Saturday, September 30, 2017

Motherboy MCMXXI

After 13 years of planning, the team behind OSIRIS-REx's recent flyby of Earth faced the first real test of their research equipment.
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IT'S A WILD WORLD OUT THERE
THE DARK SIDE OF THE EARTH
In The Control Room When A NASA Spacecraft Goes Silent
theatlantic.com
After 13 years of planning, the team behind OSIRIS-REx's recent flyby of Earth faced the first real test of their research equipment.
A TECHNOLOGY IN ITS INFANCY
The Real Science Behind The Artificial Womb
undark.org
An innovation aimed at helping premature babies survive spurred wild, dystopian speculation — and left both physiology and technology in the dust.
LAME IMPALA
WATCH: The Incredible Speed With Which A Leopard Can Take Down An Animal
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This stealthy leopard ambushed the weakest member of an unsuspecting group of impala in Kruger National Park, South Africa. RIP little guy.
WHERE HOBBITS WOULD LIVE IN JAPAN
The Fairytale Forests Of Yakushima
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The island features deer, monkeys, and thousand-year old trees.
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THE WEEK IN PHOTOS
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The Best Photography Of The Week
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The seven men claiming to be Jesus, quirky photos of US culture in Europe, and the wild life of Hugh Hefner.
A COOL GALAXY WITH A HOT CORONA
The Week's Coolest Space Photos
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Every day satellites are zooming through space, snapping incredible pictures of Earth, the solar system and outer space. Here are the highlights from this week.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
GRAMMER SLAMMER
What The Heck Is Up With All These Frasier Memes
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I think I'm going insane.
THE GRAVE OF THE UNNAMED SON
The Mystery Of 'Some Mother's Boy'
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In 1921, a teenager died alone in rural Kentucky and was buried without a name. A century later, a team of sleuths set out to find his identity. This is the story of Some Mother's Boy.
SOMEBODY KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU NOW
The Inside Story Of Equifax's Massive Data Breach
bloomberg.com
Investigations into the massive breach aren't complete, but the intruders used techniques that have been linked to nation-state hackers in the past.
WHERE YOUR OLD EMAILS ARE
A Eulogy For Eudora
tedium.co
The early graphical client Eudora was how people checked their email in the '90s. But in the end, only the power users stuck around. Here's what you missed.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
FUNNY, CREEPY FACES
This Unreal Engine Generated Face Almost Escapes The Uncanny Valley And It's Freaking Us Out
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Escaping the uncanny valley is the holy grail for human animation in video games, and this new Unreal Engine demo gets pretty damn close.
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Enjoy your weekend, just like you enjoyed season 4 (the best season) of 'Frasier'

Friday, September 29, 2017

Around The World In 80 Minutes

Like Musk's vision for an underground superhighway, this seems like quite a longshot, but it would be really cool if he pulled it off.
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'ANYWHERE ON EARTH IN UNDER AN HOUR'
Here's Elon Musk's Radical Proposal For A City-To-City Rocket System
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Like Musk's vision for an underground superhighway, this seems like quite a longshot, but it would be really cool if he pulled it off.
A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY TO BEAR
I Guarded An Arctic Base Against Polar Bears At The Frontline Of The Apocalypse
motherboard.vice.com
The DEW Line was built in the fifties to warn of a nuclear threat. I guarded six workers there from polar bears.
'THEY ACTUALLY WEAR NAZI UNIFORMS'
Spending A Year Undercover With The Alt-Right
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25-year-old Patrik Hermansson set up a fake identity to join the Alt-Right movement, putting himself face to face with neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
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SOCIAL DISORDER
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Assholes Are Everywhere, And Other Facts
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​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: A conversation about assholes, the pinnacle of video game controller design and the end of software as we know it.
YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING FROM HOME
Zucktown, USA
thebaffler.com
Facebook, Amazon and Google are reviving the ill-fated "company towns" of the Gilded Age.
THE HOUSE ALWAYS MESSES WITH YOU
How Slot Machines Are Designed To Be Addictive
theguardian.com
Poker machines use a range of design features that leverage psychology to keep people playing. The Guardian breaks them down so you can see exactly how they work, and how they affect people.
THE INVISIBLE SECOND SHIFT
Women Aren't Nags. We're Just Fed Up.
harpersbazaar.com
Emotional labor is the unpaid job men still don't understand.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
CAUTION: CUTE PROFANITY
Dad Learns Why You Shouldn't Say The F Word In Front Of Your Toddler
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​"Fuck" really is a great word. It rolls off the tongue. And it appears James LaPorta's nearly 2-year-old son has already learned that fact, unfortunately for his father.
IN THE NEWS
HHS Secretary Tom Price Will Only Repay A Fraction Of Cost Of His Private Flights
Jared Kushner's Lawyer Accidentally Forwards Senate Letter Asking For Kushner's Private Emails To Prankster's Fake Account
Houston Woman Dies From 'Flesh-Eating Bacteria' Left Behind By Hurricane Harvey
Bears Linebacker Knocks Green Bay Receiver Out Cold With Vicious Head-To-Head Hit, Sparking Rules Discussion
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The weekend is only one Friday-length rocket ride away.