Thursday, August 4, 2016

Pangea 2: Electric Boogaloo

How To Convince A Teen They Killed Someone, And Other Stories
Digg Editions
Morning · Thu, Aug 04
WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK
How To Convince A Teen They Killed Someone, And Other Stories
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A coerced confession, a private music star, a husband who won't stop looking for his wife, and more of the best long reads of the week.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
WATCH: Donald Trump Says Hillary Clinton Is 'The Founder Of ISIS'
Supreme Court Blocks Transgender Bathroom Ruling
Orlando Mayor Proposes Memorial At Site Of Nightclub Massacre
American Woman Stabbed To Death In London's Russell Square, Others Injured
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PAST IS PROLOGUE
A REAL HEAD CASE
The Brain That Couldn't Remember
nytimes.com
The untold story of the fight over the legacy of "H.M." — the patient who revolutionized the science of memory.
PANGEA 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
In 250 Million Years Earth Might Only Have One Continent
bbc.com
Earth's continents are constantly in motion, and by running the tape forwards and backwards we can figure out where they were in the past — and where they might go in the future.
THE MAN FROM SHELBY WITH AN EPIC MULLET
Whatever Happened To 'The Worst Boxer In The History Of The World'?
si.com
One Tuesday night in 1993, Brian Sutherland stepped into a ring and lasted just 56 seconds. But his short-lived bout lives on in infamy on the internet.
IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN THE ARCTIC
WATCH: A Breathtaking Timelapse Of The Never-Setting Arctic Sun
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In the polar regions called, the sun never sets in summer — and it looks really nifty when you watch it sped up.
CULT OF PERSONALITIES
CHARMED, WE'RE NOT SURE
Charisma Is A Mysterious And Dangerous Gift
aeon.co
It is often debated whether charisma is necessary for a "transformational" leader, while shelves of self-help books optimistically promise to impart the "secrets" of charisma. Other people hold that charisma cannot be "unlocked" or "discovered" at all because it is innate and present only in the rarest of individuals. So, to ask anew, just what is charisma?
THE ANTI-SUPERSTAR
How Rihanna Became Pop's Many-Faced Goddess
wmagazine.com
In a pop universe dominated by immutable, on-message superstars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, Rihanna has won by being anything and everything to everyone.
BEFORE YOU GO
TELESCOPE SCHMELESCOPE
Amateur Photographer Gets Up Close And Personal With The Moon
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Daniel Pelletier‎ took out his prosumer Nikon P900, pointed it up at the night's sky and, boy, that baby can *zoom*.
We're over the hump this week and we're over the moon about it.