Posts

Showing posts from February 4, 2019

Invading Seals Are Using Popular Beach for Sexcation

Image
Invading Seals Are Using Popular Beach for Sexcation There were many consequences to the government — but perhaps one of the more unexpected outcomes was that a battalion of Elephant seals overtook a California beach. Now, they are using their new property for sex. February 5, 2019 at 03:57AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2S9DGYQ

What Should We Call Members of a Space Force?

Image
What Should We Call Members of a Space Force? Soldier, sailor, airman, Marine, Coast Guardsman, and … ? February 5, 2019 at 01:57AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2SyqOuN

Climate Change Is Altering The Color Of The Oceans

Image
Climate Change Is Altering The Color Of The Oceans The warming planet is changing the distribution of phytoplankton across the world's oceans. Even though these microscopic creatures are too tiny to see with the naked eye, the overall effect will be apparent. February 5, 2019 at 01:57AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2DaykSx

Depression Shouldn’t Be a #Brand Engagement Strategy

Depression Shouldn’t Be a #Brand Engagement Strategy February 5, 2019 at 01:27AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2BkfKY1

Creagan proposes cigarette ban

Image
Creagan proposes cigarette ban The bill, HB 1509, seeks to halt the sale of cigarettes by increasing the minimum age to 30 in 2020, 40 in 2021, 50 in 2022, 60 in 2023, and 100 in 2024. February 5, 2019 at 01:27AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2DT40O5

How to Look More Awake

Image
How to Look More Awake If you're struggling to avoid yawning during a meeting or keeping both eyes open in front of the computer, here are some tips on looking (and feeling) awake right when you need it most. February 5, 2019 at 01:27AM Continue: http://bit.ly/2DUHp3M

Women Take The Majority In Nevada Legislature And Colorado House

Image
Women Take The Majority In Nevada Legislature And Colorado House On Monday, Nevada's statehouse began its legislative session by marking a major milestone. It's the first time in our nation's history that any state legislature holds a majority of female lawmakers. February 5, 2019 at 01:27AM Continue: https://n.pr/2MMPI4r

The 2019 Marble Race Qualifying Round Is Just Stupidly Satisfying

Image
The 2019 Marble Race Qualifying Round Is Just Stupidly Satisfying It's been an open secret on the internet for a while now, but watching marbles do their thing is oh-so mesmerizing. February 4, 2019 at 11:37PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&utm_source=ifttt&v=O2AbcCbyJ2U

Out to Lunch With Desus and Mero, Comedy’s Bronx Bombers

Image
Out to Lunch With Desus and Mero, Comedy’s Bronx Bombers They already reinvented the late-night talk show once. Can the funniest duo alive do it again? February 4, 2019 at 10:57PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Gm9TF7

The Sommeliers Of Everything

Image
The Sommeliers Of Everything Mustard. Honey. Hot sauce. Welcome to the era of surprisingly specific expertise. February 4, 2019 at 10:47PM Continue: https://wapo.st/2HQKSnR

Charge All Your Gadgets At Once With The Gaze Tray

Image
Charge All Your Gadgets At Once With The Gaze Tray This multi-device wireless  charging tray will charge 5 of your Apple devices. February 4, 2019 at 10:32PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2t5h50o

The Tortured Case for Deleting Instagram

Image
The Tortured Case for Deleting Instagram Instagram is simple and fun, which makes the idea of deleting it seem unpleasant. In many ways, it's fun in the same sort of way that Facebook used to be fun. February 4, 2019 at 09:32PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2UHI7qG

How Slack's New Logo Turned Into A Conversation About Penises And Swastikas

How Slack's New Logo Turned Into A Conversation About Penises And Swastikas February 4, 2019 at 06:12PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2HRynbK

Yincrow X6 Review: $10 price, $100 performance

Image
Yincrow X6 Review: $10 price, $100 performance Someone, somewhere along the production chain, spent money on research and development for these earphones, but I have my doubts that it’s the companies selling the final products at such unbelievable prices. February 4, 2019 at 05:37PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2D5xnv0

The Shutdown Is Over. Can Joshua Tree Recover?

Image
The Shutdown Is Over. Can Joshua Tree Recover? The 35-day US government shutdown may be over for now, but it has brought stress to the fragile desert ecosystem of Joshua Tree national park and the tight-knit community that surrounds it. February 4, 2019 at 05:37PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Gb9mql

How Bauhaus Redefined What Design Could Do For Society

Image
How Bauhaus Redefined What Design Could Do For Society A century after its founding, the German school of art and architecture remains one of the most transcendent — and frustrating — movements of the Modernist age. February 4, 2019 at 05:32PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2SsVFZo

The Decline Of Historical Thinking

Image
The Decline Of Historical Thinking For the past decade, on American campuses, history has been declining more rapidly than any other major, even as more and more students attend college. February 4, 2019 at 05:18PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2D9yNEx

J.K. Simmons On 'Counterpart,' Acting, And Getting Really Jacked

Image
J.K. Simmons On 'Counterpart,' Acting, And Getting Really Jacked Vulture spoke with J.K. Simmons about playing two different Howard Silks, how hard it is to articulate the process of acting, and what it’s like to be really, really jacked. February 4, 2019 at 05:07PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2GthBxp

The Unconscious Power Of Brands

Image
The Unconscious Power Of Brands Economists explore the complex forces that shape what ends up in your shopping cart and how that might change in the online marketplace February 4, 2019 at 05:03PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2RCle5R

The Badass History Of Barber-Surgeons (And Why We Might Want Them Back)

Image
The Badass History Of Barber-Surgeons (And Why We Might Want Them Back) That is, as long as we can ditch the practices of cleaning hair with urine and drilling gigantic holes in the skull. February 4, 2019 at 05:03PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2UJrKdb

Ted Bundy would be thrilled to know we’re still talking about him

Ted Bundy would be thrilled to know we’re still talking about him February 4, 2019 at 04:52PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2D5q3Q2

The Way Superman Picks Up A Building Is A Physics Travesty

Image
The Way Superman Picks Up A Building Is A Physics Travesty I don't mind that Superman can fly. I don't mind that he can fly while carrying a massive building. No, I am concerned about the way he carries it. February 4, 2019 at 04:52PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2G9pfxg

I Think About This a Lot: How Kevin Was the Hottest Backstreet Boy

I Think About This a Lot: How Kevin Was the Hottest Backstreet Boy February 4, 2019 at 04:33PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2t7flnv

The Cautious Case For Climate Optimism

Image
The Cautious Case For Climate Optimism Believing in a comfortable future for our planet probably means some giant carbon-sucking machines. February 4, 2019 at 03:52PM Continue: https://nym.ag/2DTFsV9

Crypto Exchange Says It Can't Repay $190 Million To Clients After Founder Dies With Only Password

Image
Crypto Exchange Says It Can't Repay $190 Million To Clients After Founder Dies With Only Password Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX says it cannot repay most of $190 million in client holdings after its 30-year-old founder Gerald Cotten, the only person who knew the passwords to its "cold storage," unexpectedly died in India in December 2018. February 4, 2019 at 03:47PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2GmU3tR

People Of The Whale

Image
People Of The Whale Photojournalist Kiliii Yuyan documents the Iñupiaq and their successful conservation practices using indigenous knowledge. February 4, 2019 at 02:42PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2MMC1Cp

'Reverse Innovation' Could Save Lives. Why Aren't We Embracing It?

Image
'Reverse Innovation' Could Save Lives. Why Aren't We Embracing It? Cheap and simple medical devices could improve performance and lower health-care costs, but first they have to overcome deeply rooted biases. February 4, 2019 at 02:32PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2TzEaUQ

Chasing The Apocalypse

Image
Chasing The Apocalypse Nuclear tourism traces the impressions of unimaginable devastation in the remote Nevada desert. February 4, 2019 at 02:27PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2G91Rjs

The Life And Death Of John Chau, The Man Who Tried To Convert His Killers

Image
The Life And Death Of John Chau, The Man Who Tried To Convert His Killers It seems inevitable that Chau's personality — God-fearing, outdoors-loving, and obsessed with pushing himself to extremes — would be attracted to being a missionary. February 4, 2019 at 02:02PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2DUEQP1

The World Might Actually Run Out Of People

Image
The World Might Actually Run Out Of People "In roughly three decades, the global population will begin to decline," journalist John Ibbitson and political scientist Darrel Bricker write in their new book, and "once that decline begins, it will never end." February 4, 2019 at 01:57PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2UIpW47

Bless The Overlockers: In The Data Center World, Liquid Cooling Is Becoming King

Image
Bless The Overlockers: In The Data Center World, Liquid Cooling Is Becoming King "For high performance computing, you just can't do it with air." February 4, 2019 at 01:57PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2S5N7IJ

'The Matrix' Built Our Reality-Denying World

'The Matrix' Built Our Reality-Denying World The movie that gave all of us a new way to see (or reject) everything. February 4, 2019 at 01:47PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2tde1j7

A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions

Image
A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions Dan Mallory, who writes under the name A. J. Finn, went to No. 1 with his début thriller, "The Woman in the Window." His life contains even stranger twists. February 4, 2019 at 01:47PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2HRomv8

You Don't Need Sports Drinks To Stay Hydrated

Image
You Don't Need Sports Drinks To Stay Hydrated Just trust your thirst. February 4, 2019 at 01:47PM Continue: https://53eig.ht/2t4jV5K

Why are millennials burned out? Capitalism.

Image
Why are millennials burned out? Capitalism. Author Malcolm Harris on why millennials need a revolution. February 4, 2019 at 01:42PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Bf5Jv9

How Your Super Bowl Team Plays Can Sway What You Eat

Image
How Your Super Bowl Team Plays Can Sway What You Eat Research suggests whether your team wins or loses can alter how you perceive the taste of food, and how much you eat, even the day after. February 4, 2019 at 01:32PM Continue: https://n.pr/2UDbOJi

Tiny Happy People: The Story Of The Architectural 'Scalie'

Image
Tiny Happy People: The Story Of The Architectural 'Scalie' What can the little scale figures in architectural renderings tell us about design and culture? Two architects compiled more than 1,000 of them to find out. February 4, 2019 at 01:22PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2DaPiAg

The Best Hangover Cure Is…. An Omelette And Soup? What The…

Image
The Best Hangover Cure Is…. An Omelette And Soup? What The… Taking a shot every time the camera panned to Bill Belichick during yesterday’s big game was a bad idea February 4, 2019 at 01:17PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2TuKD3h

What Gwyneth Paltrow And 'Great Expectations' Taught Me About The Male Gaze

Image
What Gwyneth Paltrow And 'Great Expectations' Taught Me About The Male Gaze Sara Petersen explores the origin of her desire to perform a certain type of femininity, and how the performance ultimately led her to pursue motherhood as a path to purpose. February 4, 2019 at 01:12PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2SuJU4E

How To Soak The Rich

Image
How To Soak The Rich Democratic 2020 candidates are already discussing how to make a more progressive tax code. What's the best way? February 4, 2019 at 01:02PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2S6QPSi

Can A Robot Hold Down A Desk Job?

Image
Can A Robot Hold Down A Desk Job? February 4, 2019 at 12:57PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2t65jmE

A Gentleman's Guide To Telling Your Friend He's Dating The Wrong Person

Image
A Gentleman's Guide To Telling Your Friend He's Dating The Wrong Person Unless you have a really good reason to suggest your friend is dating the wrong person, you probably shouldn't. February 4, 2019 at 12:57PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2HPoQ4N

Meet The Creator Of The Egg That Broke Instagram

Image
Meet The Creator Of The Egg That Broke Instagram He works in advertising. February 4, 2019 at 12:57PM Continue: https://nyti.ms/2RFmCF3

If You're Often Angry Or Irritable, You May Be Depressed

Image
If You're Often Angry Or Irritable, You May Be Depressed Many people — including physicians — associate depression with feelings of hopelessness, sadness and a lack of motivation or concentration, but not anger. February 4, 2019 at 12:42PM Continue: https://n.pr/2UEN1nY

Self-Driving Cars Will Never Be Moral. Let's Stop Pretending Otherwise

Image
Self-Driving Cars Will Never Be Moral. Let's Stop Pretending Otherwise If humans can't make a moral decision in the split second before an unavoidable accident, why do we think robotic cars can? February 4, 2019 at 12:37PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2GmAHFh

15 Moments That Defined Facebook's First 15 Years

Image
15 Moments That Defined Facebook's First 15 Years It's where grannies share pictures of their grandkids and where state-sponsored trolls wage cyberwar against other countries. It's how volunteers raise money for hurricane victims and how hate-mongers rally their followers to kill people. How did that happen? February 4, 2019 at 12:32PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2UyMDYm

Roomful Of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music

Image
Roomful Of Teeth Is Revolutionizing Choral Music From death metal to throat singing to alpine yodelling, the experimental group is changing what it means to harmonize. February 4, 2019 at 12:32PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2HNQq2o