The Secret To Successful BBQ Pork Butt And Brisket Is Science

The Secret To Successful BBQ Pork Butt And Brisket Is Science
How to beat the infamous "stall" and other tricks of experienced pit masters.

September 3, 2018 at 07:28PM
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Omarosa Reportedly Taped “Nearly Every Conversation” She Had at the White House

Omarosa Reportedly Taped “Nearly Every Conversation” She Had at the White House
Omarosa worked at the White House for just under a year, so that’s a lot of conversations and a lot of potential tapes about… something.

September 3, 2018 at 06:51PM
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Two Journalists Were Just Sentenced To Prison For Reporting On Human Rights Abuses In Myanmar

Two Journalists Were Just Sentenced To Prison For Reporting On Human Rights Abuses In Myanmar
Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years for their coverage of the massacre of Rohingya villagers.

September 3, 2018 at 06:51PM
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The Best Photography Of The Week

The Best Photography Of The Week
The most polluted city in Russia, living alongside lava and an ambitious attempt to photograph every house in Poland.

September 2, 2018 at 02:40AM
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Is There A Mysterious Planet Nine Lurking In Our Solar System Beyond Neptune?

Is There A Mysterious Planet Nine Lurking In Our Solar System Beyond Neptune?
“Every time we take a picture,” said Surhud More, an astronomer at the University of Tokyo, “there is this possibility that Planet Nine exists in the shot.”

September 3, 2018 at 05:20PM
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20 Million Item Collection Destroyed As National Museum Of Brazil Burns

20 Million Item Collection Destroyed As National Museum Of Brazil Burns
A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Most of the 20 million items it contained, including the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas, are believed to have been destroyed.

September 3, 2018 at 05:20PM
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Russia In Color: Photos Of Life Before The Revolution

Russia In Color: Photos Of Life Before The Revolution
Photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky's fascinating study of an Empire from 1909 to 1915.

September 2, 2018 at 04:45AM
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Here's How Being A DJ Actually Works

Here's How Being A DJ Actually Works
A-Trak explains that being a DJ is about keeping people dancing — it's not just a science or an art, it's both.

September 3, 2018 at 05:30AM
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Plasma Thrusters Are About To Have Their Moment

Plasma Thrusters Are About To Have Their Moment
"Over the next five years, smaller and increasingly powerful satellites are going to be doing the same work as larger satellites do today, but they going to be doing them in a less expensive, more resilient way."

September 3, 2018 at 02:09AM
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Is Blue Light Really What's Keeping You Awake?

Is Blue Light Really What's Keeping You Awake?
It's a convenient scapegoat, but there are other reasons that devices mess with your sleep.

September 1, 2018 at 01:26AM
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How CEOs Came To Make Hundreds Of Times More Money Than Workers, Visualized

How CEOs Came To Make Hundreds Of Times More Money Than Workers, Visualized
"Originally a mere 20x the pay of normal people, chief executives have enjoyed well over 200x almost every year since the 1990s."

September 1, 2018 at 12:20AM
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The 'Whitening' Of Asian Americans

The 'Whitening' Of Asian Americans
Recent lawsuits suggesting reverse discrimination have aligned the interest of white Americans and Asian Americans, raising complex questions about identity and privilege.

September 1, 2018 at 09:03AM
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Climate Change Could Render Many Of Earth's Ecosystems Unrecognizable

Climate Change Could Render Many Of Earth's Ecosystems Unrecognizable
"Even as someone who has spent more than 40 years thinking about vegetation change looking into the past... it is really hard for me to wrap my mind around the magnitude of change we're talking about."

September 1, 2018 at 07:00AM
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The EU Is Ditching Daylight Saving Time Because It's What The People Want

The EU Is Ditching Daylight Saving Time Because It's What The People Want
In the largest survey ever conducted by the European Commission, 80% of around 4.6 million respondents said they favor abolishing the finicky practice of changing the clocks in summer and winter.

September 1, 2018 at 12:20AM
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Dude Casually Nails Skate Trick *Up* A Nasty Set Of Stairs

Dude Casually Nails Skate Trick *Up* A Nasty Set Of Stairs
Myquel Haddox is the stair master.

August 31, 2018 at 11:27PM
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The Retail Apocalypse, In Pictures

The Retail Apocalypse, In Pictures
Through photographer Jesse Rieser’s lens, the architectural fallout of the e-commerce revolution is beautiful.

August 31, 2018 at 07:39PM
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How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?

How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?
As the world warms because of human-induced climate change, most of us can expect to see more days when temperatures hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) or higher. See how your hometown has changed so far and how much hotter it may get.

August 31, 2018 at 06:40PM
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The Capitalist Origins of the Myers-Briggs Personality Test

The Capitalist Origins of the Myers-Briggs Personality Test
The pseudoscientific tool was a popular, and powerful, force in corporations across the United States.

August 31, 2018 at 11:02PM
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The Future Will Be Full Of Bullshit Jobs, And Other Facts

The Future Will Be Full Of Bullshit Jobs, 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: why we're all doomed to a life of pointless work, why a bold new study on booze says nothing new and why basic sneakers aren't cool anymore.

August 31, 2018 at 04:42PM
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The Tariffs Are Gone, But The Burden Of Print Weighs Heavier And Heavier

The Tariffs Are Gone, But The Burden Of Print Weighs Heavier And Heavier
The newspaper tariffs are dead. How big a difference will that make to those whose businesses still depends on dead trees?

September 1, 2018 at 01:12PM
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