain

The New Hunt for Dark Matter Is Taking Place Under a Mountain
Davide D'Angelo wasn't always interested in dark matter, but now he's at the forefront of the hunt to find the most elusive particle in the universe.

August 31, 2018 at 02:58AM
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Uh, Is Elon Musk Back To Calling The Thai Rescue Diver A Pedo?

Uh, Is Elon Musk Back To Calling The Thai Rescue Diver A Pedo?
It's been a wild couple of weeks for Elon Musk, and he might have just made it worse, again.

August 29, 2018 at 07:58PM
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The New Science of Seeing Around Corners

The New Science of Seeing Around Corners
Computer vision researchers have uncovered a world of visual signals hiding in our midst, including subtle motions that betray what's being said and faint images of what's around a corner.

August 31, 2018 at 01:11AM
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Why David Chang Matters

Why David Chang Matters
Diners who look for his stamp in every Momofuku restaurant may be missing his rare achievement as an impresario who lets his chefs innovate.

August 29, 2018 at 07:03AM
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Why Your Brain Can't Let Go Of A Grudge

Why Your Brain Can't Let Go Of A Grudge
Feuds seem to be an indelible aspect of the human condition, but why should this be? We spoke to the experts to find out why we love to hold a grudge, and the importance of letting go.

August 30, 2018 at 08:26PM
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Cops Tell Reporter To 'Act Like A Lady' As He Arrests Her For Taking Photographs

Cops Tell Reporter To 'Act Like A Lady' As He Arrests Her For Taking Photographs
Investigative reporter Susan Greene saw police officers surrounding a nearly naked handcuffed black man on the sidewalk and took out her phone. They arrested her, but not before insulting her in a super-gendered way.

August 30, 2018 at 07:38PM
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Liquid Nitrogen Really Has Some Weird Ass Effects On Balloon Animals

Liquid Nitrogen Really Has Some Weird Ass Effects On Balloon Animals
It's not witchery. It's just basic science.

August 30, 2018 at 07:38PM
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Veterans Of The Atomic War Describe What A Nuclear Blast Feels Like

Veterans Of The Atomic War Describe What A Nuclear Blast Feels Like
In this gripping documentary produced by Motherboard, a group of British veterans who were subjected to nuclear explosion tests after World War II talk about what it was like to feel the force of a nuclear bomb explosion — and the lasting impact it left on them.

August 30, 2018 at 06:30PM
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98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite

98.6 Degrees Is A Normal Body Temperature, Right? Not Quite
Forget everything you thought you knew about normal body temperature and fever, starting with 98.6. That's an antiquated number based on a flawed study from 1868 (yes, 150 years ago). The facts about fever are a lot more complicated.

August 30, 2018 at 06:12PM
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Ex-Texas Police Officer Sentenced To 15 Years For Murder Of Unarmed Black Teen Jordan Edwards

Ex-Texas Police Officer Sentenced To 15 Years For Murder Of Unarmed Black Teen Jordan Edwards
A former Texas police officer on Wednesday was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the 2017 shooting death of an unarmed black teenager — and the victim's family said the punishment was too light.

August 30, 2018 at 06:12PM
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'Stop Interrupting.' 'Stop Lying.' For 60 Minutes, Andrew Cuomo Debates Cynthia Nixon

'Stop Interrupting.' 'Stop Lying.' For 60 Minutes, Andrew Cuomo Debates Cynthia Nixon
The fight between New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon began, as so many New York arguments begin, with a dispute about the subway.

August 30, 2018 at 04:58PM
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In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Observe Higgs Boson Decay into Bottom Quarks

In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Observe Higgs Boson Decay into Bottom Quarks
This achievement, announced jointly on Tuesday by the ATLAS and CMS teams at LHC, has significant implications for future research into the most basic building blocks of matter in the universe.

August 30, 2018 at 04:58PM
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In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Observe Higgs Boson Decay into Bottom Quarks

In Major Breakthrough, Scientists Observe Higgs Boson Decay into Bottom Quarks
This achievement, announced jointly on Tuesday by the ATLAS and CMS teams at LHC, has significant implications for future research into the most basic building blocks of matter in the universe.

August 30, 2018 at 04:58PM
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Guy Spins Hobo Spider On Turntable To See If Spiders Get Dizzy

Guy Spins Hobo Spider On Turntable To See If Spiders Get Dizzy
We've all secretly wanted to ask this question: do spiders ever get dizzy whirling around in the wind in their spider webs?

August 30, 2018 at 04:58PM
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A Radical ’70s-Era Group Is Relaunching to Help Scientists Get Political Under Trump

A Radical ’70s-Era Group Is Relaunching to Help Scientists Get Political Under Trump
It's called Science for the People, and its awareness of how science fits into policy and politics is deeply necessary in 2018.

August 30, 2018 at 03:27PM
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NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Repeatedly Called Cynthia Nixon 'A Corporation' In Their Debate

NY Governor Andrew Cuomo Repeatedly Called Cynthia Nixon 'A Corporation' In Their Debate
It was a very weird line of attack from a politician who has accepted millions in corporate donations.

August 30, 2018 at 05:17AM
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U.S. Is Denying Passports To Americans Along The Border, Throwing Their Citizenship Into Question

U.S. Is Denying Passports To Americans Along The Border, Throwing Their Citizenship Into Question
On paper, he's a devoted US citizen. But when Juan, 40, applied to renew his US passport this year, the government's response floored him. In a letter, the State Department said it didn't believe he was an American citizen.

August 30, 2018 at 04:17AM
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The Man Who Was Raised By Wolves

The Man Who Was Raised By Wolves
Abandoned as a child, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja survived alone in the wild for 15 years. But living with people proved to be even more difficult.

August 28, 2018 at 05:49PM
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The FTC is investigating a crowdfunding campaign that disappeared with more than $700K

The FTC is investigating a crowdfunding campaign that disappeared with more than $700K
Emails seen by The Verge show that the agency is investigating at least one crowdfunding campaign gone bad — the iBackPack — which raised more than $700,000 across both Indiegogo and Kickstarter.

August 30, 2018 at 02:46AM
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Money for Nothing

Money for Nothing
Many jobs are pointless. Others are being automated away. In the future, who will still work for a paycheck?

August 29, 2018 at 11:25PM
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Elon Musk’s Employees Posed as Ordinary Citizens at His Dodger Stadium Community Meeting

Elon Musk’s Employees Posed as Ordinary Citizens at His Dodger Stadium Community Meeting
A small number of Los Angeles residents showed up at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night for a public hearing about billionaire futurist Elon Musk's proposed solution to Dodgers fans' traffic woes. At least two of the people who spoke in favor of the project didn't let on that they work for Musk.

August 30, 2018 at 01:36AM
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Saying No To Drugs Isn’t An Answer To Addiction

Saying No To Drugs Isn’t An Answer To Addiction
Why one Ottawa doctor believes harm reduction is the most effective treatment for drug use.

August 30, 2018 at 01:36AM
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Put Your Phone In Do Not Disturb Mode Forever

Put Your Phone In Do Not Disturb Mode Forever
Join me in a buzz-free, ping-free, vibration-free, light-up-free world.

August 29, 2018 at 04:42PM
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Is One Drink Per Day Really Unsafe? That New Alcohol Study, Explained

Is One Drink Per Day Really Unsafe? That New Alcohol Study, Explained
A Lancet study shows everything that's wrong with nutritional epidemiology, and the way we talk about it.

August 29, 2018 at 11:25PM
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This Timelapse Of An Epic Lightning Storm In Tokyo Is Unreal

This Timelapse Of An Epic Lightning Storm In Tokyo Is Unreal
Parts of Tokyo were hit by massive thunderstorms on Monday night, and the resulting lightning show was nothing short of spectacular.

August 29, 2018 at 07:36PM
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Temperature Anomalies In Each Country Over Time, Visualized

Temperature Anomalies In Each Country Over Time, Visualized
We all know climate change is bad. But there's nothing like a well-crafted data visualization to make you cower in fear about just how bad it is.

August 29, 2018 at 05:56PM
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Andrew Gillum Makes History As Democratic Nominee For Florida Governor

Andrew Gillum Makes History As Democratic Nominee For Florida Governor
Florida Democrats picked Andrew Gillum, the charismatic liberal activist and mayor of Tallahassee, as the party's nominee for governor.

August 29, 2018 at 05:56PM
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World’s Leading Human Rights Groups Tell Google to Cancel Its China Censorship Plan

World’s Leading Human Rights Groups Tell Google to Cancel Its China Censorship Plan
A blistering letter from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch calls a forthcoming search engine with blacklists "an alarming capitulation by Google on human rights."

August 29, 2018 at 05:56PM
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The End of Theoretical Physics As We Know It

The End of Theoretical Physics As We Know It
Computer simulations and custom-built quantum analogues are changing what it means to search for the laws of nature.

August 29, 2018 at 02:24PM
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Longevity Is Now Our Reality. Are We Ready For It?

Longevity Is Now Our Reality. Are We Ready For It?
My blustering, swaggering cohort of more than 8 million children born between 1946 and 1965 has elbowed and barged its way through every stage of life.

August 29, 2018 at 06:02AM
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Playing An EDM Banger On A Giant Tesla Coil

Playing An EDM Banger On A Giant Tesla Coil
Much like electricity, "Sandstorm" is a foundational element of modern society that was discovered, rather than invented.

August 29, 2018 at 12:18PM
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Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism's Imminent Demise

Scientists Warn the UN of Capitalism's Imminent Demise
A climate change-fueled switch away from fossil fuels means the worldwide economy will fundamentally need to change.

August 28, 2018 at 02:22AM
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We're All Afraid Of Radiation, But What Really Happens When You Eat Radioactive Food?

We're All Afraid Of Radiation, But What Really Happens When You Eat Radioactive Food?
Chances are you probably already have.

August 29, 2018 at 02:49AM
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The Helicopter Game Is The Most Elegant Web Game Ever Created

The Helicopter Game Is The Most Elegant Web Game Ever Created
It's compulsively playable: you always feel like you should have done better — just another split second click and you would have survived! — but it never ends up getting simple enough to be boring.

August 28, 2018 at 05:51PM
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