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Friday, 17 July 2015

Pluto Is Secretly Hot

Take Third Eye Blind As Seriously As They Take Themselves, Pluto Is Secretly Hot And Other Facts, How To Actually Get Things Done, The Light Of The Trinity Atomic Test, WATCH: Paul Rudd Reveals An Exclusive 'Ant-Man' Clip On 'Conan', What Color Is This Song?
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Friday, July 17, 2015
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SEMI-CHARMED LIFE
Take Third Eye Blind As Seriously As They Take Themselves
theconcourse.deadspin.com
"Hi, we're Third Eye Blind from San Francisco, California, and we're high as kites." Stephan Jenkins beams at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion crowd from the depths of his hoodie.
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Pluto Is Secretly Hot And Other Facts
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This week we learned that Pluto might have a warm gooey center, it's hard to find a place to come and fingerboards are still cool.
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How To Actually Get Things Done
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Getting things done as a team can be tough. Asana helps you and your team get things organized — and actually move work forward.
THEY SAW THE LIGHT
The Light Of The Trinity Atomic Test
newyorker.com
The light of a nuclear explosion is unlike anything else on Earth. This is because the heat of a nuclear explosion is unlike anything else on Earth.
DEFINITELY NOT 'MAC AND ME'
WATCH: Paul Rudd Reveals An Exclusive 'Ant-Man' Clip On 'Conan'
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Paul Rudd has been on "Conan" many times, promoting the movies he stars in. Every single time, he shows the same clip from "Mac And Me." But this time, for "Ant-Man," he's serious.
YELLOW
What Color Is This Song?
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Test your inner synesthesia.
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A MODEL TREE
Image: Trees grow through the windshield of a 1937 Chrysler Imperial as it sits at Old Car City, the world's largest known classic car junkyard Thursday, July 16, 2015, in White, Ga. Many of the cars have never moved in over 30 years and in some cases, trees now grow through them, even lifting some off the ground.
Trees grow through the windshield of a 1937 Chrysler Imperial as it sits at Old Car City, the world's largest known classic car junkyard Thursday, July 16, 2015, in White, Ga. Many of the cars have never moved in over 30 years and in some cases, trees now grow through them, even lifting some off the ground. Credit: AP Photo/David Goldman
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Thursday, 16 July 2015

Fang You Very Much

Take Me Out To The Brain Game, The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized, Finally, An Easy Way To Frame Your Art And Photos, The Myth Of The Ethical Shopper, Hate Syringes? You Might Be In Luck, An Adult's Guide To Learning To Ride A Bicycle
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Thursday, July 16, 2015
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GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME
Take Me Out To The Brain Game
sbnation.com
Can two entrepreneurs turn neuroscience into Moneyball?
THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST
The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized
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​In this week's edition of the Long-Reader's Digest: The monster earthquake that will destroy the Pacific Northwest, a bizarre twin swap in Colombia, and an NFL legend's controversial search for a cure to brain damage.
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Finally, An Easy Way To Frame Your Art And Photos
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We get it: Framing your art seems daunting and really expensive. But here's the thing, it doesn't have to be. Framebridge is the easy way to make your house look like an adult lives there. Use code DIGG15 to save 15% off your first Framebridge order.
BAD DEAL
The Myth Of The Ethical Shopper
highline.huffingtonpost.com
We're still trying to eliminate sweatshops and child labor by buying right. But that's not how the world works in 2015.
DRAWING THE STING
Hate Syringes? You Might Be In Luck
gizmodo.com
The worst part about getting vaccinated is the shot. I don't care how much of a badass you are, it's still painful and annoying. But now a group of researchers in Japan have tested a new "dissolving needle" that is basically a painless patch that you stick to your arm. And it works.
SO YOU CAN JOIN THAT BIKER GANG
An Adult's Guide To Learning To Ride A Bicycle
adequateman.deadspin.com
"There's no sexy trauma in my past that kept me from learning: no 10-speed mowing down my parents in front of my eyes, no bike-mounted bullies menacing me for my lunch money. It just never happened for me."
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FANGS FOR STAYING WITH US
Image: A receptionist dinosaur robot performs at the new robot hotel, aptly called Henn na Hotel or Weird Hotel, in Sasebo, southwestern Japan, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that's a stand-on-wheels taking luggage up to the room, the hotel, that is run as part of Huis Ten Bosch amusement park, is
A receptionist dinosaur robot performs at the new robot hotel, aptly called Henn na Hotel or Weird Hotel, in Sasebo, southwestern Japan, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. From the receptionist that does the check-in and check-out to the porter that's a stand-on-wheels taking luggage up to the room, the hotel, that is run as part of Huis Ten Bosch amusement park, is "manned" almost totally by robots to save labor costs.​ Credit: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi
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Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Energy = Minions Content Squared

Why Are We So Afraid Of Radiation?, What To Read In Politics This Week: Trump Plug Edition, Meet The People Who Make Your Business Run Better, The Odd Rise Of Live-Action Quest Games In Russia, The New Laws Of Explosive Networks, How To Run On The Horns In Pamplona
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
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FEAR OF AN IRRADIATED PLANET
Why Are We So Afraid Of Radiation?
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Radioactivity stirs primal fears in many people — an undue sense of risk that might itself be causing real harm.
THE ENTHUSIASM GAP
What To Read In Politics This Week: Trump Plug Edition
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​Welcome to "The Enthusiasm Gap," a weekly digest that aims to bridge the gap between interest and enthusiasm in politics.
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Meet The People Who Make Your Business Run Better
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Have a small business? You should check out Justworks. They'll take care of all the annoying stuff (like payroll, benefits, and gov't paperwork) you're too busy to do yourself. Because you've got better things to do with your time.
THE GREAT ESCAPES
The Odd Rise Of Live-Action Quest Games In Russia
calvertjournal.com
Real-life room escape games are booming in popularity in Russia, becoming a new form of entertainment for a Friday night. But why are so many people willing to be locked up for fun?
ENERGY = MINION CONTENT SQAURED
The New Laws Of Explosive Networks
quantamagazine.org
Researchers are uncovering the hidden laws that reveal how the Internet grows, how viruses spread, and how financial bubbles burst.
PART OF THE HERD
How To Run On The Horns In Pamplona
true.ink
For nearly fifty years, Brooklyn-native Joe Distler has been one of Pamplona's most ambitious bull runners. Distler reveals the roots of his taurine obsession, and the secrets of getting out in the street and in front of the herd each morning in San Fermin.
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JUMP CUT
Image: Tiberiu Dolniceanu, of Romania, left, and Daryl Homer, of the United States, right, in action during his semifinal match at sabre competition at the fencing World championships in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 14, 2015.​
Tiberiu Dolniceanu, of Romania, left, and Daryl Homer, of the United States, right, in action during his semifinal match at sabre competition at the fencing World championships in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, July 14, 2015.​ Credit: AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev
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Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Silicon Ceiling

The Life Of An Auschwitz Guard, VIDEO: Here's The Actual, Non-Leaked Trailer For 'Suicide Squad', How To Never Go Clothes Shopping Again, Diversity In Tech, A Peek Inside Instagram's Thriving Tween American Girl Doll Fandom, 'Mocha' Was A Place, Is A Flavor, And May Be A Scientific Innovation
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
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GATEKEEPER TO HELL
The Life Of An Auschwitz Guard
politico.com
During WWII, Oskar Groening watched as hundreds of thousands of Jews were sent to their deaths. Is his prosecution now too little too late?
HE SAID THE NAME OF THE MOVIE — DRINK
VIDEO: Here's The Actual, Non-Leaked Trailer For 'Suicide Squad'
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Now that we can watch this trailer in full-resolution (and not recorded from a phone), it's obvious that: this movie looks great, they nailed Harley Quinn, and Jared Leto's joke is still kind of ridiculous.
BOXES WE DIGG SPONSORED
How To Never Go Clothes Shopping Again
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Shopping sucks. Having a personal stylist pick out and ship great clothes to you? That doesn't suck.
SILICON CEILING
Diversity In Tech
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Last year a number of major tech companies released information on the racial and gender make-up of their employees. As those companies release 2015 'diversity reports,' we'll be updating this interactive to see how tech companies compare with the previous years and with other companies in terms of gender and race in their custom-defined 'technology' and 'leadership' positions.
AMERICAN IDOLLS
A Peek Inside Instagram's Thriving Tween American Girl Doll Fandom
jezebel.com
If you spend free time cruising Instagram's Explore page, you might've noticed a trending hashtag a last week: #AGIG. Click through and you'd find photo after photo of American Girl dolls, numbering up into the thousands.
NO CHOCOLATE NECESSARY
'Mocha' Was A Place, Is A Flavor, And May Be A Scientific Innovation
io9.com
Have you ordered a mocha lately? Do you realize that "mocha" shouldn't actually mean "chocolate-flavored-coffee," and instead should mean really, really expensive coffee? And that someday, it could mean the best decaffeinated coffee in the world?
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ANOTHER SCORCHER
Image: A woman carrying an umbrella to shield from the sun as she walks past a mural of a city skyscrapers in Beijing Monday, July 13, 2015. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued a yellow alert for high temperatures as China is entering the height of summer. A heat wave will hit central, eastern and northern China on Monday with temperatures in some regions rising to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) , Chinese state media reported.
A woman carrying an umbrella to shield from the sun as she walks past a mural of a city skyscrapers in Beijing Monday, July 13, 2015. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) has issued a yellow alert for high temperatures as China is entering the height of summer. A heat wave will hit central, eastern and northern China on Monday with temperatures in some regions rising to around 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) , Chinese state media reported. Credit: AP Photo/Andy Wong
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Monday, 13 July 2015

The Hunt Is On

The Really Big One, Reaching Nerdvana, And Other News, Stop Drinking Shitty Wine, The Real Threat Posed By Powerful Computers, Everything You Need To See From This Year's San Diego Comic-Con, The Hard Truths Of Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Monday, July 13, 2015
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TROUBLE IN THE WATER
The Really Big One
newyorker.com
An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest. The question is when.
WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND
Reaching Nerdvana, And Other News
digg.com
A small comics convention took place, we learned what the best sunscreen is, and we met a real-life master of disguise.
WINE WE DIGG SPONSORED
Stop Drinking Shitty Wine
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Dear valued Digg user: Because we love you (and we love you even more after a glass of wine) we want to introduce you to your next delivery obsession: Club W. Plus, get a bottle on us. Wine not? (See what we did there?)
BIG DUMB BRUTES
The Real Threat Posed By Powerful Computers
nytimes.com
If the human race is at peril from killer robots, the problem is probably not artificial intelligence. It is more likely to be artificial stupidity.
TRAILERS GALORE
Everything You Need To See From This Year's San Diego Comic-Con
digg.com
This past weekend was nerd Christmas, and underneath the tree are teasers, trailers and exciting announcements. Here's everything you might have missed from this year's event.
'BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME'
The Hard Truths Of Ta-Nehisi Coates
nymag.com
Ta-Nehisi Coates has written a brutal 176-page meditation on the lie of racial progress. Every American should read it, though few will like what it has to say.
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FOUNTAIN OF YOUTHS
Image: ​A woman walks through fountain spray with children as they cool down in a fountain beside the Manzanares river in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, July 12, 2015. One person has reportedly died of heat stroke in Spain and Madrid's emergency service says it has seen 11 other cases in the last 24 hours as Spain swelters under a prolonged heat wave. Spain's meteorological agency issued a warning Saturday saying temperatures would continue to be as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees centigrade) until at least July 16, describing the heat wave as
​A woman walks through fountain spray with children as they cool down in a fountain beside the Manzanares river in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, July 12, 2015. One person has reportedly died of heat stroke in Spain and Madrid's emergency service says it has seen 11 other cases in the last 24 hours as Spain swelters under a prolonged heat wave. Spain's meteorological agency issued a warning Saturday saying temperatures would continue to be as high as 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees centigrade) until at least July 16, describing the heat wave as "unusually long." Credit: AP Photo/Oscar del Pozo
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