How an Activist Group Used Gamergate Tactics to Hit Breitbart Where It Hurts

How an Activist Group Used Gamergate Tactics to Hit Breitbart Where It Hurts
One of the anonymous proprietors behind Sleeping Giants talks to GQ about their campaign's effectiveness, the NRA, and the parameters of free speech.

March 3, 2018 at 09:50PM
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New Mexico’s Sad Bet on Space Exploration

New Mexico’s Sad Bet on Space Exploration
Spaceport America was supposed to bring a thriving space industry to the southern New Mexico desert — but for now it's a futurist tourist attraction, not an operational harbor to the cosmos.

March 3, 2018 at 02:43AM
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Scotland’s floating wind farm is showing how powerful offshore wind can be

Scotland’s floating wind farm is showing how powerful offshore wind can be
The turbines withstood some serious gusts.

March 5, 2018 at 02:15AM
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'Get Out' Should Win Best Picture, But Does The Movie Actually Need The Oscars?

'Get Out' Should Win Best Picture, But Does The Movie Actually Need The Oscars?
The Jordan Peele-directed social thriller is already a crowning achievement in so many ways. Does it really need the Oscars to validate it?

March 3, 2018 at 03:41AM
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Barbra Streisand Explains: Why I Cloned My Dog

Barbra Streisand Explains: Why I Cloned My Dog
Barbra Streisand had one wonderful dog. Then, sort of, she had four. She explains.

March 4, 2018 at 07:18PM
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How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries

How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries
Many Americans can buy a gun in less than an hour. In some countries, the process takes months. Here are the basic steps for how most people buy a gun in 15 of them.

March 3, 2018 at 03:41AM
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Notes On Being Very Tall

Notes On Being Very Tall
The plagues and pleasures of an unusual identity.

March 3, 2018 at 01:38AM
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The Science of Drinking Post-Workout

The Science of Drinking Post-Workout
Alcohol mixes well with many things. It is, after all, a solution. But one thing it doesn't typically play well with is a tired, hungry, dehydrated body.

March 4, 2018 at 02:08AM
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Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself

Why I Quit Google to Work for Myself
Two years in, I loved Google. When the annual employee survey asked me whether I expected to be at Google in five years, it was a no-brainer. But that wasn't what happened.

March 2, 2018 at 05:49PM
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Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside a Crematorium

Burning Out: What Really Happens Inside a Crematorium
Four decades ago, less than 5 percent of American were cremated when they died. Now that figure stands at nearly half. This is how cremation actually works, and the story of what happens to a culture when its attitude about how to memorialize the dead undergoes a revolution.

March 2, 2018 at 01:04AM
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Dropping A Piece Of Ice Down A 90-Meter Antarctic Borehole Sounds So Much Cooler Than We Expected

Dropping A Piece Of Ice Down A 90-Meter Antarctic Borehole Sounds So Much Cooler Than We Expected
To be clear, we expected it to sound pretty cool, but the noise the ice makes when it hits the bottom of the borehole is really unexpected.

March 2, 2018 at 08:09PM
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Yes, bacon really is killing us

Yes, bacon really is killing us
Decades of research proves that chemicals used to make bacon do cause cancer. So how did the meat industry convince us it was safe?

March 1, 2018 at 06:32PM
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The Travel Companies Enabling Us to Work from Anywhere

The Travel Companies Enabling Us to Work from Anywhere
Travel companies are creating a generation of digital nomads, flying gig workers and tech nerds to exotic locales where they can pursue dream jobs.

March 2, 2018 at 06:53PM
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The Radical Left-Wing Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money

The Radical Left-Wing Theory That the Government Has Unlimited Money
Everyone knows governments need to tax before they can spend. What Modern Monetary Theory presupposes is, maybe they don't.

March 1, 2018 at 01:59AM
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How Cosmologists Determined That the Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Anyone Thought

How Cosmologists Determined That the Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Anyone Thought
As detailed in a forthcoming paper, a group of astronomers used four years’ worth of data from the Hubble Space Telescope to determine that the universe is expanding about 9 percent faster than other leading measurements predicted — a wild mismatch in a field as precise as cosmology.

February 28, 2018 at 06:26PM
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What Is It Really Like Living With Schizophrenia?

What Is It Really Like Living With Schizophrenia?
There's a lot of misinformation out there about this neurological condition. What is it really? And how does it affect a person's mind?

March 3, 2018 at 01:16AM
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EPA Chief Disputes Evolution In Unearthed Recordings

EPA Chief Disputes Evolution In Unearthed Recordings
The statements establish a pattern of questioning accepted scientific theory.

March 3, 2018 at 01:07AM
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The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed

The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed
Documents shine light on a secretive coalition that eavesdrops on communications in countries across the world.

March 2, 2018 at 04:28AM
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Can You Really Bend Light With Your Finger?

Can You Really Bend Light With Your Finger?
It might seem magic, but, really, it's just physics.

March 2, 2018 at 11:20PM
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There's No Way LeBron Did This On Purpose, Right?

There's No Way LeBron Did This On Purpose, Right? 
A behind-the-back move to break a double team is audacious. A behind-the-back-move to break a double team that goes through your teammate's legs? That's just LeBron.

March 2, 2018 at 07:33AM
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