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When Your Child Is Killed By Terrorists, You Shouldn't Have To Fight The Government, Can We Trace A Person's Intelligence?, Over The Top Comfy Underwear, The Different Ways The Universe Might End Are Fascinating And Horrifying, The $434,000,000 Biological Observatory That Spans The US, Tackling The Impossible Dream Of A Private And Socially Connected Future The Daily Digg Wednesday, January 20, 2016 HIDDEN DAMAGES When Your Child Is Killed By Terrorists, You Shouldn't Have To Fight The Government read.atavist.com After his daughter died in a terrorist attack, Stephen Flatow won a historic judgment against her killers. But to collect the funds, he first had to battle his own government. DIGG DIALOG Can We Trace A Person's Intelligence? digg.com The genetic key to human intelligence may lie in a fragment called "DUF1220" — and the idea that researchers may have found the stuff that makes humans smart was too tantalizing for Jonathon Keeney to pass up. Read his story and come talk to him today at 12pm EST. Leave your comments now. UNDIES WE DIGG SPONSORED Over The Top Comfy Underwear mackweldon.com Smart design and premium fabrics make these boxer briefs anything but basic. WE DON'T WANT TO GET BEYOND HYPOTHESES The Different Ways The Universe Might End Are Fascinating And Horrifying digg.com The power of science has allowed humans to do everything from study distant galaxies to take high-res photos of Pluto. But one thing science has struggled with has been understanding the limits of our universe, and particularly how it will end (or not end). NEON DREAMS The $434,000,000 Biological Observatory That Spans The US nature.com The United States has invested in a grand ecological observatory, but the project has been dogged by budget overruns and delays. FACE(LESS)BOOK Tackling The Impossible Dream Of A Private And Socially Connected Future medium.com Is crypto giant David Chaum's new "PrivaTegrity" the future of social media (and Internet privacy at large?) Get more stories on Digg.com BOBBING FOR CROSSES Christian Orthodox believers swim across cold water for a cross in the river Ribnica, in Podgorica, Montenegro, marking Orthodox Epiphany, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016. Orthodox Serbs celebrate Epiphany on January 19, following the old Julian calendar, with the tradition of retrieving crosses from the rivers and lakes.​ Credit: AP Photo/Risto Bozovic Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2016 Digg Inc. 50 Eldridge St, NY, NY 10002