вторник, 28 февраля 2017 г.
Peter Popoff, the Born-Again Scoundrel
Peter Popoff, the Born-Again Scoundrel
Once, Peter Popoff was a magical, mystical man of God — a giant among '80s televangelists. And Lord, was he rich! But he was also an enormous fraud who was ruined in scandal.
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The Curious Case of the Soviet Citizen Trapped in 2017
The Curious Case of the Soviet Citizen Trapped in 2017
Fifty-eight-year-old Vasily Babina was released from Russian prison this month after nearly three decades behind bars. But his newfound freedom came with a very big asterisk: He’s technically still a citizen of the Soviet Union.
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Beauty of the slowride: One man's year-long cycling adventure around the world
Beauty of the slowride: One man's year-long cycling adventure around the world
Martijn Doolaard said goodbye to the daily grind to cycle across the world: an adventure that would take him from Amsterdam to Singapore.
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Why All Airliners Look the Same
Why All Airliners Look the Same
Airport tarmacs of the 1970s and '80s were home to all different types of airliners. Today, much of that variety has vanished and almost all medium and large jetliners fit into the same pattern. Why?
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The Animal Soldiers of World War I
The Animal Soldiers of World War I
Whether for the sake of comfort, combat, or ceremonial pride, different World War I U.S. military regiments adopted animals into their ranks—from several species of canine to the more unusual raccoon and baby alligator.
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The Mysteries Of The First-Ever Map Of The North Pole
The Mysteries Of The First-Ever Map Of The North Pole
Gerard Mercator's 16th-century attempt at mapping the Arctic includes such guesses as a giant whirlpool and polar pygmies.
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New York’s Vast Flop
New York’s Vast Flop
The World Trade Center rebuilding encapsulates everything that is wrong with urban development.
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JPMorgan Marshals an Army of Developers to Automate High Finance
JPMorgan Marshals an Army of Developers to Automate High Finance
The program, called COIN, for Contract Intelligence, does the mind-numbing job of interpreting commercial-loan agreements in seconds.
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In search of Forrest Fenn's treasure
In search of Forrest Fenn's treasure
A 5-day quest for $2 million hidden in the Rockies.
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Submerged in the Cosmic Kingdom
Submerged in the Cosmic Kingdom
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An Amazing (Illegal) Plan to Defeat Terrorist Drone Attacks
An Amazing (Illegal) Plan to Defeat Terrorist Drone Attacks
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What It’s Like Inside a Wall Street Executive Kitchen
What It’s Like Inside a Wall Street Executive Kitchen
Chef JJ Johnson spent three years cooking for high-rollers in Morgan Stanley’s secret ‘restaurant’
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How ‘Anyon’ Particles Emerge From Quantum Knots
How ‘Anyon’ Particles Emerge From Quantum Knots
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How New Era Caps Helped Revitalize Buffalo, New York
How New Era Caps Helped Revitalize Buffalo, New York
"I like to think we owe something to all the people who live in Western New York," says CEO Chris Koch
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What's The Environmental Footprint Of A Loaf Of Bread? Now We Know
What's The Environmental Footprint Of A Loaf Of Bread? Now We Know
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A Visit to the Infowars Studios of Alex Jones
A Visit to the Infowars Studios of Alex Jones
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Why Quantum Computers Won’t Break Classical Cryptography
Why Quantum Computers Won’t Break Classical Cryptography
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Guatemala syphilis experiments worse than Tuskegee.
Guatemala syphilis experiments worse than Tuskegee.
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Why I Don't Talk To Google Recruiters
Why I Don't Talk To Google Recruiters
They always start with "We're so impressed by your profile" and finish with "Let's schedule an interview." I always reply with the same text, and they always disappear.
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The Factious, High-Drama World of Bird Taxonomy
The Factious, High-Drama World of Bird Taxonomy
Some ornithologists have very strong feelings about hyphens.
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Force Fed - Real Life
Force Fed - Real Life
How recommendation algorithms tried to make me a Nazi.
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Programmers are confessing their coding sins to protest a broken job interview process
Programmers are confessing their coding sins to protest a broken job interview process
“Whiteboard” interviews are widely hated. They also discriminate against people who are already underrepresented in the field.
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Log In - New York Times
Log In - New York Times
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Log In - New York Times
Log In - New York Times
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Why Some Cars Have Gas Tank Fillers On The Left Or The Right
Why Some Cars Have Gas Tank Fillers On The Left Or The Right
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Does Stephen Miller Speak for Trump? Or Vice Versa?
Does Stephen Miller Speak for Trump? Or Vice Versa?
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The Real Difference Between Google And Apple
The Real Difference Between Google And Apple
Apple is driven largely by a centralized development structure, stemming from its fabled design studio, whereas Google has a more distributed, open-source approach to new products.
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WSJ: Apple will ditch Lightning for USB-C on new iPhones
WSJ: Apple will ditch Lightning for USB-C on new iPhones
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понедельник, 27 февраля 2017 г.
What's The Leading Cause Of Wildfires In The U.S.? Humans Listen· 2:55
What's The Leading Cause Of Wildfires In The U.S.? Humans Listen· 2:55
New research suggests people cause as many as 84 percent of all wildfires. And humans are these starting fires where and when nature normally doesn't — at times when forests are often too wet to burn easily or at places and times when lightning isn't common.
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Our Oceans Are Garbage
Our Oceans Are Garbage
Earth's oceans are filthy, and it's getting worse. Scientists predict there could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.
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VFX History of 'King Kong', From Stop Motion to Motion Capture
VFX History of 'King Kong', From Stop Motion to Motion Capture
From the 1933 original to the new "Skull Island," the big ape has left his mark.
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Self-Righteous Devils: What Ozark Vigilantes of the 1880s Reveal About Modern America
Self-Righteous Devils: What Ozark Vigilantes of the 1880s Reveal About Modern America
The story of the Bald Knobbers' rise is a terrifying parable about what happens when government fails and violence reigns. It’s a lesson that’s perhaps more relevant in the political climate of 2017 than Americans would like it to be.
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OK, WTF Is a Time Crystal?
OK, WTF Is a Time Crystal?
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Internet of Things Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings
Internet of Things Teddy Bear Leaked 2 Million Parent and Kids Message Recordings
And now hackers are holding the data ransom.
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Behind the Scenery: The Subtle Art of Crafting Public Wilderness Trails
Behind the Scenery: The Subtle Art of Crafting Public Wilderness Trails
The US's hundreds of thousands of nature trails do not emerge naturally (as some might imagine) from regular use. In fact, their “natural” appearance is the byproduct of extremely conscientious design.
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This Homeless Man Stopped Thousands Of People Becoming HIV-Positive
This Homeless Man Stopped Thousands Of People Becoming HIV-Positive
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How to Use Dark Matter Detectors to Catch a Uranium Thief
How to Use Dark Matter Detectors to Catch a Uranium Thief
"Making a dark matter detector is very similar to making a nuclear security detector.”
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The Holocaust's Great Escape
The Holocaust's Great Escape
http://ift.tt/2m3EbTf February 27, 2017 at 09:46PM
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Rock Out To Limp Bizkit Mashed Up With Kirby's Dream Land Theme
Rock Out To Limp Bizkit Mashed Up With Kirby's Dream Land Theme
You remember Kirby's "Dream Land" theme from "Super Smash Bros." and Fred Durst from the late '90s? Well, they had a baby.
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Netflix, Youtube and Amazon are the Most Popular Streaming Services
Netflix, Youtube and Amazon are the Most Popular Streaming Services
While Amazon, YouTube and others are putting up a fight in the streaming video space, Netflix is just absolutely dominating.
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Why People Once Loved Linoleum
Why People Once Loved Linoleum
Though linoleum is hardly ubiquitous anymore, it was once a must-have furnishing and sparked an entire industry of imitators. Why did it fall from grace?
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My 2015 MacBook Pro Retina exploded.
My 2015 MacBook Pro Retina exploded.
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What Makes the Peasant Blouse ‘Peasant’?
What Makes the Peasant Blouse ‘Peasant’?
The garment appears across cultures and centuries — but what does it mean?
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We went to a Four Loko party thrown by the Fat Jew and felt terrible
We went to a Four Loko party thrown by the Fat Jew and felt terrible
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Why Do Different Waters Taste Different?
Why Do Different Waters Taste Different?
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I Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Workout. It Nearly Broke Me.
I Did Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Workout. It Nearly Broke Me.
Asked earlier this month about the most important person in her life, Ginsburg, who was widowed in 2010 and lost a close friend with the 2016 death of Justice Antonin Scalia, responded, “My personal trainer.”
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A Medicine That Blunts The Buzz Of Alcohol Can Help Drinkers Cut Back
A Medicine That Blunts The Buzz Of Alcohol Can Help Drinkers Cut Back
A medicine long used to help people addicted to opioids quit their drug habit can help alcoholics and other heavy drinkers cut back, too.
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Inside NASA’s Space Farming Labs
Inside NASA’s Space Farming Labs
If astronauts are going to make it on long duration space missions, they’re going to need some veggies.
http://ift.tt/2lNLlZm February 27, 2017 at 04:41PM
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Log In - New York Times
Log In - New York Times
http://ift.tt/2mvJtED February 27, 2017 at 04:26PM
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Facebook’s Day at CPAC, the Right Wing Nightmare Circus
Facebook’s Day at CPAC, the Right Wing Nightmare Circus
http://ift.tt/2mvHMXu February 27, 2017 at 04:26PM
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