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You're Slicing Your Bagels Wrong, And Other News, Space Mining Is Closer Than You Think, And The Prospects Are Great, How To Give Your Brain A Boost, How To Protect Your Stomach From Traveler's Diarrhea, Teaching Machines To Understand Us, On Space-Time And The Problem Of 'The Berenstein Bears' The Daily Digg Friday, August 7, 2015 WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK You're Slicing Your Bagels Wrong, And Other News digg.com There's a new slicing technique in town, young blood could make the olds young again, and the Lexus hoverboard impressed us, kinda. YOU KNOW THE DRILL Space Mining Is Closer Than You Think, And The Prospects Are Great digg.com What can we mine in space? And could it deliver world peace, or just another realm for competition and conflict? Perhaps a look at the immediate past and near future may help us answer some of these questions. BRAINWAVES WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Give Your Brain A Boost nootrobox.com Nootropics give your brain the boost it needs to be its best self, and Nootrobox gives you a curated selection to get started. Get 10% off your order with code "digg10". NEVER EAT How To Protect Your Stomach From Traveler's Diarrhea npr.org It has many names: Montezuma's Revenge. Delhi Belly. And there are about as many misconceptions about traveler's diarrhea as there are names for it. NPR is here to explain what actually will help. I, ROBOT, YOU ROBOT, WE ROBOT Teaching Machines To Understand Us technologyreview.com A reincarnation of one of the oldest ideas in artificial intelligence could finally make it possible to truly converse with our computers. And Facebook has a chance to make it happen first. STAIND On Space-Time And The Problem Of 'The Berenstein Bears' inverse.com What's the name of that book series with the lovable bear family? Most people would immediately say "The Berenstein Bears." But the series is actually called the "The Berenstain Bears." What's behind our collective misspelling of the children's classic? Get more stories on Digg.com → WORK THAT CANE! Contestant Abel Jose Nunes, 94, struts on the catwalk during the annual "Most Handsome Elderly Man" contest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015. According to the Sao Paulo Health Secretary, the event intends to provide moments of leisure, raise self-esteem and promote the beauty of the old age. Credit: AP Photo/Andre Penner Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

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The US Government's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Websites, The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized, Make Your Website Beautiful, Just Like That, What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Discovers Religion?, WATCH: Why We See Faces Where There Aren't Any, Seriously Illegal Softball Bats And The Men Who Make Them The Daily Digg Thursday, August 6, 2015 AMERICA ON LINE The US Government's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Websites digg.com On this week's episode of "Reply All" we take a tour of the most frustrating websites on the Internet — the ones run by our very own government. THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized digg.com Sentencing convicts based on crimes they haven't yet committed, the drug-dealer who became a Hurricane Katrina hero, and the surreal life and uncertain future of a Vine star — here's a look at this week's best longform journalism. WEBSITES WE DIGG SPONSORED Make Your Website Beautiful, Just Like That themeforest.net So you're building your website with WordPress. Want it to look good? Swift Ideas has you covered, with a suite of beautiful (and beautifully functional) themes. PEWS AND PEW PEWS What Happens When Artificial Intelligence Discovers Religion? dailydot.com "As far as Christianity is concerned, the singularity probably wouldn't go over too well with God." TIME TO FACE FACTS WATCH: Why We See Faces Where There Aren't Any digg.com In order to make sense of everything the world throws at us, the human brain likes to find familiar patterns even when they don't exist, a phenomenon called pareidolia — aka, why your power outlet looks like a screaming man. OFF BASE Seriously Illegal Softball Bats And The Men Who Make Them sbnation.com Welcome to the extremely paranoid world of "bat doctoring," the dark and ridiculous subsection of one of our nation's most tame neighborhood sports, where some players spend upwards of four figures and literally risk lives to hit a ball kinda far. Get more stories on Digg.com → DOGGY PADDLE ​In this Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015, photo, a paddleboarder and dog travel along Shuswap Lake as the sun sets in Sicamous, British Columbia. Credit: Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

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How Combat Rations Got Into Your Kid's Lunchbox, WATCH: All The Careers Launched By 'The Daily Show', Meet Your Next Pair Of Jeans, Dislodged In New York, The Battle Over Scrabble's Dictionaries, Are Feminists For Or Against Sex Work? And Other Political Reads From This Week The Daily Digg Wednesday, August 5, 2015 WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN COOKING UP How Combat Rations Got Into Your Kid's Lunchbox pri.org For decades, the research the military has been doing to ensure tasty, affordable, durable and nonperishable meals for its troops has been making its way into the private sector and shaping many of the every day items on our supermarket shelves. Just take the lunch you made for your kid today. The bread, the cheese, the meat, the granola bar, the juice pouch — these are all items engineered in one way or another by the US military. END OF A COMEDIC EMPIRE WATCH: All The Careers Launched By 'The Daily Show' digg.com As "The Daily Show" winds to a close, lets look back at some of its most distinguished alumni, from their first appearance on the show to the trajectory their careers have taken since departing. DENIM WE DIGG SPONSORED Meet Your Next Pair Of Jeans mottandbow.com Mott & Bow cuts out the middleman to bring you premium quality, ridiculously comfortable jeans at a great price. And they'll ship you a second size (for free!) with their home try-on program so you can get the perfect fit. 'HOMME LESS' Dislodged In New York nybooks.com Where do the homeless go? And how many are there? Aside from the 60,000 in the shelters, untold numbers of people live on the street. A new documentary is a reminder of how far the homeless population now reaches in New York. WORD WARS The Battle Over Scrabble's Dictionaries newyorker.com Some sixty-five hundred new words — "lolz," "shizzle," and "blech" among them — will officially enter one of the two major competitive Scrabble lexicons on September 1st of this year. The grumbling that results when a word list lengthens is not so much about the inclusion of obscene or offensive words — but about the growing divide between two Scrabble communities: North America and everywhere else. THE ENTHUSIASM GAP Are Feminists For Or Against Sex Work? And Other Political Reads From This Week digg.com This week: Biden bides his time, Hillary is not a cyborg and Donald Trump may or may not be in the Illuminati. Get more stories on Digg.com → LEAPS TALL BUILDINGS IN A SINGLE BOUND Ginger Huber of the United States competes during the women's 20 meter high dive final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015. Credit: AP Photo/Denis Tyrin Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

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Living Without A Sense Of Smell, How To Slice A Bagel Along A Mobius Strip — And Why, 'Star Trek' Economics, The Architecture Of A Landfill, The Man Who Survived Hiroshima, WATCH: Red Hot Nickel Ball Vs. Floral Foam Produces Bizarre Results The Daily Digg Tuesday, August 4, 2015 THE NOSE DOESN'T KNOW Living Without A Sense Of Smell digg.com Losing your sense of smell takes away more than scents and flavors — it can fundamentally change the way you relate to other people. SCHMEAR CAMPAIGN How To Slice A Bagel Along A Mobius Strip — And Why digg.com Bagels are getting too big and puffy, throwing off proper ratios to cream cheese and lox. Something must be done. IN DEEP SPACE AND FREE OF WANT 'Star Trek' Economics bloombergview.com There's one big, obvious thing missing from the future society depicted in the program. No one is doing business. There is almost no one buying and selling, except for a few species for whom commerce is a form of traditional religion. MINDFUL TRASH HEAPS The Architecture Of A Landfill harvarddesignmagazine.org Puente Hills, California, is an unhealthy place. Home to one of the largest landfills in the United States, it was the main repository for all of Los Angeles County's waste until the landfill 'I HAD ENTERED A LIVING HELL ON EARTH' The Man Who Survived Hiroshima theguardian.com As Japan prepares to mark the 70th anniversary of the world's first nuclear attack, survivors remember the horrors of nuclear war. YOU'LL GET FOAM-MO WATCH: Red Hot Nickel Ball Vs. Floral Foam Produces Bizarre Results digg.com It's like that scene in bad horror movies where the curse is broken and the bad guy ages hundred of years all at once. Except it's foam. Get more stories on Digg.com → LET ME BE BRAVE IN THE ATTEMPT The Area 13 Special Olympics volleyball team returns from the Special Olympics World Games, Monday, Aug. 3, 2015, at Bishop Airport in Flint, Mich. The team won a gold medal. Credit: Christian Randolph/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014