Monday, March 31, 2014

The Worst Is Yet To Come

The Worst Is Yet To Come, What Happens When A Liquid Freezes And Boils Simultaneously, The Most Fashionable Way To Be A Never-Nude, What You Missed This Weekend, College Professor Taught The Wrong Class For A Whole Semester, How You, Me And Everyone Got The Top 1 Percent All Wrong
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Monday, March 31, 2014
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WE'RE F*CKED
The Worst Is Yet To Come
nytimes.com
Climate change is already having sweeping effects on every continent and throughout the world's oceans, scientists reported Monday, and they warned that the problem is likely to grow substantially worse unless greenhouse emissions are brought under control.
TRIPLE POINT
What Happens When A Liquid Freezes And Boils Simultaneously
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A pressure drop in this flask causes the liquid contained to hit a triple point where it exists as a solid, liquid and gas at the same time.
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The Most Fashionable Way To Be A Never-Nude
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DIGG PICKS
What You Missed This Weekend
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We worked the last two days so you could go outside or eat brunch or go to a farmers market or whatever it is people do on weekends. Here's what you missed while you were gone.
INTRO ASTRONOMY DOESN'T LOOK SO BAD NOW
College Professor Taught The Wrong Class For A Whole Semester
khou.com
"I was getting 40's on every test," said Firmin. "I studied as hard as I could, did everything in my power to try."
THE .01 PERCENT
How You, Me And Everyone Got The Top 1 Percent All Wrong
theatlantic.com
Unveiling the real story behind the richest of the rich.
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THE HAKA NEVER GETS OLD
Image: The New Zealand rugby team dance after winning the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament against England in Hong Kong, Sunday, March 30, 2014.
The New Zealand rugby team dance after winning the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament against England in Hong Kong, Sunday, March 30, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung
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Sunday, March 30, 2014

This Week's Best Videos: Reversing Deafness, Alien Jesus And Two Haggling Hookers

40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time, 'One Man And His Dog' Is Our New Favorite Sci-Fi Short, Idiot Flips Off Woman While Driving, Woman Gets Instant Revenge, 'Two Truths And A Lie,' Is Going To F*ck With Your Head, This Ad Wants Danish People To Solve Their Population Crisis... In The Obvious Way, A Two-Legged Dog's First Trip To The Beach
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Sunday, March 30, 2014
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THIS IS WHAT JOY LOOKS LIKE
40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time
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Joe Milne suffers from Usher's syndrome and was deaf from birth. She had bilateral cochlea implants fitted which allowed her to hear for the first ever.
A MAN, A VAN: VANAMA
'One Man And His Dog' Is Our New Favorite Sci-Fi Short
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This short is the exact midpoint between that "Twilight Zone" episode with the cure for cancer in it and "Pulp Fiction." Really, we couldn't be more tickled by how bonkers this is.
SADLY, YOU WILL NEVER GET THIS GRATIFICATION
Idiot Flips Off Woman While Driving, Woman Gets Instant Revenge
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This is what happens you dream of the perfect punishment for jerks on the road. Not to give too much away, but the idiot driver in question is fine.
WAIT... YOU DID WHAT?!
'Two Truths And A Lie,' Is Going To F*ck With Your Head
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Confessions like, "When I hold a kitchen knife sometimes I imagine what it would be like to stab myself, or other people," aren't even the most shocking part of this incredible video.
GIVE A F*CK
This Ad Wants Danish People To Solve Their Population Crisis... In The Obvious Way
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The birth rate in Denmark is at a 27-year low. Travel agency Spies claims that couples have a lot more sex while on vacation, so their solution is for Danes to travel abroad and get it on.
ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND
A Two-Legged Dog's First Trip To The Beach
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Duncan Lou Who, a two-legged boxer puppy, visits a beach for the first time and boy is he happy about it.
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THIS SEEMS TO BE A MISUNDERSTANDING
Image: Not to spoil anything in this amusing short, but yes, it's perfectly legal in Australia.
Not to spoil anything in this amusing short, but yes, it's perfectly legal in Australia. Credit:
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Friday, March 28, 2014

How Scary Is Putin's Russia Compared To The Soviet Union?

What We Learned This Week, How Scary Is Putin's Russia Compared To The Soviet Union?, 40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time, The San Francisco Envy Chain, Growing Up Homeless In Suburbia
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Friday, March 28, 2014
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WE'LL FORGET ALL OF IT BY NEXT WEEK
What We Learned This Week
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What did you learn this week? We learned what makes McDonald's the king of fast food, what women want (on the dance floor at least) and how to cook our own Four Loko.
NOT YOUR MOTHER'S RUSSIA
How Scary Is Putin's Russia Compared To The Soviet Union?
washingtonpost.com
No matter what we think of the recent actions of Putin's Russia, should we really treat it with the same fear we once reserved for the Soviet Union?
THIS IS WHAT JOY LOOKS LIKE
40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time
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Joe Milne suffers from Ushers syndrome and was deaf from birth. She had bilateral cochlea implants fitted which allowed her to hear for the first ever.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO FEEL INADEQUATE
The San Francisco Envy Chain
nytimes.com
Real estate has gone berserk by the Bay, and tech billionaires are building pleasure palaces. But the homes to covet are the ones reminiscent of the city's more soulful past.
THE POVERTY YOU DON'T SEE
Growing Up Homeless In Suburbia
america.aljazeera.com
In suburban and rural America, homeless youth are often invisible and isolated.
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SEARCHING FOR RESOLUTION
Image: A searcher stands at the scene of a deadly mudslide, Thursday, March 27, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Authorities said the number of fatalities in the mudslide will go up substantially within the next two days. Sixteen bodies have been recovered, but officials say at least nine more had been found as of Wednesday night.
A searcher stands at the scene of a deadly mudslide, Thursday, March 27, 2014, in Oso, Wash. Authorities said the number of fatalities in the mudslide will go up substantially within the next two days. Sixteen bodies have been recovered, but officials say at least nine more had been found as of Wednesday night. Credit: AP Photo/The Herald, Mark Mulligan, Pool
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Thursday, March 27, 2014

The Biggest Waste Of Money

The Inside Story Of How Facebook Got Oculus VR, Watch This Incredible Rescue From A Burning Houston Apartment Complex, The Most Fashionable Way To Be A Never-Nude, These Colleges And Majors Are The Biggest Waste Of Money, An Antineutrino Map Of The World, The Ten Best Sentences
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Thursday, March 27, 2014
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FACERIFT
The Inside Story Of How Facebook Got Oculus VR
time.com
A 19-year-old hacker set out to invent a gaming headset. He ended up reviving a dead technology and creating an idea worth $2 billion.
IN THE NICK OF TIME
Watch This Incredible Rescue From A Burning Houston Apartment Complex
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The still-under-construction housing caught fire yesterday and this construction worker barely managed to escape with his life. Luckily no one was injured.
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The Most Fashionable Way To Be A Never-Nude
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SORRY, ART MAJORS
These Colleges And Majors Are The Biggest Waste Of Money
theatlantic.com
You can major in art at a lower-tier public university if you want to. Just don't expect it to make you rich.
A VERY FANCY HEAT MAP
An Antineutrino Map Of The World
medium.com
If physicists want to measure the antineutrinos produced inside the Earth, they'll need to avoid the antineutrinos produced by nuclear reactors on the surface.
ACCORDING TO THESE FIVE PEOPLE
The Ten Best Sentences
theamericanscholar.org
"For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?" - Jane Austen, "Pride And Prejudice."
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TRAGIC
Image: A searcher stands on a huge pile of debris, including the remains of homes and other structures, at the scene of a deadly mudslide, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in Oso, Wash. The debris field is about a square mile and 30 to 40 feet deep in places, with a moon-like surface that includes quicksand-like muck, rain-slickened mud and ice. The terrain is difficult to navigate on foot and makes it treacherous or impossible to bring in heavy equipment.
A searcher stands on a huge pile of debris, including the remains of homes and other structures, at the scene of a deadly mudslide, Wednesday, March 26, 2014, in Oso, Wash. The debris field is about a square mile and 30 to 40 feet deep in places, with a moon-like surface that includes quicksand-like muck, rain-slickened mud and ice. The terrain is difficult to navigate on foot and makes it treacherous or impossible to bring in heavy equipment. Credit: AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The Planet's Best Stealth Fighter

Facebook Could Give You the Oculus Rift You Always Wanted, The Planet's Best Stealth Fighter Isn't Made In America, Terrifying Footage Of A 61-Car Pileup On Minnesota's Highway 55, The Rise Of Egotarian Cuisine, How Optical Illusions Trick Your Brain
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
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OR IT COULD GIVE YOU ADS
Facebook Could Give You the Oculus Rift You Always Wanted
gizmodo.com
The news today that Facebook will buy Oculus — the makers of the best virtual reality experience in existence — caused paroxysms of upsetment and surprise. That's fair! But once the smoke clears, this could turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to the most promising technology we have.
U-S-A! U-S — WAIT, WHAT?
The Planet's Best Stealth Fighter Isn't Made In America
thedailybeast.com
The U.S. military likes to think it makes the world's most sophisticated combat aircraft. Think again.
EACH OF THOSE LOUD NOISES IS ANOTHER CAR
Terrifying Footage Of A 61-Car Pileup On Minnesota's Highway 55
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According to twincities.com the two cars in the initial crash caused a semi to jackknife, and slick conditions allowed the situation to spiral out of control. Miraculously, only one person needed to be taken to the hospital.
THE CHEF IS ALWAYS RIGHT
The Rise Of Egotarian Cuisine
gq.com
Something has gone wrong in our restaurant kitchens lately. Suddenly, a new breed of chefs seem to have decided that they should be cooking not for your pleasure but for their own.
NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS
How Optical Illusions Trick Your Brain
theweek.com
Look closely at the picture above. What you're actually looking at is a work of art by Johannes Stotter. Despite its extremely photographic nature, it's actually a painting. Even more shocking is the canvas isn't cloth. It's a woman covered in body paint.
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AT LEAST PUTIN HASN'T STOPPED GIVING US RIDES
Image: A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a new crew to the International Space Station blasts off at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The Russian rocket carried U.S. astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev.
A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying a new crew to the International Space Station blasts off at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The Russian rocket carried U.S. astronaut Steven Swanson, Russian cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev. Credit: AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky
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