Friday, September 8, 2017

Biohack The Planet

​Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: The tech men who are definitely not dieting, the happy spouses who cheat and the problems with tipping culture.
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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Fasting Is Not 'Biohacking' 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: The tech men who are definitely not dieting, the happy spouses who cheat and the problems with tipping culture.
A SHINING CITY UPON A MOUNTAIN
The Architecture Of Utopia
theatlantic.com
A next-generation mountain town in Utah is following the long American tradition of turning to design to change the world.
GRAPES, WATER AND... OTHER
What's In That $5 Bottle Of Trader Joe's Or Target Wine?
vinepair.com
Target's California Roots is the latest in a category of super value wines like Two Buck Chuck, but the reason why these wines are so cheap may shock you.
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HERE COMES TROUBLE
AS BIG AS TEXAS
Visualizing Irma's Immense Size Compared To Andrew, The Most Destructive Hurricane To Ever Hit Florida
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Andrew was one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Florida. Irma dwarfs it.
THE MAN WHO KNEW EVERYONE
This Private Investigator Was The Original Most Interesting Man In The World
buzzfeed.com
The story of Tom Corbally, a private investigator whose career crisscrossed continents and spanned decades, is its own secret history of the 20th century.
HUMAN SEARCH TRAFFIC
Searching For Help
theverge.com
She turned to Google for help getting sober. Then she had to escape a nightmare.
A BROKEN SYSTEM
What Does an Innocent Man Have To Do To Go Free? Plead Guilty.
propublica.org
A case in Baltimore — in which two men were convicted of the same murder and cleared by DNA 20 years later — shows how far prosecutors will go to preserve a conviction.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
'I FIND THIS TO BE CHILD ABUSE'
Dad Practices 'Ventriloquism' On Baby, Baby Is Not Amused
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Come for the dad's voice antics, stay for the baby's hilariously confused expressions.
IN THE NEWS
Equifax Hack Exposes 143 Million Social Security Numbers — Here's What's Going On
Latest Projection Shows Irma Slamming Florida As Death Toll Rises To 18
Mexico Rocked By Its Strongest Earthquake In A Century
Everything We Know About NFL Player Michael Bennett's Violent Encounter With The Las Vegas Police
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