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The Cafe Talkers of Somalia Language is the essence of Somali society: the spoken word is directly linked to power and influence, and oral poetry is synonymous with Somali culture itself. Somalis simply talk. August 1, 2018 at 10:08PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2vvwsjs

Researchers Figure Out How To Transmit 661 Terabits Per Second Through A Single Optical Fiber They stuffed the world’s current fiber capacity into a single link. August 1, 2018 at 09:58PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2n4TTMY

Actually, You Don’t Need to Save the World Our preoccupation with solving global problems can do more harm than good August 1, 2018 at 09:58PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2M9Xgx3

Does A Guaranteed Annual Income Actually Work? What one small town in Manitoba learned about eliminating poverty August 1, 2018 at 09:58PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2AtDGu0

Evolving Floorplans Evolving Floor Plans is an experimental research project exploring speculative, optimized floor plan layouts. The rooms and expected flow of people are given to a genetic algorithm which attempts to optimize the layout to minimize walking time, the use of hallways, etc. August 1, 2018 at 07:13PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Mayn4n

Starwood Fans Are Losing Sleep Over Marriott's Loyalty Program The merger has created the world’s largest hospitality company — and put a beloved points system to the test. August 1, 2018 at 04:58PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2NYkd6L

Australia's Parched Land Looks Otherworldly In some parts of the country, the current winter drought follows the second-warmest summer and one of the driest and warmest autumns. And there appears to be no end in sight, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. August 1, 2018 at 04:58PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2LHB2pL

How a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign in DRC was made worse by Trump's "America First" policies August 1, 2018 at 04:43PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Ow19hc

We finally know what ancient Greek music sounded like A project to investigate ancient Greek music that I have been working on since 2013 has generated stunning insights into how ancient Greeks made music. My research has even led to its performance—and hopefully, in the future, we’ll see many more such reconstructions. August 1, 2018 at 04:38PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2vyEVCP

Insurers Can Send Patients To Religious Hospitals That Restrict Reproductive Care Thanks to a wave of mergers and consolidations that has been reshaping the US health care system, Catholic hospitals are playing a bigger role in patient care. August 1, 2018 at 04:38PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2v99Nu3

When The Mind's Eye Is Blind Some people find it impossible to imagine a friend’s face or their own apartment—a phenomenon named aphantasia. Scientists are beginning to tease out the brain features underlying the condition August 1, 2018 at 04:28PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2n1ezp1

Postcards From The Edge The Berkeley Pit is a gorgeous, toxic former mining site in Montana that’s beloved by tourists. But unless it's cleaned up soon, it could become the worst environmental disaster in American history. August 1, 2018 at 04:28PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2AH02bV

Stumbles? What Stumbles? Big Tech Is as Strong as Ever August 1, 2018 at 04:13PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2vpJu2c

Lawmakers Are Trying To Regulate E-Cigarette Flavors Experts say that the proposed legislation is a step toward keeping young people from trying e-cigarettes, but it may not get very far in Congress as the midterms approach. August 1, 2018 at 03:48PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2NZ6kW4

Every Last Drop On any given day in North America’s largest city, millions of residents can’t count on getting water through their taps. Meet the Mexico City natives whose lives are ruled by scarcity. August 1, 2018 at 03:28PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2voqGQM

What Littleton Learned August 1, 2018 at 03:23PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2M712Hb

I Used San Francisco’s Multi-Million-Dollar Open Houses as My Own Buffet And was only mildly humiliated in the process. August 1, 2018 at 03:23PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Ozpa72

Meet Lucy, America’s Oldest Surviving Roadside Attraction August 1, 2018 at 03:18PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2n3nwhI

An Incredible, Super Slow Motion Shot Of An Explosive Shock Wave This whole video of the Slow Mo Guys blowing stuff up at the Colorado School of Mines is worth a watch, but the footage of a shock wave they capture at 15:24 is incredibly cool. August 1, 2018 at 02:38PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=dHfQYGGUS4U

How Robert Indiana's Caretaker Came To Control His Artistic Legacy Mr. Thomas's role in Mr. Indiana's life is likely to draw even greater scrutiny in coming months as the artist's estate is settled, the effort to create the museum expands and the lawsuit filed against him proceeds. August 1, 2018 at 01:53PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2LKGnMY

Inside 'Better Call Saul' Season 4's 'Hurtling' Sprint Toward 'Breaking Bad' We visited the Albuquerque set of "Better Call Saul" to get an in-depth look at Season 4, and how the show is finally crossing timelines with its predecessor, "Breaking Bad." August 1, 2018 at 01:38PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2KfN1FG

How Bird Plans To Spread Its Electric Scooters All Over The World For better or worse, scooters are now a global business. August 1, 2018 at 01:13PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2v77iZ1

This Black Woman Was Once the Biggest Star in Jazz. Here's Why You’ve Never Heard of Her Hazel Scott was a piano prodigy who wowed the worlds of music, TV and film. But when she stood up for her rights, the establishment took her down. August 1, 2018 at 01:08PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2OzyPdV

Sean Spicer Goes On 'Kimmel,' Gets Rightfully Roasted Jimmy Kimmel throws some softballs to the former White House Press Secretary. But he also slips a couple of dings into this lengthy and thorough interview. August 1, 2018 at 01:03PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=q48KrpfEaGY

Jimmy Fallon Actually Does A Great Trump Impression To make up for that hair tousling thing, Fallon has spent hours on end perfecting his Trump impression. He also called in his best writers to pen this sketch, which is really sharp. August 1, 2018 at 12:58PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=7WjB1jGkYtw