Everything Wrong with Peter Thiel’s Doomsday Survival Plan

Everything Wrong with Peter Thiel’s Doomsday Survival Plan
The thing is, despite their virtually unlimited budgets, none of those Silicon Valley guys preparing for the end times are doing it right. Here’s what you can learn from their mistakes.

February 1, 2017 at 12:24AM
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The FBI Has Quietly Investigate White Supremacist Infiltration Of Law Enforcement

The FBI Has Quietly Investigate White Supremacist Infiltration Of Law Enforcement
Bureau policies have been crafted to take into account the active presence of domestic extremists in US police departments.

January 31, 2017 at 10:08PM
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How heat from the Sun can keep us all cool

How heat from the Sun can keep us all cool
As demand for air conditioning climbs, some see a solution in the very thing that makes us sweat: the Sun.

February 1, 2017 at 06:20AM
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Watch Donald Trump Announce His Supreme Court Pick

Watch Donald Trump Announce His Supreme Court Pick
In a special broadcast, Donald Trump announces his nominee for the vacant US Supreme Court seat.

February 1, 2017 at 05:39AM
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Trump’s Immigration Order Is a Major Blow to American Universities

Trump’s Immigration Order Is a Major Blow to American Universities
Of America’s 975,000 international students, roughly 16,000 have been prohibited by executive order from entering (or re-entering) the country.

February 1, 2017 at 04:10AM
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This 500-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature Boggles the Imagination

This 500-Million-Year-Old Sea Creature Boggles the Imagination
A stubbly, worm-like creature featuring as many as 30 limbs combed the seafloor during the early Cambrian period, according to new research. Its bizarre appearance and feeding behavior are unlike anything ever seen before.

February 1, 2017 at 03:16AM
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How To Build An Autocracy

How To Build An Autocracy
The preconditions are present in the US today. Here’s how it could happen.

January 31, 2017 at 06:29PM
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Sometimes, It Does Hurt To Ask

Sometimes, It Does Hurt To Ask
The sheer cost of treating gender dysphoria has led to many embracing crowdfunding. But even the great promise of the internet has its limits.

January 31, 2017 at 07:05PM
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Quebec: Alexandre Bissonnette charged with six murders

Quebec: Alexandre Bissonnette charged with six murders
The suspect known for far-right views faces several counts of murder but is not charged with any terrorism-related offenses.

February 1, 2017 at 01:08AM
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The Best Valentine’s Day Gifts For Any Stage Of The Relationship

The Best Valentine’s Day Gifts For Any Stage Of The Relationship
Oof, Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re happily committed or just trying to avoid the “what are we?” convo, these are the best gifts for any stage of a relationship.

January 31, 2017 at 11:11PM
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Over Inflating Sports Balls Until They Violently Explode Into Rubbery Shrapnel

Over Inflating Sports Balls Until They Violently Explode Into Rubbery Shrapnel
These poor "footballs" have no idea what's coming for them.

January 31, 2017 at 11:25PM
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Government Releases 16 Years Of Data About Solar Weather

Government Releases 16 Years Of Data About Solar Weather
For years, the satellites of America's Global Positioning System have been carrying sensors that measure the weather in space. On Monday the government released 16 years of that space weather data to the public for the first time.

January 31, 2017 at 08:39AM
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ACLU enrolls in startup school Y Combinator

ACLU enrolls in startup school Y Combinator
The American Civil Liberties Union will learn how to turn the $24 million it raised over the weekend into growth and progress with help from a top Silicon Valley startup accelerator.

January 31, 2017 at 10:08PM
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The FBI Has Quietly Investigate White Supremacist Infiltration Of Law Enforcement

The FBI Has Quietly Investigate White Supremacist Infiltration Of Law Enforcement
Bureau policies have been crafted to take into account the active presence of domestic extremists in US police departments.

January 31, 2017 at 10:08PM
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How many fatal terror attacks have refugees carried out in the US? None

How many fatal terror attacks have refugees carried out in the US? None
No person accepted to the United States as a refugee, Syrian or otherwise, has been implicated in a fatal terrorist attack since the Refugee Act of 1980.

January 31, 2017 at 11:42AM
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Stunning New Close-Ups Show Saturn's Rings At Double The Detail We've Ever Seen

Stunning New Close-Ups Show Saturn's Rings At Double The Detail We've Ever Seen
As Cassini gets closer to Saturn, we're receiving increasingly stunning images of the planet's spectacular rings.

January 31, 2017 at 03:07AM
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Obama Office Issues Statement On Trump's Travel Ban, And Other Trump News From Monday

Obama Office Issues Statement On Trump's Travel Ban, And Other Trump News From Monday
We collected all of Monday's Trump news in one place. Today: Police are betting on Trump, Trump hits majority disapproval, and Democrats fight the immigration ban.

January 31, 2017 at 10:42AM
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Six reportedly killed in attack on Québec mosque

Six reportedly killed in attack on Québec mosque
The mosque’s president, Mohamed Yangui, said five people were killed. About 40 people were thought to be in the building — the Québec City Islamic cultural center on Sainte-Foy Street — at the time. Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has condemned the shooting as a "terrorist attack."

January 30, 2017 at 05:31PM
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A review of my new Samsung curved TV: I hate it so much

A review of my new Samsung curved TV: I hate it so much
The screen is curved, which means that it picks up and seemingly magnifies every glimmer of light in the room. Because that’s what you want in a television screen.

January 31, 2017 at 01:49AM
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Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe

Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe
A holographic universe, an idea first suggested in the 1990s, is one where all the information that makes up our 3-D ‘reality’ (plus time) is contained in a 2-D surface on its boundaries.

January 31, 2017 at 03:07AM
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How many fatal terror attacks have refugees carried out in the US? None

How many fatal terror attacks have refugees carried out in the US? None
No person accepted to the United States as a refugee, Syrian or otherwise, has been implicated in a fatal terrorist attack since the Refugee Act of 1980.

January 31, 2017 at 11:42AM
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Government Releases 16 Years Of Data About Solar Weather

Government Releases 16 Years Of Data About Solar Weather
For years, the satellites of America's Global Positioning System have been carrying sensors that measure the weather in space. On Monday the government released 16 years of that space weather data to the public for the first time.

January 31, 2017 at 08:39AM
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Government Releases 16 Years Of Data About Solar Weather

Government Releases 16 Years Of Data About Solar Weather
For years, the satellites of America's Global Positioning System have been carrying sensors that measure the weather in space. On Monday the government released 16 years of that space weather data to the public for the first time.

January 31, 2017 at 08:39AM
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Some of Earth's oxygen escapes to the moon every month

Some of Earth's oxygen escapes to the moon every month
And it's been going on for more than 2 billion years.

January 31, 2017 at 07:31AM
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The Boy Scouts Just Announced They Will Allow Transgender Boys To Join

The Boy Scouts Just Announced They Will Allow Transgender Boys To Join
The Boy Scouts of America announced Monday that it would allow transgender boys to join the organization, based on their gender identity, shifting away from a policy that determined eligibility based on the sex listed on a child’s birth certificate.

January 31, 2017 at 07:31AM
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Tesla’s Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass

Tesla’s Battery Revolution Just Reached Critical Mass
Three new plants in California show how lithium-ion storage is ready to power the grid.

January 30, 2017 at 08:51PM
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Refugees Entering the U.S. Already Face a Rigorous Vetting Process

Refugees Entering the U.S. Already Face a Rigorous Vetting Process
The layers of security checks for refugees before entry into the country.

January 30, 2017 at 08:51PM
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A Bump in the Night. A Squeeze of the Trigger. A Loved One Shot Dead.

A Bump in the Night. A Squeeze of the Trigger. A Loved One Shot Dead.
Nearly once a month, fear-driven gun ownership has tragic consequences for an American family.

January 31, 2017 at 05:14AM
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What the US Can Learn From Canada's Battle With an Anti-Science Government

What the US Can Learn From Canada's Battle With an Anti-Science Government
This situation is eerily reminiscent of attempts to suppress science in Canada during Stephen Harper’s tenure as Prime Minister, from 2006 to 2015.

January 30, 2017 at 02:43AM
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The Data That Turned the World Upside Down

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity. Did a similar tool help propel Donald Trump to victory?

January 30, 2017 at 05:31PM
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The Computational Foundation of Life

The Computational Foundation of Life
Life was long thought to obey its own set of rules. But as simple systems show signs of lifelike behavior, scientists are arguing about whether this apparent complexity is all a consequence of thermodynamics.

January 30, 2017 at 03:45AM
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Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe

Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe
A holographic universe, an idea first suggested in the 1990s, is one where all the information that makes up our 3-D ‘reality’ (plus time) is contained in a 2-D surface on its boundaries.

January 31, 2017 at 03:07AM
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A Cosmologist's Argument For Why String Theory Is Probably Correct

A Cosmologist's Argument For Why String Theory Is Probably Correct
String theory postulates that the fundamental building blocks of, well, everything are tiny vibrating strings. How did scientists come to this theory? And what does it mean for us if it is true?

January 31, 2017 at 02:04AM
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A huge mouth and no anus – this could be our earliest known ancestor

A huge mouth and no anus – this could be our earliest known ancestor
Thought to have lived 540 million years ago, the discovery of Saccorhytus coronarious fossils sheds light on the early stages of evolution.

January 31, 2017 at 12:51AM
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Loneliness actually hurts us on a cellular level

Loneliness actually hurts us on a cellular level
A scientist explains how the pain of loneliness makes us sick.

January 31, 2017 at 12:51AM
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Why Theories of Everything Are Ill-Conceived - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus

Why Theories of Everything Are Ill-Conceived - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
Explaining the entire universe in one fell swoop is tough, but popular theories rise to prominence with few concrete underpinnings. Carlo Rovelli thinks that because we know so little of what's out there, we should try to explain less.

January 30, 2017 at 11:57PM
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What To Read About Trump's Immigration Ban

What To Read About Trump's Immigration Ban
President Trump's Friday signing of an Executive Order banning nationals from 7 majority-Muslim countries sparked chaos and protests at airports around the country. Here's what you should read and know as the situation continues to unfold.

January 30, 2017 at 11:57PM
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Why We Hear Voices in Random Noise - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus

Why We Hear Voices in Random Noise - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus
Auditory pareidolia will have you thinking you've heard a person or people in sounds that are about as far from speech as can be.

January 30, 2017 at 10:49PM
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Meet the rookie federal judge who halted Trump’s refugee deportations — to save a Syrian

Meet the rookie federal judge who halted Trump’s refugee deportations — to save a Syrian
Ann M. Donnelly — whose speeches and rulings had rarely traveled beyond courthouse walls — became known across the world as the first judge to block Trump's order.

January 30, 2017 at 09:51PM
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Merkel 'explains' refugee convention to Trump in phone call

Merkel 'explains' refugee convention to Trump in phone call
“The Geneva refugee convention requires the international community to take in war refugees on humanitarian grounds. All signatory states are obligated to do. The German government explained this policy in their call yesterday.”

January 30, 2017 at 06:48AM
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Lyft donates $1M to the ACLU, condemns Trump’s immigration actions

Lyft donates $1M to the ACLU, condemns Trump’s immigration actions
Lyft publicly announced the company's stance against the Trump administration's Muslim-focused travel ban and has committed to making the donation to the ACLU over the next four years. Trump advisor Peter Thiel made a major investment in Lyft in 2013.

January 29, 2017 at 09:28PM
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Our 9,000-Year Love Affair With Booze

Our 9,000-Year Love Affair With Booze
Alcohol isn’t just a mind-altering drink: It has been a prime mover of human culture from the beginning, fueling the development of arts, language, and religion.

January 29, 2017 at 06:29PM
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The Next Disney Will Come from China and Its Name Is Tencent

The Next Disney Will Come from China and Its Name Is Tencent
Tencent is using its social networks, WeChat and QQ, and video games to build an entertainment juggernaut.

January 29, 2017 at 09:21AM
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The ‘untranslatable’ emotions you never knew you had

The ‘untranslatable’ emotions you never knew you had
From gigil to shinrin-yoku and tarab, there are many foreign emotion words with no English equivalent. Learning to identify and cultivate these experiences could give you a richer and more successful life.

January 29, 2017 at 09:21AM
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This 100-Year-Old Dutch Movement Shaped Web Design Today

This 100-Year-Old Dutch Movement Shaped Web Design Today
Primary colors, clean lines, asymmetrical simplicity: You might recognize them from Google, but they come from De Stijl.

January 29, 2017 at 09:21AM
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Thousands of people are protesting Trump’s immigration order at airports across America

Thousands of people are protesting Trump’s immigration order at airports across America
In the chaos that has followed President Trump's executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries — including green card holders — protests have broken out at airports across the country where foreigners have been detained.

January 29, 2017 at 08:55AM
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Namco founder and “Father of Pac-Man” has died

Namco founder and “Father of Pac-Man” has died
Masaya Nakamura was instrumental in kickstarting the video game revolution of the 1980s.

January 30, 2017 at 07:35PM
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The FBI's Colossal Failure Investigating GamerGate

The FBI's Colossal Failure Investigating GamerGate
Newly released FBI documents reveal the FBI did pretty much jack squat to track down those who made bomb and death threats.

January 30, 2017 at 05:58PM
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Philosopher Slavoj Žižek settles the “Is it OK to punch a Nazi?” question once and for all

Philosopher Slavoj Žižek settles the “Is it OK to punch a Nazi?” question once and for all
It's a controversy that's inspired much debate in the US after white supremacist Richard Spencer was slugged on video by a masked protester.

January 30, 2017 at 05:58PM
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The Data That Turned the World Upside Down

The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
Psychologist Michal Kosinski developed a method to analyze people in minute detail based on their Facebook activity. Did a similar tool help propel Donald Trump to victory?

January 30, 2017 at 05:31PM
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