The Floor Is Lava

Yes, we all know that you would be burned alive. But just what happens in the moments between making the leap and making contact with molten rock?

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Oct 19

TOO HOT TO HANDLE THE HOTTEST TAKE What Would Happen If You Jumped Into A Pool Of Lava? digg.com Yes, we all know that you would be burned alive. But just what happens in the moments between making the leap and making contact with molten rock? 50 ROCK The Best Band From Every State thrillist.com With apologies to Chuck Brown, Fugazi, and all of District of Columbia (get statehood, already!), the following bands are all perfect, unassailable choices, as you'll discover. PROVE IT OR LOSE IT When The Revolution Came For Amy Cuddy nytimes.com As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed. EMAIL WE DIGG | SPONSORED Kevin Rose Has A Newsletter And You Should Read It thejournal.email Digg founder Kevin Rose's new monthly newsletter, "The Journal," features the best tech, body hacking, videos, men's style, podcasts, and more. If you like Digg, you'll like The Journal. AHEAD OF THE PACK ANIMODELS The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Winners Are Here, And They're Incredible digg.com The annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition — hosted by the UK's National History Museum — looks to highlight the absolute best of the discipline, and it does that extremely well. #26.2 The Weird World Of Social Media Marathon Cheating wired.com For professional athletes, the motives for cheating generally are more obvious: money, fame, and often a low likelihood of being caught. But why would a middle- or back-of-the-pack runner lie or cheat in a race that doesn't even matter? ALL EYES ON KASHGAR This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Looks Like buzzfeed.com Far from the booming metropolis of Beijing, China is building a sprawling system that combines dystopian technology and human policing. "It's a kind of frontline laboratory for surveillance." ALPHAWHOA An Even More Powerful Version Of AlphaGo Just Beat The Original 100-0 wired.com AlphaGo Zero has begun to generate its own new ideas for the more than 2,000-year-old game. VIDEO OF THE DAY A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE The Sad And Beautiful Moment A Terminally Ill Chimp Recognizes An Old Human Friend digg.com This 59-year-old chimp, "Mama," was battling a gravely serious sickness when a friendly face dropped by to say hello. IN THE NEWS Senators Demand Online Ad Disclosures As Tech Lobby Mobilizes Here's What Apple's Secretive Self-Driving Car Looks Like (It's Ugly) People On The Internet Are Convinced That Melania Trump Has A Body Double At The White House Discovery Of 310 Mile Lunar Cave Raises Hopes For Human Colonization Of Moon DIGG PICKS Amazon's Highest Rated Robot Vacuum Is 50% Off Right Now amazon.com This robot vacuum outperforms other higher-priced models in tests. You can schedule it to clean when you're not home, and it will return to its dock to charge after cleaning. Technology is neat. The week's nearly over. Don't burn out. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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We Found Mecha

​More than 2 years ago, Megabots captured the internet's attention when they introduced their giant fighting robot and challenged Kuratas, a giant fighting robot from Japan, to a duel. It finally happened.

Digg Editions Morning · Wed, Oct 18

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THEY'RE STILL TAKING OVER AFTER 2 YEARS OF ANTICIPATION The US/Japan Mech Battle Finally Happened — Watch It Here digg.com ​More than 2 years ago, Megabots captured the internet's attention when they introduced their giant fighting robot and challenged Kuratas, a giant fighting robot from Japan, to a duel. It finally happened. THE REAL FAKE MCCOY Love In The Time Of Robots wired.com Hiroshi Ishi­guro builds androids. Beautiful, realistic, uncannily convincing human replicas. Academically, he is using them to understand the mechanics of person-to-person interaction. But his true quest is to untangle the ineffable nature of connection itself. GROWING PAINS What AI Can Really Do Right Now popularmechanics.com Artificial intelligence has been misunderstood for as long as it has existed. Here's what it's actually capable of, right now. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND SOON Say Hello To Our New Robot Overlords newyorker.com Once, robots assisted human workers. Now it's the other way around. OUTERWEAR WE DIGG The Future Of Performance Outerwear orosapparel.com Utilizing aerogel, the same NASA-insulation technology used in space shuttles, OROS makes outerwear that's thinner, warmer and more flexible than just about anything else on the market. Check out their new line of parkas, fleeces, vests and beanies TAKE THE WHEEL TWO TRUTHS AND A LIDAR The Billion Dollar Widget Steering The Driverless Car Industry theverge.com The past and future of David Hall, the man who gave cars their vision. MAYBE... WE ARE THE ANIMALS Why Animals Running Free Drives Us Wild Online digg.com ​At some point between your third coffee and thinking about lunch, an online miracle happened. A bull escaped in Brooklyn and began running free inside of an fenced-in soccer field. We couldn't help but watch. THE FUTURE... OF HEADACHES I Tried To Work All Day In A VR Headset And It Was Horrible theguardian.com I thought I'd come out the other side being able to answer questions like "is this the future?" Take my advice: do not do what I did. VIDEO OF THE DAY SUB-PRIME If Your Amazon Delivery Is Damaged, This Is Probably Why digg.com Come on dude, you only needed to take, like, 5 more steps. IN THE NEWS Senators Propose Deal On Funding Obamacare After Trump Torpedos Subsidies — Here's What You Need To Know Gord Downie, Canada's Everyman Rock Poet, Dead At 53 Xi Jinping Heralds 'New Era' Of Chinese Power At Communist Party Congress 'Game Of Thrones' Star Says She Was Also The Victim Of Harvey Weinstein —  Here's The Full List Of Allegations Trump Reportedly Tells Wife Of Dead Soldier Her Husband 'Knew What He Was Signing Up For' DIGG PICKS Get 75% Off One Of Our Favorite VPNs store.digg.com This three year VPN Unlimited subscription protects both your Wi-Fi and cellular connections, secures your online activity, and bypasses web content restrictions. You don't have to be a robot if you don't want to. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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