Saturday, December 31, 2016

Mama Mia, That's A Spicy Email!

Nautilus is curating Digg today — read a note from their Editor in Chief.
Digg Editions
Morning · Sat, Dec 31
NAUTILUS + DIGG
Nerve Nets And Fake News: A Note From Nautilus' Michael Segal
digg.com
Nautilus is curating Digg today — read a note from their Editor in Chief.
MESSING WITH YOUR HEAD
UNFRIENDSHIPS
How A Mental Disorder Gives Us A Unique Insight Into The Facebook Age
nautil.us
Capgras Syndrome distorts the relationship between recognition and familiarity. So does social media.
COLLECTIVE WISDOM 2.0
This Simple Trick Is Sharpening The Hive Mind
aeon.co
Start by realizing that some people's judgments deserve more weight than others.
HANS ON EDUCATOR
Three Minutes With Hans Rosling Will Change Your Mind About The World
nature.com
This physician and epidemiologist has influenced leaders from Melinda Gates to Fidel Castro. Now, he is on a new mission.
SECURITY WE DIGG | SPONSORED
Online Privacy Has Never Felt More At Risk
privateinternetaccess.com
A VPN from Private Internet Access is the easiest way to secure your browser history and online identity. If 2016 has taught us anything, hopefully it's to be a smarter, safer internet user.
I FOUGHT THE PHYSICAL LAW
INVISIBLE OR ABSENT?
The Case Against Dark Matter
quantamagazine.org
A proposed theory of gravity does away with dark matter, even as new astrophysical findings challenge the need for galaxies full of the invisible mystery particles.
COME BACK YESTERDAY
WATCH: Why Doesn't Time Flow Backwards?
digg.com
Physicist Sean Carroll talks about one of the deepest mysteries of time.
UNDER OUR NOSES
Is Physical Law An Alien Intelligence?
nautil.us
Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguishable from physics.
LOOKIN' GOOD, SCIENCE
SCIENCE IS PRETTY
The Best Science Images Of The Year
nature.com
Storms, stars and other beautiful snaps.
GUT CHECK
IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE
Why Revolutionaries Love Spicy Food
nautil.us
The neuropsychological link between the chili pepper and risk-taking
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
WATCH: Your Gut Is A Second Brain
digg.com
What if how you think and feel isn't controlled just by your brain and central nervous system?
A STIFF DECISION
The Case For Freezing Your Body And Waiting For Resuscitation
waitbutwhy.com
You probably think cryonics are nonsense. Here's why you might be wrong.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
OUCH!
The Science Of Laser Hair Removal, In Slow Motion
digg.com
Lasers use hair to kill hair.
That's all for this dispatch — we'll see you in 2017!

Friday, December 30, 2016

Facebook Knows What You Did Last Summer

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Facebook is watching you offline, a problem bigger than ISIS and our irrational fear of robots.
Digg Editions
Morning · Fri, Dec 30
A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Facebook Knows More About You Than You Think, And Other Facts
digg.com
​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Facebook is watching you offline, a problem bigger than ISIS and our irrational fear of robots.
A PHONE HOME
How China Built 'iPhone City'
nytimes.com
A hidden bounty of benefits for Foxconn's plant in Zhengzhou, the world's biggest iPhone factory, is central to the production of Apple's most profitable product.
MAKING PSYCHOS OF ALL OF US
A Blunt Conversation About Life Online With Bret Easton Ellis
huckmagazine.com
Movies are finished, the novel is dead and the internet is driving people insane. Welcome to the world of Bret Easton Ellis: a literary maverick who's brutally honest about the digital age.
SECURITY WE DIGG | SPONSORED
Online Privacy Has Never Felt More At Risk
privateinternetaccess.com
A VPN from Private Internet Access is the easiest way to secure your browser history and online identity. If 2016 has taught us anything, hopefully it's to be a smarter, safer internet user.
WHAT WENT WRONG HERE?
TIME TO PACK IT IN
The Rise And Fall Of Packard Bell
tedium.co
When it was a radio-maker, Packard Bell had a reputation for quality products. When a PC clone startup bought the name, that reputation fell apart — fast.
OPIATES: PROBABLY NOT FOR THE MASSES
How Over-The-Counter Opium Led To America's Landmark Food-And-Drug Law
timeline.com
Before Congress stepped in, medical fraud was everywhere in America. And while useless medicines were annoying, a greater risk to the public came from how many of these medicines used real and potent ingredients.
SMOOTH CRIMINALS
WATCH: We Can't Help But Be Impressed By This ATM Machine Heist
digg.com
While we can all agree that theft is bad, most of us have probably also enjoyed a heist movie. And this theft of an ATM machine in Texas — which includes a stolen construction vehicle driven out of the woods — wouldn't be out of place in a movie.
'WHAT IS GOING ON'
Behold: Everything Wrong With This No Good, Very Bad McMansion
mcmansionhell.com
We've highlighted McMansion Hell before, and it's our duty to highlight it again (because it's one of the best blogs on the internet right now). Here, the architecture critic behind the blog picks apart a very bad McMansion in Arkansas.
HERE'S TO A NEW YEAR
THAT SOUNDS JUST ABOUT RIGHT
The Last Place To Experience 2016 Will Be An Abandoned Island Full Of Bird Poop
atlasobscura.com
Nothing gold can stay. But if you want to squeeze just a little more out of 2016, we've got just the place for you to do it: Baker Island, a tiny, saucer-shaped atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
COMIN' AT YA FAST AND FURIOUS
The 52 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2017
filmschoolrejects.com
"John Wick," "Spider-Man" and "Star Wars." It's all happening in 2017.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
FILMED AT 150,000 FPS
Watch A Prince Rupert's Drop Shatter A Bullet
digg.com
Seeing the (glass) Prince Rupert's Drop obliterate a bullet is pretty cool, even if it ends up shattering itself after the impact.
IN THE NEWS
US Punishes Russia For Election Hacking, Ejecting Operatives And Imposing Sanctions
Putin Says He Won't Expel Us Diplomats From Russia In Tit-For-Tat Measure
Dashcam Video Appears To Show Cop Shooting Man In The Back In Fort Worth, Texas
Adnan Syed, From 'Serial' Podcast, Denied Release While Awaiting Retrial
Have a very happy New Year. Here's to 2017 being absolutely nothing like 2016!