Monday, February 26, 2018

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Brian Wansink won fame, funding, and influence for his science-backed advice on healthy eating. Now, emails show how the Cornell professor and his colleagues have hacked and massaged low-quality data into headline-friendly studies to "go virally big time."
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How An Ivy League Food Scientist Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies
buzzfeed.com
Brian Wansink won fame, funding, and influence for his science-backed advice on healthy eating. Now, emails show how the Cornell professor and his colleagues have hacked and massaged low-quality data into headline-friendly studies to "go virally big time."
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Let Them Eat Experience
jacobinmag.com
Until last month, almost all unpaid internships were technically illegal. Now it's open season for employers who want free labor.
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The Fake Social Media Profiles Helping American Rappers Blow Up In Russia
theoutline.com
How "Big in Russia" became hip-hop's version of "Big in Japan."
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Our Drowning Coast
nola.com
For the town of Jean Lafitte, the question is less whether it will succumb to the sea than when.
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The City At The Center Of The Cosmos
nautil.us
Those who dwelt at Teotihuacán lived at the heart of a vast sacred landscape.
GOING ITS OWN WAY
Welcome To Comrat, Moldova's Relic Soviet City
theguardian.com
In 1991, when Moldova broke free of the Soviet Union, the pro-Russian region of Gagauzia wanted to remain. Twenty-seven years later, its tiny capital looks like a monument to a vanished Europe.
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The Fact That There Is A Dog Riding On A Moped Isn't Even The Weirdest Thing About This Video
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"My master said hold on to it, so I did."
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