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Are Humans Fit For Space? A ‘Herculean’ Study Says Maybe Not

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Are Humans Fit For Space? A ‘Herculean’ Study Says Maybe Not April 11, 2019 at 08:54PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2U8YD2c

The Most Powerful Woman At Amazon

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The Most Powerful Woman At Amazon Amazon's HR chief, former engineer Beth Galetti, is hiring hundreds of people a day. As the company's workforce swells, so do her challenges. April 11, 2019 at 08:49PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2UO773a

This Is The World's Most Destructive Oil Operation—and It's Growing

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This Is The World's Most Destructive Oil Operation—and It's Growing As the world's largest industrial project, the scale of Alberta's tar sands operations is hard to grasp. April 11, 2019 at 08:44PM Continue: https://on.natgeo.com/2IqqkBm

Are You Afraid of Google? BlackBerry Cofounder Jim Balsillie Says You Should Be

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Are You Afraid of Google? BlackBerry Cofounder Jim Balsillie Says You Should Be The entrepreneur who made billions putting BlackBerrys into pockets is now sounding the alarm about Big Tech's creep toward surveillance capitalism April 11, 2019 at 07:39PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Z4lz6m

The One Thing Millennials Haven’t Killed Is Houseplants

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The One Thing Millennials Haven’t Killed Is Houseplants Record demand for Instagram-ready flora has sent "plant parents" scouring the web for fiddle-leaf figs. April 11, 2019 at 07:29PM Continue: https://bloom.bg/2Ghsl0Y

The Unheard History Of Bodybuilding Forums, As Told By The Trolls And Counter-trolls Who Made Them Huge

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The Unheard History Of Bodybuilding Forums, As Told By The Trolls And Counter-trolls Who Made Them Huge It was never about the politics. It was always about the drugs. This is how a group of weightlifting pros, supplement sellers and ’roid-obsessed amateurs laid the groundwork for the next two decades of internet anarchy April 11, 2019 at 07:04PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2KqNEBz

Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You’re Overreacting To Donald Trump

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Bret Easton Ellis Thinks You’re Overreacting To Donald Trump And more revelations from this interview with Isaac Chotiner, who rakes him over the coals. April 11, 2019 at 06:49PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2IrnWu7

I Spent A Week Riding Absolutely Everywhere On A Segway

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I Spent A Week Riding Absolutely Everywhere On A Segway From tourist spots to a meeting at the office, I wanted to understand whether being on a Segway feels as ridiculous as it looks. April 11, 2019 at 06:39PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2X4YE8W

How Professional Gambler James Holzhauer Broke 'Jeopardy!'

How Professional Gambler James Holzhauer Broke 'Jeopardy!' April 11, 2019 at 04:44PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2U6Vj7C

My Game Boy Is Becoming the Solution to My Burnout

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My Game Boy Is Becoming the Solution to My Burnout There are no skills I gain by playing. That's the point. April 11, 2019 at 01:10PM Continue: http://bit.ly/2Uu2oEv