The Secret Life Of A Scientist At The End Of The World

The Secret Life Of A Scientist At The End Of The World
We climb glaciers and take minute measurements to understand the threats to our future. This is the story of my last, and most dramatic, trip to the Arctic.

August 1, 2019 at 03:59AM
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Jeffrey Epstein Hoped To Seed Human Race With His DNA

Jeffrey Epstein Hoped To Seed Human Race With His DNA
Jeffrey E. Epstein, the wealthy financier and accused sex trafficker, had an unusual dream: He hoped to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at his vast New Mexico ranch.

August 1, 2019 at 12:56AM
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Man Donates His Mother's Body For Medical Research, Later Finds Out Military Used It For 'Blast Testing'

Man Donates His Mother's Body For Medical Research, Later Finds Out Military Used It For 'Blast Testing'
"I feel foolish," said Jim Stauffer. "Because I'm not a trusting person, but in this situation you have no idea this is going on — you trust. I think that trust is what they fed on."

July 31, 2019 at 11:50PM
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This Is The Beginning Of The End Of The Beef Industry

This Is The Beginning Of The End Of The Beef Industry
Alt meat isn't going to stay alt for long, and cattle are looking more and more like stranded assets.

July 31, 2019 at 08:23PM
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The Real-Life Diet of The Rock’s Longtime Stunt Double, Tanoai Reed

The Real-Life Diet of The Rock’s Longtime Stunt Double, Tanoai Reed
From "The Scorpion King" to "Hobbs & Shaw," Tanoai Reed has performed athletic feats as a proxy for his friend and collaborator, Dwayne Johnson. Here's how he keeps his body in tip-top, Rock-ish shape.

July 31, 2019 at 05:02PM
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This Boxer's Punch-Dodging Reflexes Are Insane

This Boxer's Punch-Dodging Reflexes Are Insane
​Tevin Farmer won his weekend bout with Guillaume Frenois, thanks in part to his remarkable ability to dodge Frenois' punches.

July 30, 2019 at 11:29PM
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Why Lie Detector Tests Can't Be Trusted

Why Lie Detector Tests Can't Be Trusted
Federal agencies embraced the polygraph in the 1950s to reassure the public that they could unmask spies.

July 31, 2019 at 05:12AM
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Uber Only Has 800 Marketing People Now

Uber Only Has 800 Marketing People Now
On Monday, Uber announced it had laid off a third of its marketing department. According to the New York Times, an internal email said the team had “grown bloated.” Now it's just 800 or so people.

July 31, 2019 at 05:12AM
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Humans Will Never Colonize Mars

Humans Will Never Colonize Mars
The notion that we'll soon set up colonies inhabited by hundreds or thousands of people is pure nonsense.

July 31, 2019 at 01:21AM
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I Played Trump in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Debate Prep. Here’s What It Takes to Beat Him.

I Played Trump in Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Debate Prep. Here’s What It Takes to Beat Him.
Before any of them takes the debate stage on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2020 Democratic candidates will already have put in dozens of hours each preparing. But here's what they need to understand: Nothing they do to prepare for the primary debates will feel remotely similar to when the nominee faces Donald Trump in a debate.

July 30, 2019 at 08:18PM
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We Asked 20 Brewers: What Are The Worst Trends In Beer Right Now?

We Asked 20 Brewers: What Are The Worst Trends In Beer Right Now?
There are several movements coursing through American breweries that are worth celebrating, but, for now, let's focus on the absolute worst. We're examining the garbage gimmicks that deserve a good riddance. That leave a bad taste in your mouth. That make you want to White Claw your eyes out.

July 31, 2019 at 12:26AM
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When a Mega-Tsunami Drowned Mars, This Spot May Have Been Ground Zero

When a Mega-Tsunami Drowned Mars, This Spot May Have Been Ground Zero
The 75-mile wide crater could be something like a Chicxulub crater for the red planet.

July 31, 2019 at 02:24AM
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Physicists Peer Inside a Fireball of Quantum Matter

Physicists Peer Inside a Fireball of Quantum Matter
Experimenters in Germany have glimpsed the kind of strange, non-atomic matter thought to fill the cores of merging neutron stars.

July 31, 2019 at 01:21AM
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Humans Will Never Colonize Mars

Humans Will Never Colonize Mars
The notion that we'll soon set up colonies inhabited by hundreds or thousands of people is pure nonsense.

July 31, 2019 at 01:21AM
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Should I Tell My Daughter I'm Disappointed She Slept With My Brother, And Other Advice Column Questions

Should I Tell My Daughter I'm Disappointed She Slept With My Brother, And Other Advice Column Questions
A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.

July 30, 2019 at 07:41PM
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The New Fastest F1 Pit Stop Ever Is Wildly Fast

The New Fastest F1 Pit Stop Ever Is Wildly Fast
Just weeks after Red Bull Racing Team set a new F1 pit stop speed record (at 1.91 seconds), they beat themselves at their own game at the German Grand Prix, delivering a 1.88 second time.

July 30, 2019 at 08:01PM
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The Fascinating And Gross Thing That Happens When You Put A Raw Egg In A Vacuum Chamber

The Fascinating And Gross Thing That Happens When You Put A Raw Egg In A Vacuum Chamber
It's all fun and games until you have to clean up the aftermath of your scientific experiment.

July 30, 2019 at 08:49PM
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A Tectonic Plate Is Dying Under Oregon. Here's Why That Matters

A Tectonic Plate Is Dying Under Oregon. Here's Why That Matters
A peek into the curious geology of the Pacific Northwest helps tease apart what may happen when the last bits of an oceanic plate get swallowed up.

July 30, 2019 at 06:02PM
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Prison Riot In Northern Brazil Leaves At Least 57 Inmates Dead

Prison Riot In Northern Brazil Leaves At Least 57 Inmates Dead
At least 57 prisoners were killed by fellow inmates during a prison riot in northern Brazil in what authorities have described as a "targeted act" by gang members directed at a rival group.

July 30, 2019 at 05:49PM
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All 180 Rush Songs, Ranked

All 180 Rush Songs, Ranked
Here's a complete assessment of the Canadian power trio's peerless catalog.

July 30, 2019 at 05:03AM
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This Mind-Boggling Optical Illusion Makes A Black-And

This Mind-Boggling Optical Illusion Makes A Black-And 
Take a quick glance at the girl in the upper right of this photo — her shirt is green, right? Well, no.

July 30, 2019 at 01:22AM
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Capital One hacked, over 100 million customers affected

Capital One hacked, over 100 million customers affected
Capital One is estimating that roughly 140,000 social security numbers were potentially compromised in the US, as well as 80,000 linked bank account numbers. In Canada, roughly 1 million Social Insurance Numbers were compromised.

July 30, 2019 at 06:51AM
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Manhunt continues for Canadian teens suspected of murder

Manhunt continues for Canadian teens suspected of murder
Police in Canada have announced a possible sighting of the suspects wanted in connection to three murders as the manhunt continues.

July 30, 2019 at 05:03AM
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Trump re-election campaign raises $460,000 from selling plastic straws

Trump re-election campaign raises $460,000 from selling plastic straws
"Liberal paper straws don't work," blurb reads in hopes of riling those who are keen to protect the environment from plastic.

July 30, 2019 at 05:03AM
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Canada's Forgotten Rainforest

Canada's Forgotten Rainforest
Less than one-third of the world's primary forests are still intact. Deep in the interior of British Columbia, a temperate rainforest that holds vast stores of carbon and is home to endangered caribou is being clear-cut as fast as the Amazon.

July 29, 2019 at 06:08PM
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Scientists Built A Tiny Version Of The Sun In Wisconsin

Scientists Built A Tiny Version Of The Sun In Wisconsin
What we can learn about our star by using the "Big Red Ball."

July 30, 2019 at 03:11AM
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The Average Height

The Average Height 
​When traveling abroad, do you ever notice that in some places, the people just seem taller?

July 27, 2019 at 08:57PM
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Does Time Really Have A Direction?

Does Time Really Have A Direction?
In our Universe, time seems to go from past to future, not in reverse. But the C-theory of time asks if time even has a direction.

July 30, 2019 at 02:08AM
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Murder In The Moroccan Mountains

Murder In The Moroccan Mountains
Last winter, Moroccan officials found two hikers dead on the trail to the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains. The international investigation that followed revealed the fragility of the adventure travel economy, as well as what happens when a small tourist hub is suddenly made strange by violence.

July 29, 2019 at 10:28PM
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How Atkins Became Keto

How Atkins Became Keto
There's a reason the ketogenic diet has staying power, and it's not ketosis.

July 29, 2019 at 07:06PM
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The Case For A Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, And A 15-Hour Workweek

The Case For A Universal Basic Income, Open Borders, And A 15-Hour Workweek
Rutger Bregman, author of "Utopia for Realists," talks to Ezra Klein about the power and purpose of utopian thinking.

July 29, 2019 at 04:06AM
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Gigantic, Mysterious Radiation Leak Traced To Facility In Russia

Gigantic, Mysterious Radiation Leak Traced To Facility In Russia
The leak released up to 100 times the amount of radiation into the atmosphere that Fukushima disaster did. Italian scientists were the first to raise the alarm on October 2, when they noticed a burst of the radioactive ruthenium-106 in the atmosphere.

July 29, 2019 at 05:40PM
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A Fascinating Explanation Of The Complement System, One Of The Core Components Of The Immune System

A Fascinating Explanation Of The Complement System, One Of The Core Components Of The Immune System
A microscopic look at the battles being waged inside of your body every single day.

July 29, 2019 at 07:09PM
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A Death In Paradise

A Death In Paradise
An American tourist killed a hotel staffer in Anguilla. No one knows why.

July 29, 2019 at 06:15PM
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Dark Matter Has Never Killed Anyone, And Scientists Want To Know Why

Dark Matter Has Never Killed Anyone, And Scientists Want To Know Why
"Death by Dark Matter." That's not the name of your new favorite metal band; it’s the literal title of a new study by a trio of American of physicists. Their paper explores what the hypothetical consequences might be on the human population if a certain candidate of dark matter turned out to be true.

July 29, 2019 at 06:00PM
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Scientist Have Made A Contact Lens That Lets You Zoom In By Blinking

Scientist Have Made A Contact Lens That Lets You Zoom In By Blinking
Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, have created a new robotic soft contact lens that lets you zoom by blinking twice. The lens can be controlled by your eye movements.

July 29, 2019 at 05:40PM
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Gigantic, Mysterious Radiation Leak Traced To Facility In Russia

Gigantic, Mysterious Radiation Leak Traced To Facility In Russia
The leak released up to 100 times the amount of radiation into the atmosphere that Fukushima disaster did. Italian scientists were the first to raise the alarm on October 2, when they noticed a burst of the radioactive ruthenium-106 in the atmosphere.

July 29, 2019 at 05:40PM
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The Making Of Colonel Sanders

The Making Of Colonel Sanders
Long before KFC's Colonel Sanders was inexplicably a CGI Instagram influencer, RoboCop, or Reba McEntire, he was the Indiana-born Harland David Sanders.

July 29, 2019 at 02:01AM
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We Asked 64,000 Women What They Look For In A Partner

We Asked 64,000 Women What They Look For In A Partner
Worldwide, women of all sexual orientations said that kindness is a very important trait in a long-term partner.

July 27, 2019 at 09:24PM
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The Next Phase Of Marvel's Movies Is Much Weirder Than You Realize

The Next Phase Of Marvel's Movies Is Much Weirder Than You Realize
The biggest surprise is that the new, Avenger-less Marvel Cinematic Universe doesn't make much sense.

July 27, 2019 at 12:49AM
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A Cloudspotters' Guide To Climate Change

A Cloudspotters' Guide To Climate Change
On a lost-in-time island off the coast of England, a group called the Cloud Appreciation Society gathers to look skyward and bask in the delights of nature. But halfway around the world, scientists have modeled a scenario in which Stratocumulus actually disappear under extreme climate conditions

July 28, 2019 at 05:54PM
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How A Podcast And Its Army Of Amateur Sleuths Helped Free A Man From Prison

How A Podcast And Its Army Of Amateur Sleuths Helped Free A Man From Prison
How does a man wrongly convicted of murder get released twenty years later? It helps to have a wife who loves you, a podcaster who believes in you and an army of amateur sleuths who won't stop digging for the truth.

July 29, 2019 at 03:00AM
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The Harvard Professor Who Almost Had His House Stolen By His Lover, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories

The Harvard Professor Who Almost Had His House Stolen By His Lover, And More Of The Week's Best Scam Stories
The dine-and-dash eater captured by a "casanova" detective, how Nextdoor has become a perfect platform for scams and more of this week's best scam stories.

July 27, 2019 at 05:41PM
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How Science Got Trampled In The Rush To Drill In The Arctic

How Science Got Trampled In The Rush To Drill In The Arctic
The only thing standing in the way of establishing an oil and gas leasing program is the environmental review process. The administration is compressing it into just over one year.

July 27, 2019 at 08:01PM
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'It Snuck Up On Us': A 'City-Killer' Asteroid Just Missed Earth And Scientists Almost Didn't Detect It In Time

'It Snuck Up On Us': A 'City-Killer' Asteroid Just Missed Earth And Scientists Almost Didn't Detect It In Time
Alan Duffy was confused. On Thursday, the astronomer's phone was suddenly flooded with calls from reporters wanting to know about a large asteroid that had just whizzed past Earth, and he couldn't figure out "why everyone was so alarmed."

July 26, 2019 at 06:34PM
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Why Is Everyone On Tinder So Obsessed With Tacos?

Why Is Everyone On Tinder So Obsessed With Tacos?
On dating apps, tacos are more than just delicious — they're shorthand for a personality.

July 26, 2019 at 10:36PM
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Everyone Misunderstands The Point Of Fight Club

Everyone Misunderstands The Point Of Fight Club
Rebecca Renner on the Forgotten Anti-Capitalist Message of an Unjustly Vilified Work

July 27, 2019 at 09:24PM
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What If Avoiding the Sun Is Bad for You?

What If Avoiding the Sun Is Bad for You?
It was around 15 years ago that Dr. Matt Zirwas, an Ohio-based dermatologist, first noticed something curious about the people he was treating at his clinic.

July 26, 2019 at 12:49AM
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Entitled Tesla Jackass Parks On Stranger's Lawn, Steals Electricity For 12 Hours

Entitled Tesla Jackass Parks On Stranger's Lawn, Steals Electricity For 12 Hours
There’s sort of a stereotype of Tesla owners having this elevated sense of self-worth and entitlement since they believe that the fact that they drive a fast, luxurious electric car means they’re saving the world for the rest of us drooling simpletons.

July 27, 2019 at 10:41PM
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An Astronomer Answers Twitter Questions About Aliens

An Astronomer Answers Twitter Questions About Aliens
Tell us 'bout them aliens, Jill.

July 28, 2019 at 05:54PM
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