Motherboy MCMXXI

After 13 years of planning, the team behind OSIRIS-REx's recent flyby of Earth faced the first real test of their research equipment.

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IT'S A WILD WORLD OUT THERE THE DARK SIDE OF THE EARTH In The Control Room When A NASA Spacecraft Goes Silent theatlantic.com After 13 years of planning, the team behind OSIRIS-REx's recent flyby of Earth faced the first real test of their research equipment. A TECHNOLOGY IN ITS INFANCY The Real Science Behind The Artificial Womb undark.org An innovation aimed at helping premature babies survive spurred wild, dystopian speculation — and left both physiology and technology in the dust. LAME IMPALA WATCH: The Incredible Speed With Which A Leopard Can Take Down An Animal digg.com This stealthy leopard ambushed the weakest member of an unsuspecting group of impala in Kruger National Park, South Africa. RIP little guy. WHERE HOBBITS WOULD LIVE IN JAPAN The Fairytale Forests Of Yakushima atlasobscura.com The island features deer, monkeys, and thousand-year old trees. DESIGN WE DIGG | SPONSORED Where To Get Furniture When You've Outgrown IKEA arhaus.com Looking to kick up your home's style? Arhaus is a one-stop shop for artisan-crafted furnishings for every room in your home. Right now they're offering up to 60% off during their Warehouse Sale. THE WEEK IN PHOTOS CURATED BY VIEWFIND The Best Photography Of The Week digg.com The seven men claiming to be Jesus, quirky photos of US culture in Europe, and the wild life of Hugh Hefner. A COOL GALAXY WITH A HOT CORONA The Week's Coolest Space Photos digg.com Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? GRAMMER SLAMMER What The Heck Is Up With All These Frasier Memes digg.com I think I'm going insane. THE GRAVE OF THE UNNAMED SON The Mystery Of 'Some Mother's Boy' magazine.atavist.com In 1921, a teenager died alone in rural Kentucky and was buried without a name. A century later, a team of sleuths set out to find his identity. This is the story of Some Mother's Boy. SOMEBODY KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU NOW The Inside Story Of Equifax's Massive Data Breach bloomberg.com Investigations into the massive breach aren't complete, but the intruders used techniques that have been linked to nation-state hackers in the past. WHERE YOUR OLD EMAILS ARE A Eulogy For Eudora tedium.co The early graphical client Eudora was how people checked their email in the '90s. But in the end, only the power users stuck around. Here's what you missed. VIDEO OF THE DAY FUNNY, CREEPY FACES This Unreal Engine Generated Face Almost Escapes The Uncanny Valley And It's Freaking Us Out digg.com Escaping the uncanny valley is the holy grail for human animation in video games, and this new Unreal Engine demo gets pretty damn close. STYLE WE DIGG | SPONSORED Your Apartment Could Look Like This arhaus.com Arhaus is a one-stop shop for artisan-crafted furnishings for every room in your home. Kickstart your home redesign with 60% off during their Warehouse Sale. Enjoy your weekend, just like you enjoyed season 4 (the best season) of 'Frasier' View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Around The World In 80 Minutes

Like Musk's vision for an underground superhighway, this seems like quite a longshot, but it would be really cool if he pulled it off.

Digg Editions Morning · Fri, Sep 29

OUT THERE 'ANYWHERE ON EARTH IN UNDER AN HOUR' Here's Elon Musk's Radical Proposal For A City-To-City Rocket System digg.com Like Musk's vision for an underground superhighway, this seems like quite a longshot, but it would be really cool if he pulled it off. A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY TO BEAR I Guarded An Arctic Base Against Polar Bears At The Frontline Of The Apocalypse motherboard.vice.com The DEW Line was built in the fifties to warn of a nuclear threat. I guarded six workers there from polar bears. 'THEY ACTUALLY WEAR NAZI UNIFORMS' Spending A Year Undercover With The Alt-Right huckmagazine.com 25-year-old Patrik Hermansson set up a fake identity to join the Alt-Right movement, putting himself face to face with neo-Nazis and white supremacists. EXTENSIONS WE DIGG | SPONSORED This Trick Gets You Prime-Sized Savings Without Paying $99/yr wikibuy.com Wikibuy is a Chrome extension that automatically finds the lowest price, best coupon, or cash back offer for whatever you're shopping for — on Amazon and a ton of other major sites. It's a free tool, so there's literally no reason not to get it. SOCIAL DISORDER WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Assholes Are Everywhere, 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: A conversation about assholes, the pinnacle of video game controller design and the end of software as we know it. YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING FROM HOME Zucktown, USA thebaffler.com Facebook, Amazon and Google are reviving the ill-fated "company towns" of the Gilded Age. THE HOUSE ALWAYS MESSES WITH YOU How Slot Machines Are Designed To Be Addictive theguardian.com Poker machines use a range of design features that leverage psychology to keep people playing. The Guardian breaks them down so you can see exactly how they work, and how they affect people. THE INVISIBLE SECOND SHIFT Women Aren't Nags. We're Just Fed Up. harpersbazaar.com Emotional labor is the unpaid job men still don't understand. VIDEO OF THE DAY CAUTION: CUTE PROFANITY Dad Learns Why You Shouldn't Say The F Word In Front Of Your Toddler digg.com ​"Fuck" really is a great word. It rolls off the tongue. And it appears James LaPorta's nearly 2-year-old son has already learned that fact, unfortunately for his father. IN THE NEWS HHS Secretary Tom Price Will Only Repay A Fraction Of Cost Of His Private Flights Jared Kushner's Lawyer Accidentally Forwards Senate Letter Asking For Kushner's Private Emails To Prankster's Fake Account Houston Woman Dies From 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria' Left Behind By Hurricane Harvey Bears Linebacker Knocks Green Bay Receiver Out Cold With Vicious Head-To-Head Hit, Sparking Rules Discussion FROM THE DIGG STORE Everything You Need To Build Your Website On WordPress store.digg.com This $40 bundle includes WP themes, plugins and templates, plus one year of SSD web hosting. The weekend is only one Friday-length rocket ride away. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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