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A Battle Is Raging Over The Largest Solar Farm East Of The Rockies

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A Battle Is Raging Over The Largest Solar Farm East Of The Rockies The largest solar farm east of the Rocky Mountains could soon be built in Virginia and, depending on whom you ask, it would be either a dangerous eyesore that will destroy the area's rural character or a win-win, boosting the local economy and the environment. March 26, 2019 at 01:16AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2JFex4p

Why Kids Stop Reading for Fun by Age 9 (and What to Do About It)

Why Kids Stop Reading for Fun by Age 9 (and What to Do About It) March 26, 2019 at 12:26AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Oy9pOp

One-Up That Calendar

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One-Up That Calendar Sure, you may not be able to play platformers at work. But this Mario calendar is a great way to remember the date. March 25, 2019 at 10:11PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FvmQds

Instagram Influencers Constantly Need New Clothing. This Startup Wants To Rent It To Them.

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Instagram Influencers Constantly Need New Clothing. This Startup Wants To Rent It To Them. FashionPass is a Rent the Runway-style subscription service for fast fashion. March 25, 2019 at 09:11PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2uBdR5P

It's Delightful, It's Delicious, It's DeVito

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It's Delightful, It's Delicious, It's DeVito Could playing the ringmaster in the new "Dumbo" be an allegory for our political circus? March 25, 2019 at 09:01PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2TtArY1

The 50 Best Movies of 1999, Part 1

The 50 Best Movies of 1999, Part 1 From "American Beauty" to "The Mummy," from "She's All That" to "Deep Blue Sea," the Ringer staff sorts out one of the best years in film history. March 25, 2019 at 05:31PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2TWKWYP

How Running Saved My Life

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How Running Saved My Life When my wife tried to kill me, when I went to jail for battery, and when I finally tried to take my own life, there was one thing that kept me from unraveling March 25, 2019 at 05:21PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HHmrbr

The Case For The Pre-wedding Honeymoon, Aka The ‘funnymoon’

The Case For The Pre-wedding Honeymoon, Aka The ‘funnymoon’ We've been going about this newlywed-vacation thing ass-backward. March 25, 2019 at 05:01PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2UWb3vk

Who Keeps Buying California's Scarce Water? Saudi Arabia

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Who Keeps Buying California's Scarce Water? Saudi Arabia Saudi-based Almarai owns 15,000 acres of an irrigated valley – but what business does a foreign food production company have drawing resources from a US desert? March 25, 2019 at 04:51PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2CB4SG4

Twitter Cliques Might Feel Like High School, But Their Existence Is Tied To Our Human Nature

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Twitter Cliques Might Feel Like High School, But Their Existence Is Tied To Our Human Nature As someone who is, in all honesty, a little bit insecure, Twitter amplifies the existing things going on inside my mind. Like, what if no one laughs at the funny thing I have to say? What if people find me really annoying? What if people witness my joke not landing and judge me March 25, 2019 at 04:26PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2CAGIeM

Father of Sandy Hook victim Avielle Richman found dead at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown after apparent suicide

Father of Sandy Hook victim Avielle Richman found dead at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown after apparent suicide March 25, 2019 at 04:21PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FyHnzp

The 30,000-Foot View — Real Life

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The 30,000-Foot View — Real Life The short-sighted idea that objectivity comes with distance. March 25, 2019 at 04:01PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HRbQdh

A Clever New Strategy for Treating Cancer, Thanks to Darwin

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A Clever New Strategy for Treating Cancer, Thanks to Darwin Most advanced-stage cancers mutate, resisting drugs meant to kill them. Now doctors are harnessing the principles of evolution to thwart that lethal adaptation. March 25, 2019 at 03:56PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2YpCdgz

Trying To Buy Happiness

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Trying To Buy Happiness That debt is a yoke around my neck. It's the reason why I always answer the question of how much money is enough with "more." March 25, 2019 at 03:56PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Tzf9IB

White People Must Save Themselves From Whiteness

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White People Must Save Themselves From Whiteness To give up whiteness is to become vulnerable, to confront the deep tears in the psyche gouged over generations, to see the hate in the face of a loved one and name it and therefore open yourself up to being seen and ultimately touched. March 25, 2019 at 03:56PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FrvDgE

Scammers Phished More Than $100 Million From Facebook, Google

Scammers Phished More Than $100 Million From Facebook, Google March 25, 2019 at 03:46PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HS8C9x

Conspiracy Theories Can't Be Stopped

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Conspiracy Theories Can't Be Stopped And some scientists think we wouldn't want to even if we could. March 25, 2019 at 03:46PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2ut28py

Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers

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Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers The Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through its trusted automatic software update tool after attackers compromised the company's server and used it to push the malware to machines. March 25, 2019 at 03:41PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2YnMc5K

Why Close a World-Famous Restaurant?

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Why Close a World-Famous Restaurant? Getting Michelin stars is a goal for many chefs, but for some, it’s also a sign it's time to move on March 25, 2019 at 03:26PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HScVlc

Heartburn Gave My Dad Cancer. What About the Rest Of Us?

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Heartburn Gave My Dad Cancer. What About the Rest Of Us? Esophageal cancer related to chronic acid reflux is among the fastest-growing cancers in the US. Diet and weight are likely culprits, but what else? March 25, 2019 at 01:56PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HQowBm

'Dwarf Fortress' Is Abandoning Its Text-Based Graphics, but Not Its Soul

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'Dwarf Fortress' Is Abandoning Its Text-Based Graphics, but Not Its Soul Developer Bay 12’s transition from ASCII to 2D art is about more than selling copies — it's about improving the game and opening it up to a wider audience. March 25, 2019 at 01:41PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2WpS6Sj

How Costume Designer Heidi Bivens Secretly Created Your Wardrobe

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How Costume Designer Heidi Bivens Secretly Created Your Wardrobe Heidi Bivens is the woman behind the sleazy jubilation of "The Beach Bum" and the skate realness of "Mid90s." March 25, 2019 at 01:06PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Wmpb1b

America Blew It On Arugula

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America Blew It On Arugula It's time for leafy-green justice. March 25, 2019 at 01:01PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2Ym7hNZ

How Filmmakers Created Fake Newsreels in the 1920s

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How Filmmakers Created Fake Newsreels in the 1920s Producers of newsreels from the 1900s until well into the 1920s didn’t feel like they had to document a real event for that scene to count as news. Recreations were just fine, even if you didn’t tell the audience that what they were seeing was fake. March 25, 2019 at 12:56PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2TwdRxP

Is Apple Saying Goodbye To Fashion?

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Is Apple Saying Goodbye To Fashion? When Apple introduced the Apple Watch five years ago, the whole tech industry began to flirt with style. But interest in wearables has cooled. March 25, 2019 at 12:06PM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FwK4Be

The Refugee And The Thief

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The Refugee And The Thief A gay Egyptian leaves his homeland. March 25, 2019 at 11:56AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2JBxzIF

How Fake Meat Could Save the Planet

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How Fake Meat Could Save the Planet Realistic alternative meats and dairy products could herald the end of livestock farming  —  and change the way we make food. March 25, 2019 at 11:50AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FxIjCW

The American Way

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The American Way A Chinese painter explores the US-Mexico border and discovers the reality of the border crisis. March 25, 2019 at 11:50AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2FyFEdl

Can AI Be A Fair Judge In Court? Estonia Thinks So

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Can AI Be A Fair Judge In Court? Estonia Thinks So Government usually isn't the place to look for innovation in IT or new technologies like artificial intelligence. But Ott Velsberg might change your mind March 25, 2019 at 11:50AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HXNJKj

Louisiana's Disappearing Coast

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Louisiana's Disappearing Coast The state loses a football field's worth of land every hour and a half. Now engineers are in a race to prevent it from sinking into oblivion. March 25, 2019 at 11:31AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2HS9E5y

Scott Walker, experimental pop hero, dies aged 76

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Scott Walker, experimental pop hero, dies aged 76 Death announced by label 4AD, who said he had "enriched the lives of thousands." March 25, 2019 at 11:26AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2UfYCh7

Right Makes Right

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Right Makes Right Long before Trump came on the scene, key congressional Republicans had been sidling up to nativist and authoritarian leaders across the globe. March 25, 2019 at 11:26AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2JCf6fm

On The Trail Of The Robocall King

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On The Trail Of The Robocall King An investigator set out to discover the source of one scammy robocall. Turns out, his target made them by the millions. March 25, 2019 at 11:16AM Continue: https://ift.tt/2YnykZa