A Timeline Of MoviePass's Rapid Rise And Fall

A Timeline Of MoviePass's Rapid Rise And Fall
Trace the journey of MoviePass from the announcement of its $10 deal through feuds with AMC, service outages, surge pricing, "Gotti," and everything of interest in-between.

August 1, 2018 at 01:06AM
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Nintendo got it right again

Nintendo got it right again
If Nintendo's recent success proves anything, building for the time is more important than making for the future.

July 31, 2018 at 08:07PM
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How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Indoor Air

How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Indoor Air
It would take an unreasonable amount of plants to balance rising CO2 levels being found at home, school, and work.

July 30, 2018 at 05:05AM
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How to Assemble a Dinosaur

How to Assemble a Dinosaur
A behind-the-scenes peek at how the Smithsonian is giving its ancient animals a modern makeover.

August 1, 2018 at 04:09AM
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Ancestry and 23andMe Agree to New Rules to Make You Feel Safer Handing Over Your DNA

Ancestry and 23andMe Agree to New Rules to Make You Feel Safer Handing Over Your DNA
Under the new voluntary protocols, these companies will obtain separate consent from users before sharing "individual-level information," including personal information and genetic data, with other businesses.

August 1, 2018 at 03:10AM
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Ancestry and 23andMe Agree to New Rules to Make You Feel Safer Handing Over Your DNA

Ancestry and 23andMe Agree to New Rules to Make You Feel Safer Handing Over Your DNA
Under the new voluntary protocols, these companies will obtain separate consent from users before sharing "individual-level information," including personal information and genetic data, with other businesses.

August 1, 2018 at 03:10AM
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Here's A Perfect,

Here's A Perfect,
You know exactly what's coming, but you'll still smile when you it happens.

July 31, 2018 at 09:58PM
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The 100 Best TV Episodes Of The Century

The 100 Best TV Episodes Of The Century
Taking a look back at the past 18 years and determining the 100 best episodes of TV since 2000 — the ones that stunned and entertained more than any others, and in turn made television what it is today.

July 31, 2018 at 08:43PM
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Sorry, Elon: Nuking Mars’ icecaps won’t geoengineer planet

Sorry, Elon: Nuking Mars’ icecaps won’t geoengineer planet
Carbon dioxide's the main greenhouse gas on Mars, and most of it was lost to space.

July 31, 2018 at 09:02PM
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Here's What NASA Thinks Mars Houses Could Look Like

Here's What NASA Thinks Mars Houses Could Look Like
NASA has selected five winners in an ongoing contest it has been running to get smart ideas about how to build a 3D-printed habitat on Mars.

July 31, 2018 at 08:07PM
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After Doctors Cut Their Opioids, Patients Turn To A Risky Treatment For Back Pain

After Doctors Cut Their Opioids, Patients Turn To A Risky Treatment For Back Pain
An injectable drug that the manufacturer says is too dangerous to use along the spine is growing in popularity for back pain as doctors turn away from opioids.

July 31, 2018 at 05:54PM
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Koch-Backed Think Tank Finds That 'Medicare For All' Would Cut Health Care Spending And Raise Wages. Whoops

Koch-Backed Think Tank Finds That 'Medicare For All' Would Cut Health Care Spending And Raise Wages. Whoops
A Koch brothers-backed economist makes a $3 trillion error, but still finds that "Medicare for All" reduces costs and boosts wages.

July 31, 2018 at 06:15AM
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Dr. Seuss’ forgotten anti-war book made him an enemy of the right

Dr. Seuss’ forgotten anti-war book made him an enemy of the right
"The Butter Battle Book" spoke powerfully against the hacks behind the military-industrial complex — and for that, was pilloried.

July 31, 2018 at 04:59AM
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Spike Lee Just Made the Movie of the Year

Spike Lee Just Made the Movie of the Year
With "BlacKkKlansman," the legendary director returns to the subjects he's helped define for a generation of filmgoers — racism, power and the inescapability of history. It's a film that feels vital to the Trump era, even though, as Lee knows, the story behind it stretches back decades.

July 30, 2018 at 10:24PM
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You Can No Longer See Major Movies Using MoviePass

You Can No Longer See Major Movies Using MoviePass
MoviePass's latest survival plan appears to be barring paying subscribers from using the service to see movies.

July 31, 2018 at 04:35AM
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'Bigfoot Erotica' Candidate (Kind Of) Responds To Drawing Kerfuffle, Insists He Doesn't Believe In Bigfoot

'Bigfoot Erotica' Candidate (Kind Of) Responds To Drawing Kerfuffle, Insists He Doesn't Believe In Bigfoot
The race for Virginia's 5th congressional district took an extremely weird turn over the weekend.

July 31, 2018 at 02:28AM
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Milo Cress, The Kid Who Started The Straw Ban Movement, Doesn't Think Banning Straws Is The Answer

Milo Cress, The Kid Who Started The Straw Ban Movement, Doesn't Think Banning Straws Is The Answer
For years, Cress was advocating for what he's dubbed the "offer-first" policy.

July 29, 2018 at 05:12AM
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Behold, The Most Burning Man Thing Ever

Behold, The Most Burning Man Thing Ever
A silver blanket the size of your average Walmart? Only at Burning Man.

July 29, 2018 at 01:36AM
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FEMA Official Harassed Women, Hired Some As Possible Sexual Partners For Male Employees, Agency Chief Says

FEMA Official Harassed Women, Hired Some As Possible Sexual Partners For Male Employees, Agency Chief Says
The personnel chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — who resigned just weeks ago — is under investigation after being accused of creating an atmosphere of widespread sexual harassment.

July 31, 2018 at 01:42AM
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Purple Pain

Purple Pain
In the aftermath of an assault, Matthew Miles Goodrich considers the effects of opioids on himself, the culture, and his musical hero, Prince.

July 29, 2018 at 06:07PM
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We Don't Think Even Rudy Giuliani Understands What Rudy Giuliani Is Saying In This Fox News Interview

We Don't Think Even Rudy Giuliani Understands What Rudy Giuliani Is Saying In This Fox News Interview
President Trump's lawyer called into "Outnumbered" to try to explain why he denied Trump attended a pre-Trump-Tower planning meeting in July 2016, even though no one else had reported that such a meeting took place. If you're confused, you're not alone.

July 30, 2018 at 11:34PM
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The secret in my blood

The secret in my blood
I've had this since I was eight years old, and I was always told I'd have two years to live.

July 29, 2018 at 01:34AM
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A Really Cool Demonstration On How You Can Slow Down Gravity

A Really Cool Demonstration On How You Can Slow Down Gravity
You only need a magnet to be able to defy gravity.

July 30, 2018 at 10:45PM
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How Evil Happens

How Evil Happens
Why some people choose to do evil remains a puzzle, but are we starting to understand how this behavior is triggered?

July 30, 2018 at 08:06PM
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The Explosive Race To Totally Reinvent The Smartphone Battery

The Explosive Race To Totally Reinvent The Smartphone Battery
Lithium-ion batteries power everything from smartphones and laptops to electric cars and e-cigarettes. But, with lithium close to breaking point, researchers are scrambling for the next battery breakthrough.

July 30, 2018 at 06:02PM
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Solving The Mystery Of Why It Doesn't Hurt When You Touch Certain Hot Things

Solving The Mystery Of Why It Doesn't Hurt When You Touch Certain Hot Things
Just because a certain object has a high temperature doesn't mean you'll get burned touching it.

July 30, 2018 at 04:48PM
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The 20 Best Comedy Central Roast Sets Ever

The 20 Best Comedy Central Roast Sets Ever
What makes a good roast? Of course it’s the jokes. But, like everything, it’s also about the comedian’s point of view and how they play off the subject.

July 30, 2018 at 12:39AM
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The Rogue Tesla Mechanic Resurrecting Salvaged Cars

The Rogue Tesla Mechanic Resurrecting Salvaged Cars
The "Doctor Frankenstein of Teslas" is one of the only people taking completely wrecked cars and putting them back together — without Tesla's help.

July 29, 2018 at 01:34AM
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How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Indoor Air

How Climate Change Is Ruining Our Indoor Air
It would take an unreasonable amount of plants to balance rising CO2 levels being found at home, school, and work.

July 30, 2018 at 05:05AM
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How An Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game And Stole Millions

How An Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald's Monopoly Game And Stole Millions
Jerome Jacobson and his network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners and drug traffickers won almost every prize for 12 years, until the FBI launched Operation ‘Final Answer.’

July 29, 2018 at 09:04PM
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What If Only Females Could See Color?

What If Only Females Could See Color?
Have you ever wondered how your life might be different if you could see beyond the visible light spectrum—into ultraviolet or infrared?

July 30, 2018 at 04:02AM
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The Internet's Forgotten Shit Pics Are Accidentally Amazing

The Internet's Forgotten Shit Pics Are Accidentally Amazing
To relieve the boredom of his day job, Doug Battenhausen has been mining defunct websites for years — harvesting long-discarded gems from the bottom of the web.

July 28, 2018 at 02:20AM
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The 50 greatest special effects movies of all time

The 50 greatest special effects movies of all time
For about as long as there have been movies, there have been special effects. That's no exaggeration: The medium was only a few years old when people began finding ways to toy with the reality of what the motion-picture camera was capturing, creating tricks from quirks in photographic science.

July 28, 2018 at 12:10AM
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Idaho Prisoners Hack iPads And Transfer $225,000 Worth Of Credits To Themselves

Idaho Prisoners Hack iPads And Transfer $225,000 Worth Of Credits To Themselves
Prison officials say 364 Idaho inmates hacked hand-held prison tablets and collectively transferred nearly a quarter million dollars worth of tablet credits, which can be used to purchase email, music and games, to their own accounts.

July 29, 2018 at 01:24PM
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What Movie Has the Most Peak Performances?

What Movie Has the Most Peak Performances?
Some films are just lucky enough to catch a group of actors in career-best form.

July 28, 2018 at 02:48PM
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How Bad Karma And Bad Engineering Doomed An Ancient Cambodian Capital

How Bad Karma And Bad Engineering Doomed An Ancient Cambodian Capital
Angkor was the seat of authority for the Khmer Empire for more than 600 years, from the ninth to 15th centuries, except for a 17-year interval when political power and courtly life shifted to Koh Ker. New archaeological evidence might explain why Koh Ker’s glory days were so brief: The new capital’s massive water-management system failed spectacularly soon after it was built.

July 28, 2018 at 12:45PM
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We've Found A Lake Of Water On Mars. So What Happens Next?

We've Found A Lake Of Water On Mars. So What Happens Next?
Water hiding 1.6km below Mars' south pole will be hard to reach. But when we do, we may finally find out if there's life on the planet.

July 28, 2018 at 02:20AM
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Disney Just

Disney Just
The two newcomers on the list have ties to another legendary sci-fi franchise. Also included in the news: how the production will handle the death of Carrie Fisher.

July 28, 2018 at 02:20AM
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Cracked Screens Aren’t Inevitable. They’re A Design Crime

Cracked Screens Aren’t Inevitable. They’re A Design Crime
Samsung is schooling the industry on beautiful durability. Your play, Apple.

July 27, 2018 at 07:38PM
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Simone Biles Casually Pulls Off One Of The Hardest Moves In Gymnastics

Simone Biles Casually Pulls Off One Of The Hardest Moves In Gymnastics
The Moors is the highest-rated move (that is, the hardest to perform) in the gymnastics rulebook. Which means, naturally, that US Olympian Simone Biles can land it without breaking a sweat

July 28, 2018 at 01:06AM
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Every Major Diet Soda, Ranked By How (un)Healthy They Are

Every Major Diet Soda, Ranked By How (un)Healthy They Are
Spoiler alert: They're all just fizzy cancer juice.

July 27, 2018 at 06:33PM
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We've Found A Lake Of Water On Mars. So What Happens Next?

We've Found A Lake Of Water On Mars. So What Happens Next?
Water hiding 1.6km below Mars' south pole will be hard to reach. But when we do, we may finally find out if there's life on the planet.

July 28, 2018 at 02:20AM
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Disney Just

Disney Just
The two newcomers on the list have ties to another legendary sci-fi franchise. Also included in the news: how the production will handle the death of Carrie Fisher.

July 28, 2018 at 02:20AM
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Why Natural Disasters Concentrate In A Ring Around The Pacific

Why Natural Disasters Concentrate In A Ring Around The Pacific
Scientists have recognized this "belt of activity" for thousands of years, but only recently have they agreed on its cause.

July 27, 2018 at 10:47PM
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When A Stranger Decides To Destroy Your Life

When A Stranger Decides To Destroy Your Life
Eventually, after $100,000 in attorney's bills, Monica Glennon was able to unmask the culprit who posted a false, damaging story about her online. It turned out to be a complete stranger who had been offended by a comment Glennon had made about a news article on Facebook.

July 27, 2018 at 02:02AM
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Which College Degrees Earn The Highest Salaries, Visualized

Which College Degrees Earn The Highest Salaries, Visualized
If you want to make money fresh out of college, physician assistant is the way to go, but if you're thinking of making more money in the long run, there are other majors that are far more lucrative.

July 27, 2018 at 12:20AM
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Scientists Figured Out Why Our Mouths Heal So Freakishly Fast

Scientists Figured Out Why Our Mouths Heal So Freakishly Fast
Hoping to zero in on why the mouth heals much faster than other body parts, such as the skin, the researchers recruited 30 healthy, non-smoking volunteers for a simple experiment.

July 27, 2018 at 07:38PM
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Cameroon Is a Close US Ally — and Its Soldiers Carried Out a Shocking Execution of Women and Children

Cameroon Is a Close US Ally — and Its Soldiers Carried Out a Shocking Execution of Women and Children
Soldiers in Cameroonian military garb executed two women and two children. The Intercept is publishing a full video of the killing.

July 27, 2018 at 06:33PM
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Ken Burns's 'The Vietnam War' Is on Netflix and It Will F—k You Up

Ken Burns's 'The Vietnam War' Is on Netflix and It Will F—k You Up
Sometimes I ask people what they called the Vietnam War in Vietnam. It's obvious: the American War.

July 27, 2018 at 04:31AM
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Discovery In China Reshapes The History Of Dinosaur Evolution

Discovery In China Reshapes The History Of Dinosaur Evolution
An excavation of decade old fossils led to a realization: It's time to rethink the evolutionary history of some of the biggest dinosaurs that ever walked the earth.

July 27, 2018 at 04:40PM
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