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Saturday, 30 September 2017
Apple Is Really Bad At Design
Apple Is Really Bad At Design
Is it Apple's unbridled and seemingly-endless success that has caused the company to rest on its laurels?
September 30, 2017 at 09:49PM
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America’s Shameful History of Housing Discrimination
America’s Shameful History of Housing Discrimination
The practice of "redlining" kept people of color from home loans for decades.
September 28, 2017 at 11:48AM
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The Post-Antibiotic Era Is Here. Now What?
The Post-Antibiotic Era Is Here. Now What?
Now, the question is: How fast is pan-resistance going to spread?
September 28, 2017 at 07:00AM
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Nestlé pays $200 a year to bottle water near Flint – where water is undrinkable
Nestlé pays $200 a year to bottle water near Flint – where water is undrinkable
While Flint battles a water crisis, just two hours away the beverage giant pumps almost 100,000 times what an average Michigan resident uses into plastic bottles.
September 30, 2017 at 07:24AM
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When ‘Not Guilty’ Is a Life Sentence
When ‘Not Guilty’ Is a Life Sentence
What happens after a defendant is found not guilty by reason of insanity? Often the answer is involuntary confinement in a state psychiatric hospital — with no end in sight.
September 28, 2017 at 05:57AM
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Women Aren't Nags. We're Just Fed Up.
Women Aren't Nags. We're Just Fed Up.
Emotional labor is the unpaid job men still don't understand.
September 29, 2017 at 10:03PM
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Trump Slams Puerto Rico Mayor For Criticizing Government's Storm Response
Trump Slams Puerto Rico Mayor For Criticizing Government's Storm Response
"Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan, and others in Puerto Rico."
September 30, 2017 at 10:03PM
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Temperature Is Not What You Think It Is
Temperature Is Not What You Think It Is
There are some crazy things about temperature that you should probably know.
September 30, 2017 at 09:49PM
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The World's Soaring CO~2~ Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers
The World's Soaring CO~2~ Levels Visualized as Skyscrapers
This unusual animation gives an architectural twist to the history and possible dark future of climate change.
September 30, 2017 at 05:39PM
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This Unreal Engine Generated Face Almost Escapes The Uncanny Valley And It's Freaking Us Out
This Unreal Engine Generated Face Almost Escapes The Uncanny Valley And It's Freaking Us Out
Escaping the uncanny valley is the holy grail for human animation in video games, and this new Unreal Engine demo gets pretty damn close.
September 30, 2017 at 12:20AM
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Friday, 29 September 2017
Nestlé pays $200 a year to bottle water near Flint – where water is undrinkable
Nestlé pays $200 a year to bottle water near Flint – where water is undrinkable
While Flint battles a water crisis, just two hours away the beverage giant pumps almost 100,000 times what an average Michigan resident uses into plastic bottles.
September 30, 2017 at 07:24AM
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Elon Musk Proposes A Super Fast, Earth-To-Earth Rocket Transportation System
Elon Musk Proposes A Super Fast, Earth-To-Earth Rocket Transportation System
Like Musk's vision for an underground superhighway, this seems like quite a longshot, but it would be really cool if he pulled it off.
September 29, 2017 at 10:35PM
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How Fast Is Hypersonic Speed, Really?
How Fast Is Hypersonic Speed, Really?
A few rough examples to help you wrap your mind around ludicrous speed.
September 30, 2017 at 01:47AM
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We Don't Even Know Where To Start With This Trump Statement About Puerto Rico
We Don't Even Know Where To Start With This Trump Statement About Puerto Rico
"It's been incredible. The results that we've had with respect to loss of life."
September 30, 2017 at 01:28AM
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A Year Is A Drastically Different Thing For A Human Than, Say, A Clam
A Year Is A Drastically Different Thing For A Human Than, Say, A Clam
When you're young, a year feels like a million years, while for long-living animals like the quahog clam, a year is like the blink of an eye.
September 30, 2017 at 01:14AM
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Scientists gave kids real guns for an experiment. Now ethicists are weighing in.
Scientists gave kids real guns for an experiment. Now ethicists are weighing in.
A recent study wanted to see what kids do with real, unloaded guns after watching violent film clips.
September 30, 2017 at 12:03AM
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Why Quicksands Are So Damaging To Dams
Why Quicksands Are So Damaging To Dams
No, quicksand isn't just a puddle of mud. At its worst, it could lead to catastrophic dam failures.
September 29, 2017 at 10:35PM
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How An Ivy League Prof Tried To Do Damage Control For His Bogus Food Science
How An Ivy League Prof Tried To Do Damage Control For His Bogus Food Science
Brian Wansink of Cornell University publishes headline-friendly studies about food psychology and oversees a $22 million federally funded program that uses his research to promote "smarter lunchrooms." Emails obtained by BuzzFeed News show how he scrambled to spin allegations that dozens of his studies are all just bologna.
September 29, 2017 at 10:03PM
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Head Of Air Force Academy Delivers Stirring Speech To Cadets After Racial Slurs Left In Dorms
Head Of Air Force Academy Delivers Stirring Speech To Cadets After Racial Slurs Left In Dorms
"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then you need to get out."
September 29, 2017 at 07:23PM
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Trump On Why Aid Is Slow To Puerto Rico: 'This Is An Island. Surrounded By Water. Big Water, Ocean Water."
Trump On Why Aid Is Slow To Puerto Rico: 'This Is An Island. Surrounded By Water. Big Water, Ocean Water."
The statement comes hours after the mayor of San Juan lashed out at the federal government for its inadequate response to the crisis in Puerto Rico.
September 29, 2017 at 09:32PM
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Holy Shit, Look At The Size Of This Sea Turtle
Holy Shit, Look At The Size Of This Sea Turtle
Last week, a dead leatherback sea turtle washed up on a beach in Spain. Without exaggeration, it is the biggest turtle we've ever seen.
September 29, 2017 at 12:19AM
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US Pulls Diplomats Out Of Cuba After Mysterious Attacks, And Other Trump News From Today
US Pulls Diplomats Out Of Cuba After Mysterious Attacks, And Other Trump News From Today
All the Trump news you need to read today.
September 29, 2017 at 07:21PM
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Dad Learns Why You Shouldn't Say The F Word In Front Of Your Kid
Dad Learns Why You Shouldn't Say The F Word In Front Of Your Kid
"Fuck" really is a great word. It rolls off the tongue. And it appears James LaPorta's nearly 2-year-old son has already learned that fact, unfortunately for his father.
September 29, 2017 at 06:23PM
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Head Of Air Force Academy Delivers Stirring Speech To Cadets After Racial Slurs Left In Dorms
Head Of Air Force Academy Delivers Stirring Speech To Cadets After Racial Slurs Left In Dorms
"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect, then you need to get out."
September 29, 2017 at 06:40PM
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Education Isn't the Key to a Good Income
Education Isn't the Key to a Good Income
A growing body of research debunks the idea that school quality is the main determinant of economic mobility.
September 28, 2017 at 03:25AM
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What Would Happen If You Never Washed Your Sheets?
What Would Happen If You Never Washed Your Sheets?
Clean sheets are one of life's small luxuries, but here's what happens if you decide to forgo it?
September 28, 2017 at 04:31PM
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Thursday, 28 September 2017
Houston Woman Dies From 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria' Left Behind by Hurricane Harvey
Houston Woman Dies From 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria' Left Behind by Hurricane Harvey
Flooding breached dozens of waste treatment centers, sending a deluge of bacteria throughout the city.
September 29, 2017 at 03:54AM
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Jared Kushner's Lawyer Accidentally Emailed Prankster Letter Asking For His Private Emails
Jared Kushner's Lawyer Accidentally Emailed Prankster Letter Asking For His Private Emails
A day after the prankster revealed he'd tricked lawyer Abbe D. Lowell, Lowell forwarded the fake address a sensitive letter from the Senate Intelligence Committee.
September 29, 2017 at 01:30AM
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals She Has Breast Cancer
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals She Has Breast Cancer
The "Veep" actress, who recently set a record with her sixth consecutive Emmy win, posted about the diagnosis on Twitter Thursday.
September 28, 2017 at 11:38PM
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Visualizing The Breakdown Of The Numbers In The First 1000 Digits Of Pi Is Fascinating
Visualizing The Breakdown Of The Numbers In The First 1000 Digits Of Pi Is Fascinating
3, 1 and 4 may get a head start, but the breakdown of digits 0-9 evens out the further you get into Pi.
September 27, 2017 at 08:50PM
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This Underwater Afghan Hound Looks Like A Beautiful, Chill Ghost
This Underwater Afghan Hound Looks Like A Beautiful, Chill Ghost
We wish this video were 10 times longer, but it's long enough to prove that when you put an Afghan hound in water, it looks absolutely bizarre.
September 28, 2017 at 06:05PM
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President Trump Finally Suspends A 1920 Law To Help Puerto Rico — Here's What's Going On
President Trump Finally Suspends A 1920 Law To Help Puerto Rico — Here's What's Going On
This morning, the Trump Administration gave in to mounting pressure to waive a nearly century-old piece of legislation that restricts which ships can deliver goods to Puerto Rico.
September 28, 2017 at 05:23PM
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You Now See Colors That Once Didn't Exist
You Now See Colors That Once Didn't Exist
Industrialization changed the world's palette, adding an array of synthetic hues to the universal, more natural, color scheme.
September 28, 2017 at 07:48PM
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EPA Says Chief Entitled To Business Class Becuase Of 'Security,' And Other Trump News From Today
EPA Says Chief Entitled To Business Class Becuase Of 'Security,' And Other Trump News From Today
All the Trump news you need to read today.
September 28, 2017 at 07:13PM
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Scientists Tell Us What Would Happen If North Korea Detonated a Hydrogen Bomb Underwater
Scientists Tell Us What Would Happen If North Korea Detonated a Hydrogen Bomb Underwater
North Korea's underwater nuclear test seems more and more likely — but what happens after the bomb goes off?
September 27, 2017 at 09:57PM
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What Would Happen If You Never Washed Your Sheets?
What Would Happen If You Never Washed Your Sheets?
Clean sheets are one of life's small luxuries, but here's what happens if you decide to forgo it?
September 28, 2017 at 04:31PM
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Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face Congress Over Role in Election
Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face Congress Over Role in Election
Twitter will brief staff members of the Senate and House intelligence committees on Thursday for their investigation into Russian operations to influence the 2016 presidential election.
September 28, 2017 at 04:31PM
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North Korea prisoner Otto Warmbier had no signs of torture – coroner
North Korea prisoner Otto Warmbier had no signs of torture – coroner
Parents and Donald Trump have said American student, who died days after release, was disfigured and had teeth "rearranged" in detention.
September 28, 2017 at 04:31PM
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Why So Many New Species Are Named After Celebrities
Why So Many New Species Are Named After Celebrities
Scientists just named some newly discovered spiders after Bernie Sanders, Leonardo DiCaprio and Michelle Obama.
September 28, 2017 at 01:51PM
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Hugh Hefner, iconic founder of Playboy, has died at age 91
Hugh Hefner, iconic founder of Playboy, has died at age 91
Hugh Hefner died at his home, the Playboy Mansion, of natural causes.
September 28, 2017 at 08:41AM
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Wednesday, 27 September 2017
The Post-Antibiotic Era Is Here. Now What?
The Post-Antibiotic Era Is Here. Now What?
Now, the question is: How fast is pan-resistance going to spread?
September 28, 2017 at 07:00AM
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A Newfound 'Octopus City' Resurfaces Old Questions About the Animal's Social Intelligence
A Newfound 'Octopus City' Resurfaces Old Questions About the Animal's Social Intelligence
Scientists were surprised to find that this smart and solitary species had built a cephalopod city. But why?
September 25, 2017 at 10:21PM
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This Utterly Baffling Card Trick Has A Super Simple Explanation
This Utterly Baffling Card Trick Has A Super Simple Explanation
If you figure out how the trick works, we salute you, because it's very slickly done. But if not, there's a simple explanation.
September 27, 2017 at 10:46PM
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Exclusive: Russians Impersonated Real American Muslims to Stir Chaos on Facebook and Instagram
Exclusive: Russians Impersonated Real American Muslims to Stir Chaos on Facebook and Instagram
Kremlin trolls stole the identity of an authentic U.S. Muslim organization — first to smear John McCain and Hillary Clinton, then to sing her praises.
September 28, 2017 at 04:42AM
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Woman Objects To Dogs On Her Flight, Gets Forcibly Removed By Cops
Woman Objects To Dogs On Her Flight, Gets Forcibly Removed By Cops
A woman on a Southwest flight with 2 dogs also on board reported a "deadly allergy" to dogs, and was forced to leave the flight.
September 28, 2017 at 02:19AM
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One Man's Attempt To Make Potato Chips Using A Laser Cutter
One Man's Attempt To Make Potato Chips Using A Laser Cutter
YouTuber William Osman tries his darndest to make perfectly crispy potato chips using a photon cannon.
September 28, 2017 at 02:14AM
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Here's Why People Want The Trump Administration To Suspend A 1920 Law To Help Puerto Rico
Here's Why People Want The Trump Administration To Suspend A 1920 Law To Help Puerto Rico
Pressure is mounting on the Trump Administration to suspend a nearly century-old piece of legislation that restricts which ships can deliver goods to Puerto Rico.
September 28, 2017 at 01:39AM
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Why Thousands of People Are Addicted to Examining Mouse Brains | Backchannel
Why Thousands of People Are Addicted to Examining Mouse Brains | Backchannel
On a cool September evening, Judy Johanson curled up on her living room sofa with her iPad, carefully examining mouse brains. She's one of thousands of amateur scientists in the search for a cure for Alzheimer's.
September 28, 2017 at 01:22AM
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Trump's Tax Plan Is Here. This Is What It Does.
Trump's Tax Plan Is Here. This Is What It Does.
Corporations for the win!
September 28, 2017 at 01:22AM
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A Stanford psychologist on the art of avoiding assholes
A Stanford psychologist on the art of avoiding assholes
"Not giving a shit takes the wind out of an asshole's sails."
September 27, 2017 at 06:43PM
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