Why Hollywood Is Trying To Turn Everything Into Movies — Even Mindless Games Like 'Fruit Ninja'

Why Hollywood Is Trying To Turn Everything Into Movies — Even Mindless Games Like 'Fruit Ninja'
Hollywood is aggressively adapting material that doesn't have a narrative or even any characters. But not all intellectual property is created equal.

July 28, 2017 at 04:32PM
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When A Philosophy Professor Condones Violence, And Other Great Long Reads

When A Philosophy Professor Condones Violence, And Other Great Long Reads
Every week, we highlight the longform articles from recent days that we think you shouldn't miss.​ Here are this week's picks.

July 28, 2017 at 06:35PM
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Russia demands U.S. reduce diplomatic staff in new round of conflict over election hacking

Russia demands U.S. reduce diplomatic staff in new round of conflict over election hacking
Russia announced Friday it would seize U.S. diplomatic properties and demand that the State Department reduce its staff in Russia, a tit-for-tat punishment that the Russian Foreign Ministry said was spurred by a financial sanctions bill now awaiting a signature from President Trump.

July 28, 2017 at 04:32PM
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To Get To An Alien Star, Scientists Launched The Tiniest Spacecraft Ever

To Get To An Alien Star, Scientists Launched The Tiniest Spacecraft Ever
Each of these crafts is just shy of the size of an Oreo, yet contains computers, sensors, solar panels, and radios.

July 28, 2017 at 06:35PM
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What Happens When You Tell the Internet You're Pregnant

What Happens When You Tell the Internet You're Pregnant
A month after I ordered prenatal vitamins on Amazon, I started hearing an ad on Spotify that featured the sound of a baby’s heartbeat. It was an ad for a prenatal doctor.

July 28, 2017 at 06:35PM
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Helping My Son Choose Between the Cub Scouts and His Beliefs about God

Helping My Son Choose Between the Cub Scouts and His Beliefs about God
Kate Abbott thought the Cub Scouts would be a great place for her son to make friends. Then they came across the "Duty to God" requirements.

July 28, 2017 at 08:08AM
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How Dipping Sauce for Pizza Became Oddly Necessary

How Dipping Sauce for Pizza Became Oddly Necessary
It was just a short time ago that dipping pizza in ranch was the Great Debate, with many claiming that the act was an abomination to pies everywhere. Now, the ranch-pizza combo is an integral part of the pizza experience.

July 28, 2017 at 07:46PM
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EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR

EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR
Until now, American scientists have watched with a combination of awe, envy, and some alarm as scientists elsewhere were first to explore the controversial practice.

July 28, 2017 at 05:35PM
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Going Nude Isn't That Weird, And Other Facts

Going Nude Isn't That Weird, And Other Facts
​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: A week at a nudist retreat, the slow decline of the American college and the incredible cost of fixing an old, cheap truck.

July 28, 2017 at 04:32PM
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The Best Of The Worst 'Emoji Movie' Reviews

The Best Of The Worst 'Emoji Movie' Reviews
"The viewing experience of 'The Emoji Movie' is akin to letting someone else chew a hangnail off of your hand."

July 28, 2017 at 11:51PM
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30 Years Ago, Billy Joel Had a Meltdown in Moscow

30 Years Ago, Billy Joel Had a Meltdown in Moscow
In 1987, the piano man tried to bridge the gap between the US and the Soviet Union, and threw an onstage tantrum in the process.

July 28, 2017 at 04:32PM
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The data that transformed AI research—and possibly the world

The data that transformed AI research—and possibly the world
Originally published in 2009 as a research poster stuck in the corner of a Miami Beach conference center, ImageNet quickly evolved into an annual competition to see which algorithms could identify objects in the dataset's images with the lowest error rate.

July 28, 2017 at 12:13AM
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School Segregation Didn't Go Away. It Just Evolved.

School Segregation Didn't Go Away. It Just Evolved.
How parents are gerrymandering school borders and fencing out poor kids.

July 28, 2017 at 06:35PM
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Who the drugs kill

Who the drugs kill
Southern California's MDMA- and ecstasy-filled rave and festival circuit is affecting young Asian-Americans the most.

July 28, 2017 at 08:08AM
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The people who want to buy a railroad

The people who want to buy a railroad
VIA Rail runs 1,700km across Manitoba, and for many remote communities, the train is the only way to connect to the rest of the world. Now the local people want to buy the tracks.

July 28, 2017 at 07:27AM
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Health Care Debate: Obamacare Repeal Fails as McCain Votes No

Health Care Debate: Obamacare Repeal Fails as McCain Votes No
John McCain, along with Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, voted with Democrats in the early morning hours of Friday to reject the Senate GOP's "skinny repeal" bill.

July 28, 2017 at 10:42AM
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Anthony Scaramucci Sure Has Made A Lot Of Blunders In His First Week

Anthony Scaramucci Sure Has Made A Lot Of Blunders In His First Week
Last night, the Mooch accused Reince Priebus of "cock-blocking" him and Steve Bannon of "trying to suck [his] own cock." There's much more where that came from.

July 28, 2017 at 10:42AM
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This Is Just An Extremely Good Video Of A Hamster Pushing Another Hamster Off Their Wheel

This Is Just An Extremely Good Video Of A Hamster Pushing Another Hamster Off Their Wheel
Listen, we don't want to be hyperbolic, but this probably one of the best hamster videos on the internet.

July 28, 2017 at 01:17AM
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EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR

EXCLUSIVE: First human embryos edited in U.S., using CRISPR
Until now, American scientists have watched with a combination of awe, envy, and some alarm as scientists elsewhere were first to explore the controversial practice.

July 28, 2017 at 05:35PM
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The Hijacking of a $100 Million Supertanker

The Hijacking of a $100 Million Supertanker
A mysterious assault. An unsolved murder. And a ship that hasn't given up all its secrets.

July 28, 2017 at 03:20AM
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