Why Coffee Pods Are A Sign That The End Is Nigh

Your Parmesan Might Be Wood And Other Facts, What To Expect In Saturday's Primary Battles, Themed Boxes For Guys Who Give A Damn, What's Wrong With Coffee Pods?, The Intricacies Of Time Travel In 'Star Trek,' And Other Great Stories, Inside The Rise And Fall Of Zenefits — The HR Startup The Daily Digg Friday, February 19, 2016 WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Your Parmesan Might Be Wood And Other Facts digg.com ​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Cheese fraud, defining a "normal" sex life and a really cool hay bale wrapper. SUPER SATURDAY What To Expect In Saturday's Primary Battles digg.com This Saturday, the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates will face off in different state primary races — the Democrats in Nevada and the Republicans in South Carolina. Here's what to expect. BOXES WE DIGG SPONSORED Themed Boxes For Guys Who Give A Damn bespokepost.com Enjoy the finer things in life, but don't like searching for them? Enter Bespoke Post and the Box of Awesome. They find the most interesting products for men and deliver them to your doorstep monthly. Free to join, skip any box, cancel anytime. Awesome indeed. IN HOT, BROWN WATER What's Wrong With Coffee Pods? bbc.com The German city of Hamburg has banned coffee pods from state-run buildings as part of an environmental drive to reduce waste. Should others follow suit? WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK The Intricacies Of Time Travel In 'Star Trek,' And Other Great Stories digg.com Taking a good long look at how time travel works — and doesn't work — in "Star Trek," a peek inside the world of Tumblr teens, and more of the best long reads of the week. THINGS GOT A LITTLE TOO ZEN Inside The Rise And Fall Of Zenefits — The HR Startup buzzfeed.com Zenefits seemed to have everything that makes a Silicon Valley investor drool. But the reality was a whole lot messier. Get more stories on Digg.com PATRIARCH OF THE PENGUINS Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Krill poses at the Bellingshausen station at King George Island of Waterloo, Antarctica. Credit: Igor Palkin/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service photo via AP 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

Decrypt This!

The Battle Between Apple And The FBI, Explained, The Right Way To Wash Your Clothes, Need More Screen Space? Just Add iPad, The Invisible Link Between Autism And Anorexia, "Mad Max: Fury Road" Cost $20,833 Per Second, Performance Bonuses Are A Lie The Daily Digg Thursday, February 18, 2016 STAY AWAY FROM MY BACKDOOR! The Battle Between Apple And The FBI, Explained digg.com Apple CEO Tim Cook published a letter late Tuesday accusing the government of taking overly invasive actions to get access to the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. This is just the latest battle in a drawn-out war between tech companies and the government. HOW TO BE AN ADULT The Right Way To Wash Your Clothes digg.com You own multiple items of clothing. They come in different colors and are made with different materials. So how do you wash them all? APPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Need More Screen Space? Just Add iPad duetdisplay.com Just not enough room on your laptop screen for all your tabs? Duet Display lets you easily use your iPad as an external display. ANOTHER PART OF THE SPECTRUM The Invisible Link Between Autism And Anorexia spectrumnews.org For much of her adult life, Louise Harrington was shockingly underweight. But she didn't feel anorexic, and the psychologists and psychiatrists she visited couldn't comprehend what was driving her behavior. WITNESS FEE "Mad Max: Fury Road" Cost $20,833 Per Second vocativ.com Physically burning that amount of money so quickly is almost definitely impossible, but Hollywood, my friend, is where dreams are made. WE'RE ALL BAD AT OUR JOBS Performance Bonuses Are A Lie bloomberg.com Congratulations sub-par workers, even you can expect a bonus for a mediocre year of work. Get more stories on Digg.com GOLDEN BOY ​In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 photo, An Iraqi pantomime prepares for a show, in Diwaniyah, Iraq. Pantomimes expressed resentment and anger over the economic and political situation using their art for show on the streets of Iraq. Credit: AP Photo/Hadi Mizban 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

Love Is Mathematical

Sarah Parcak Is A Space Archaeologist — And Soon You Will Be Too, Is Anti-Vaccination The Rational Choice?, Time For A New Era Of Watchmaking, When To Stop Dating And Settle Down, According To Math, I Have Seen The Future Of Media, And It's In China, Will Anyone Be Prosecuted For The Flint Water Crisis? The Daily Digg Wednesday, February 17, 2016 ADVENTURE IS DOWN THERE Sarah Parcak Is A Space Archaeologist — And Soon You Will Be Too wired.com Parcak spends her days scrutinizing satellite imagery of Earth for clues that could lead to long-buried historical artifacts. She intends to create a crowdsourced citizen science game that allows anyone to do the same. DIGG DIALOG Is Anti-Vaccination The Rational Choice? digg.com Writer Maggie Koerth-Baker believes that parents who reject vaccination are making a rational choice, putting their children above the public good. What do you think? Read her story and leave your comments now. WATCHES WE DIGG SPONSORED Time For A New Era Of Watchmaking brathwait.com Brathwait sells the highest quality watches for the fairest prices directly to you online. Committed to complete transparency, they share the cost to produce each watch so you know exactly what you're paying for. ALL OUT OF HEARTS When To Stop Dating And Settle Down, According To Math washingtonpost.com There's a classic math problem that can tell when and why we should stop dating. SENDING OUT AN SMS I Have Seen The Future Of Media, And It's In China fusion.net Thanks to the Great Firewall, China's 668 million Internet users don't have access to Facebook or Twitter or Instagram or Snapchat. So, how do they get their news? The same way we will, in a few years' time. WE'RE NOT HOLDING OUR BREATHS Will Anyone Be Prosecuted For The Flint Water Crisis? newrepublic.com If allegations prove accurate, government employees of both the city of Flint and the state of Michigan appear to have violated the Safe Drinking Water Act — but will anyone actually be prosecuted criminally for this disaster? Get more stories on Digg.com 'NI UNA MÁS' ​Jose Luis Castillo stands at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry in front of a cross memorial with a message that reads, "Not One More" marking the women who have gone missing, many turning up dead afterwards, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016. Castillo, whose daughter went missing in 2009, will attend Wednesday's papal Mass in the Mexican border city, with other families whose daughters have gone missing. Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre 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

Preparing For Apocalypse

Preparing For Apocalypse In San Bernardino, The Secret Search Engine Tearing Wikipedia Apart, You Could Be Earning 100x More Interest On Your Checking Account, Why Men Fight, This Man Will Transform How You Eat, The Animals That Sniff Out Your Sickness The Daily Digg Tuesday, February 16, 2016 LAST DAYS Preparing For Apocalypse In San Bernardino newyorker.com Syed Farook had harbored carnage fantasies for years. He already had the weapons. Now, in Tashfeen Malik, he had a willing partner. IS THERE A WIKIPEDIA ENTRY ABOUT IT? The Secret Search Engine Tearing Wikipedia Apart motherboard.vice.com The Wikimedia Foundation is interested in creating a search engine that appears squarely aimed at competing with Google. And it's tearing the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikipedia community apart. BANKING WE DIGG SPONSORED You Could Be Earning 100x More Interest On Your Checking Account aspiration.com Interested in saving money without even trying? The Summit Account from Aspiration lets you earn up to 1.00% APY on your checking account. Plus, they have no monthly fees and free access to every ATM in the world. DIGG DIALOG Why Men Fight digg.com After months of training, Quartz editor Thomas McBee became the first known transgender man to ever fight in Madison Square Garden. Why did he do this? Talk to him today at 1pm EST. Leave your comments now. A LOT TO DIGEST This Man Will Transform How You Eat newrepublic.com Can the new science of neurogastronomy — and one very creative chef — convince us that healthy food is delicious? DR. DOG WILL SEE YOU The Animals That Sniff Out Your Sickness digg.com Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now we're training them to save your life. Get more stories on Digg.com 'IT'S COLD OUT HERE, LET'S GET INSIDE' Fabian Xaver Weissmeier on Mateur, second from left, wins the Prize Wroclaw Euroean Capital of Culture 2016 on the frozen Lake St. Moritz on the second weekend of the White Turf races in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016. Credit: Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP 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