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Mike Trout Isn’t Worth $430 Million — He’s Worth Much More

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Mike Trout Isn’t Worth $430 Million — He’s Worth Much More The extension the center fielder is reportedly close to finalizing with the Angels will shatter records, but it doesn't come close to compensating him appropriately for his on-field performance. March 20, 2019 at 12:30AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2WeDEfP

Has Star Wars Outgrown the Force?

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Has Star Wars Outgrown the Force? With "Rogue One," "Solo," and now "Star Wars: Resistance," the franchise is relying less on what was once a crucial piece of world building. March 20, 2019 at 12:30AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2CwwTOV

The Story Of Snowball Earth

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The Story Of Snowball Earth Ancient rocks suggest that ice entirely covered our planet on at least two occasions. This theory may help explain the rise of complex life that followed. March 19, 2019 at 11:10PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HIrQ17

Song For My Father

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Song For My Father Where words fail, there is music. March 19, 2019 at 11:10PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2OfVZGv

The Resurrection of the Short TV Episode

The Resurrection of the Short TV Episode Most shows are getting longer. That's not necessarily a good thing. March 19, 2019 at 10:25PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FnNkyY

The Trap House-Busting Vigilante of Pine Ridge Reservation

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The Trap House-Busting Vigilante of Pine Ridge Reservation After Julie "Mama Julz" Richards’s own family was nearly destroyed by addiction, fighting back against meth became a personal crusade. March 19, 2019 at 09:50PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Fe53aU

Kids Are Refusing The World We Plan To Leave Them

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Kids Are Refusing The World We Plan To Leave Them The Youth Climate Strike highlights a new wave of activism among young people who are terrified of climate change. March 19, 2019 at 08:42PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HtqjwJ

Who Still Buys Wite-Out, And Why?

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Who Still Buys Wite-Out, And Why? Correction fluids have improbably outlasted the typewriter and survived the rise of the digital office. March 19, 2019 at 08:00PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2TQaMgr

Psychiatry’s Incurable Hubris

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Psychiatry’s Incurable Hubris The biology of mental illness is still a mystery, but practitioners don't want to admit it. March 19, 2019 at 07:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2WeaI7H

What Every Kid In The College Admissions Scandal Knew About The Scam

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What Every Kid In The College Admissions Scandal Knew About The Scam Here's a succinct — well, uh, a more succinct — list of everyone involved and what they did and did not know. March 19, 2019 at 06:15PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Fd0vl0

Celery Was Once As Sexy As Kale

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Celery Was Once As Sexy As Kale Like all trendy vegetables, celery's status was largely due to how difficult it was to grow and obtain. March 19, 2019 at 05:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2JxSRH4

The We Company Is Launching A 'Smart Cities' Project And Hired A Google Executive To Lead It

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The We Company Is Launching A 'Smart Cities' Project And Hired A Google Executive To Lead It According to the We Company, Di-Ann Eisnor and her team of engineers, architects, data scientists, biologists, and economists will create products and partner with local groups around the world to help address problems spurred by globalization, urbanization, and climate change. March 19, 2019 at 04:31PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FnvUlY

Hasan Minhaj Starts His Indian Politics Episode With A Montage Of His Family Telling Him Not To Talk About Indian Politics

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Hasan Minhaj Starts His Indian Politics Episode With A Montage Of His Family Telling Him Not To Talk About Indian Politics The India-Pakistan divide is an essential issue for the upcoming 2019 Indian elections. Here, much to his family's dismay, Indian-American Hasan Minhaj breaks down the many storylines around the country's race and why so much of it is so similar to the US. March 19, 2019 at 04:31PM Continue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?utm_source=ifttt&v=qqZ_SH9N3Xo

Donated Devices Are Doxing Your Data, Says New Research

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Donated Devices Are Doxing Your Data, Says New Research In the space of six months, one security researcher found thousands of files from dozens of computers, phones and flash drives — most of which contained personal information. March 19, 2019 at 04:20PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2JxGYAW

Why Do We Need So Many Different Messaging Apps?

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Why Do We Need So Many Different Messaging Apps? Slack, Signal, Hangouts, Wire, iMessage, Telegram, Facebook Messenger. Why do we need so many apps to do one thing? March 19, 2019 at 04:15PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HvekPc

Is It Ever Too Late To Pursue A Dream

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Is It Ever Too Late To Pursue A Dream Dan Stoddard believes there is room in the NBA for a 42-year-old rookie. March 19, 2019 at 04:10PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2uiZ536

Turn The Volume Up For This Beautiful And Weird Animated Short

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Turn The Volume Up For This Beautiful And Weird Animated Short The description of director Vincent Lynen's short purports that it's about "Macho's, guns, cars, motorcycles and hot girls." We think it's fair to say it's about slightly more than that. March 19, 2019 at 04:05PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Y5rIi4

Despite Last Year's Ban, Infowars Is Still Available Across Platforms

Despite Last Year's Ban, Infowars Is Still Available Across Platforms March 19, 2019 at 02:50PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Odoa8V

We're Asking The Wrong Questions Of YouTube And Facebook After New Zealand

We're Asking The Wrong Questions Of YouTube And Facebook After New Zealand It's time for a real conversation about the infrastructure and incentives that Big Tech provides far-right extremists. March 19, 2019 at 02:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FnS0Vx

Maybe You've Been Making French Toast Wrong

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Maybe You've Been Making French Toast Wrong Think of it as a three-day, no-work project. March 19, 2019 at 02:40PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2OdS64R

It's Wrongheaded To Protect Nature With Human-Style Rights

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It's Wrongheaded To Protect Nature With Human-Style Rights We risk only having respect for things insofar as they resemble human experience and characteristics. March 19, 2019 at 02:25PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Hw81uD

As Air Pollution Gets Worse, A Dystopian Accessory Is Born

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As Air Pollution Gets Worse, A Dystopian Accessory Is Born The air is getting more dangerous to breathe all over the world — and a suite of companies are hoping to capitalize with a new fashion item. March 19, 2019 at 02:20PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HtWSun

A More Humane Livestock Industry, Brought To You By Crispr

A More Humane Livestock Industry, Brought To You By Crispr March 19, 2019 at 02:10PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Hw2THb

What Does Beto O'Rourke Believe?

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What Does Beto O'Rourke Believe? O'Rourke may not be an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-style "Super-Progressive," but he has plenty of positions that Republicans would aggressively attack in a general election. March 19, 2019 at 02:10PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HGIEWy

Morgan Stanley Fired Me 22 Days After I Returned From Maternity Leave

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Morgan Stanley Fired Me 22 Days After I Returned From Maternity Leave Should I have stopped breastfeeding when I returned to work in order to demonstrate my commitment to my career? Am I only valuable to the workforce when I’ve finished having children and they're all in school? March 19, 2019 at 02:01PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2ugu8g0

Women's Pain Is Different From Men's — The Drugs Could Be Too

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Women's Pain Is Different From Men's — The Drugs Could Be Too Men and women can't feel each other's pain. Literally. We have different biological pathways for chronic pain, which means pain-relieving drugs that work for one sex might fail in the other half of the population. March 19, 2019 at 01:55PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Focyx6

Massive US Machines That Hunt For Ripples In Space-Time Just Got An Upgrade

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Massive US Machines That Hunt For Ripples In Space-Time Just Got An Upgrade Scientists are about to restart the two giant facilities in the United States that register gravitational waves, the ripples in the very fabric of the universe that were predicted by Albert Einstein more than a century ago. March 19, 2019 at 01:46PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2TOQIeY

The World Is Wrecking Our Hearing And We're Letting It

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The World Is Wrecking Our Hearing And We're Letting It On studying — and coping with — tinnitus. March 19, 2019 at 01:30PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2UJCKrj

We Need Guy Fieri In Trump's America

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We Need Guy Fieri In Trump's America Our columnist argues that the celebrity chef’s show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" and the range of restaurants it features is more important than ever. March 19, 2019 at 01:25PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Cu6hya

The Miserable Story of How I Lost 25 Pounds in 6 Weeks

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The Miserable Story of How I Lost 25 Pounds in 6 Weeks Whatever form your particular regimen takes—a revamped diet, a rigorous exercise program, or some combination thereof—if it really works, you are probably going to hate every minute of it. March 19, 2019 at 01:15PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HF8rON