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When A Young Trump Went To Russia

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When A Young Trump Went To Russia August 15, 2018 at 07:14PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2nHT50M

The Chemist Whose DIY Lasers Are Too Dangerous for YouTube

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The Chemist Whose DIY Lasers Are Too Dangerous for YouTube The YouTuber 'Styropyro' recycles tech to turn old parts into lightsabers and laser bazookas. August 15, 2018 at 06:19PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2nDMwMF

The 34-Mile Bridge To Nowhere

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The 34-Mile Bridge To Nowhere The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is little more than propaganda announcing the unity of China and her former colonies, despite their very different historic, legal, and even transportation backgrounds. August 15, 2018 at 06:14PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2vINEmM

World's Dumbest Burglar Fails To Steal A Car He Has The Keys To

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World's Dumbest Burglar Fails To Steal A Car He Has The Keys To You'd think that once a thief has your keys and locates your car, the car is as good as gone. But that assumes that the thief is not a gigantic moron. August 15, 2018 at 05:59PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=318&utm_source=ifttt&v=9YhibKmaZVM

The Million-Dollar Brownstone That No One Owned

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The Million-Dollar Brownstone That No One Owned No one person will buy it. And no one person will buy it because the house has what’s called a "clouded history." And the clouded history is the result of the mortgage crisis that happened 10 years ago, which nearly brought about a second Great Depression and did bring about 8 million Americans losing their homes.1 August 15, 2018 at 05:54PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2BdAT8T

The Market Is Catching Up to You

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The Market Is Catching Up to You From soccer to Chipotle, everything we do is shaped by economics August 15, 2018 at 05:39PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Pe8faL

The $1.4 Billion Transit Fund the U.S. Government Won’t Release

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The $1.4 Billion Transit Fund the U.S. Government Won’t Release From El Paso to Minneapolis, local rail and bus projects are waiting on federal money that should have arrived by now. August 15, 2018 at 05:14PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2KXnEZH

Elephants Have a Secret Weapon Against Cancer

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Elephants Have a Secret Weapon Against Cancer They ought to be walking masses of tumors — but clearly they aren’t. For the vast majority of mammals that have been studied, the odds of dying from cancer range from 1 to 10 percent, whether you’re talking about a 50-gram grass mouse or a 5,000-kilogram African elephant. August 15, 2018 at 04:59PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2MnHJgt

Why Facebook is losing the war on hate speech in Myanmar

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Why Facebook is losing the war on hate speech in Myanmar Reuters found more than 1,000 examples of posts, comments and pornographic images attacking the Rohingya and other Muslims on Facebook. A secretive operation set up by the social media giant to combat the hate speech is failing to end the problem. August 15, 2018 at 03:44PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2ODiALZ

Punk's not dead? How Vans Warped tour jumped the shark

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Punk's not dead? How Vans Warped tour jumped the shark August 15, 2018 at 02:39PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2BdzjDR

This Omnidirectional Treadmill Can Track Your Real-Life Steps For VR

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This Omnidirectional Treadmill Can Track Your Real-Life Steps For VR We've always wondered if a technology like this could be possible. The folks over at Transport Systems Catapult in Milton Keynes, England seem to have it pretty much figured out. August 15, 2018 at 02:19PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=vKdJvG6NlGo

Charging Has Changed How I Interact With Friends

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Charging Has Changed How I Interact With Friends Fast charging plays a big part in how we interact. August 15, 2018 at 01:54PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2nCpl5s

What American inequality looks like from above

What American inequality looks like from above August 15, 2018 at 01:49PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2P5hZnz

Busking For Freedom On The Streets Of New York

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Busking For Freedom On The Streets Of New York What got me through Venezuelan jail was the belief that I would play violin once again. August 15, 2018 at 01:14PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2KUpWbM