Thank You, Science

Hunting Rebecca Francis, Email Spam Is Dying, And Other News, Shopping For A Mattress Has Never Been This Easy, Great Leaps Forward In Ice Cream History, The Jihadist Of Copenhagen, The Tricky Ethics Of The Lucrative Disaster Rescue Business The Daily Digg Monday, August 3, 2015 THE HUNTER BECOMES THE HUNTED Hunting Rebecca Francis nymag.com Before Walter Palmer killed the beloved Cecil the Lion, Rebecca Francis was the giraffe-hunting survivalist scapegoat at the center of the world's outrage. WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEKEND Email Spam Is Dying, And Other News digg.com The Nigerian princes are leaving your inbox, Pluto is turning into a geek utopia, and you can never truly leave the internet. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Shopping For A Mattress Has Never Been This Easy tuftandneedle.com Tuft & Needle Mattresses come in a box and ship for free. Avoid the salesman and buy online. THANK YOU, SCIENCE Great Leaps Forward In Ice Cream History digg.com ​It's one of the most complex food products you'll ever consume: a thermodynamic miracle that contains all three states of matter — solid, liquid, and gas — at the same time. And yet no birthday party, beach trip, or Fourth of July celebration is complete without a scoop or two. OFF TRACK The Jihadist Of Copenhagen newrepublic.com Why a young man in one of the happiest countries on earth committed a brutal act of terrorism. MONEY WALKS The Tricky Ethics Of The Lucrative Disaster Rescue Business wired.com In an age when travelers can land in Paris or Jakarta and book a ride with Uber before the plane reaches the gate, Global Rescue's existence hardly seems remarkable. Why shouldn't we be able to hire private armies to ensure our safe return home from vacation? Get more stories on Digg.com → BAY WATCHERS ​Spectators look at the arrival of the Apache Star powerboat to Havana bay, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. The powerboat set a new world speed record of 1 hour 45 minutes, between Key West and Havana. Credit: AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa 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

The Week's Best Videos: Sweepstakes, Mean Tweets, Space Spheres

What're The Odds Of Winning A Giveaway? Guy Enters 1,000 Of Them To Find Out, Guy Builds A 'Pacific Rim'-Style Exosuit, And A Robot That Moves In Tandem With It, K-Mart's 1998 Concept That Made You Drive To A K-Mart To Use The Internet, Bill Nye Reads Mean Tweets That Were Sent To Him, The Most Confusing Question Of All Time Is 'Who Did He Tell You That To?', Alka-Seltzer In Space Is A Fantastic Honeycomb Of Bubbles The Daily Digg Sunday, August 2, 2015 ONLY TOOK TWO MONTHS What're The Odds Of Winning A Giveaway? Guy Enters 1,000 Of Them To Find Out digg.com Andrew Lloyd entered 20 competitions a day for 50 days without ever using the same one twice. Then he waited. Lets find out if he won any free stuff. MOVES LIKE JAEGAR Guy Builds A 'Pacific Rim'-Style Exosuit, And A Robot That Moves In Tandem With It digg.com Let's all stop worrying about kaiju — if they ever show up, Daniele Benedettelli will protect us. NO. WRONG. K-Mart's 1998 Concept That Made You Drive To A K-Mart To Use The Internet digg.com We're pretty sure this in-store concept never took off. Can you figure out why? 'SHE WAS PROBABLY IN A HURRY' Bill Nye Reads Mean Tweets That Were Sent To Him digg.com "Maybe do cartwheels for voodoo," isn't even mean, it's just evocative and confusing. HE'S REALLY BEEN FAR AS DECIDED TO EVEN GO The Most Confusing Question Of All Time Is 'Who Did He Tell You That To?' digg.com Something about the simplicity of the question makes us think, "Yes, we can totally answer that!" but look a bit closer and you can feel your brain start to melt trying to puzzle together what this means. OK, BUT MY STOMACH STILL HURTS Alka-Seltzer In Space Is A Fantastic Honeycomb Of Bubbles digg.com Astronauts on the International Space Station dissolved an effervescent tablet in a floating ball of water, and captured images using a camera capable of recording four times the resolution of normal high-definition cameras. This footage is one of the first of its kind. Get more stories on Digg.com → IMPARA A VOLARE The good people of Cesena, Italy want the Foo Fighters to play a show in their city — so 1,000 of them got together and performed "Learn To Fly." Credit: Rockin' 1000 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

Don't Go Licking Donuts

Going Viral Feels Incredible And Other Facts, Inside The Mysterious 'Death' Of Taliban Leader Mullah Omar, A Perfect Parody Of Bullshit 'Artisanal' Products, John Hughes' Original National Lampoon Vacation Story That Started The Movie Franchise, What Do Digg Editors Do All Day?, The Age Of The Hyper-Scandal The Daily Digg Friday, July 31, 2015 WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Going Viral Feels Incredible And Other Facts digg.com This week we learned that viral content gets you high, "TFW" started in Southern California and we have yet to create the perfect strawberry. RUMOR HAS IT Inside The Mysterious 'Death' Of Taliban Leader Mullah Omar newsweek.com Just before the end of Ramadan this year, I received an unexpected call from one of Mullah Mohammed Omar's longtime family friends. He had just learned a secret held by only a tiny circle of Omar's most trusted associates: The supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban was dead. BESPOKE WATER MAKERS A Perfect Parody Of Bullshit 'Artisanal' Products digg.com Mmm, taste that locally-sourced Gowanus silt. VACATION, ALL HE EVER WANTED John Hughes' Original National Lampoon Vacation Story That Started The Movie Franchise hollywoodreporter.com In 1979, National Lampoon magazine published the future director's fictitious tale of a family trip gone horribly awry. THR reprints the tale that launched an iconic movie series. THE LIFE OF A LINK What Do Digg Editors Do All Day? blog.digg.com How do we find all that sweet, sweet Internet content? And how the heck does it get on the front page? All is revealed in this humble blog post. DON'T GO LICKING DONUTS The Age Of The Hyper-Scandal billboard.com Why pop stars like Ariana Grande can't seem to escape the trap. Get more stories on Digg.com → LIKE LOOKING INTO A MIRREN ​British actress Helen Mirren looks at one of three wax figures of herself, made in celebration of her recent 70th birthday, at Madame Tussauds in central London, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Credit: Joel Ryan/Invision/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

What Am I Supposed To Do With These Horses?

How A Small-Time Drug Dealer Rescued Dozens During Katrina, The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized, How to Stop Worrying and Love Your Finances, The US Wants To Build The World's Fastest Supercomputer, The Early Reviews For Windows 10 Are In (And They're Pretty Good!), A Super Tall, Super Thin Tower Built Just To Test Elevators The Daily Digg Thursday, July 30, 2015 'IT AIN'T THE POLICE WHO WAS HELPING US' How A Small-Time Drug Dealer Rescued Dozens During Katrina buzzfeed.com To the cops, Jabbar Gibson was just a low-level drug pusher. But to the residents of a New Orleans public housing complex, he's the man who rescued them from Hurricane Katrina when no one else would. THE LONG-READER'S DIGEST The Best Articles Of The Week, Summarized digg.com ​​In this week's edition of the Long-Reader's Digest: How do you tell if someone is a domestic terrorist? Also, the United States' dangerously broken immigrant worker system and a comic book criminal. UPGRADE YOUR FINANCES SPONSORED How to Stop Worrying and Love Your Finances simple.com Say hello to banking with beautiful, built-in budgeting and saving tools that are easy enough for anyone. With Simple, personal finance starts feeling effortless, even fun. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE A FLOP The US Wants To Build The World's Fastest Supercomputer wired.com President Barack Obama has signed an executive order authorizing the creation of new supercomputing research initiative called the National Strategic Computing Initiative, or NSCI. Its goal: pave the for the first exaflop supercomputer — something that's about 30 times faster than today's fastest machines. BUT THEY AREN'T PERFECT TENS The Early Reviews For Windows 10 Are In (And They're Pretty Good!) digg.com Windows 10 dropped yesterday — should you put it on (in?) your computer? WHAT GOES UP, MUST BE TESTED A Super Tall, Super Thin Tower Built Just To Test Elevators gizmodo.com How do you design a new type of elevator without installing it in an existing building? It's a chicken/egg question that engineers have long struggled with — even using abandoned mine shafts to test new technology. Get more stories on Digg.com → HORSES DON'T GET HELMETS A plains clothes police officer holds on to a couple of horses while wearing the helmet of one of the riders, while Peru's President Ollanta Humala delivered his last State of the Nation address during Independence Day celebrations, in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Both riders, member of the Hussars of Junin Regiment handed over the reigns of their chargers in order to take a bathroom break. Credit: AP Photo/Martin Mejia 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