Wednesday, May 1, 2019

We (Should Not Have) Built This City

The Haunting Legacy Of The Perfect 'SimCity 3000' Game, Finding Jesus On The Front Yard, and more.
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CAPTURE AND THE RAPTURE
SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN MAGNASANTI
The Haunting Legacy Of The Perfect 'SimCity 3000' Game
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In 2010, some random guy on the internet achieved gaming perfection. Vincent Ocasla painstakingly designed a city so complex and densely populated that it rendered all future attempts at "SimCity" pointless. It was beautiful and horrifying.
WORKS OF DEVOTION
Finding Jesus On The Front Yard
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Religious revelations can lead to an outpouring of art. For these outsider artists, their work consumed their lives and their homes.
DRONES HAVE NO FEAR
WATCH: Storm Chaser Sends A Drone After A Tornado, And The Footage Is Incredible
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​Tornado chasing is a dangerous business, but it's a bit safer when you send a drone in to do the dirty work — and the video you get back is pretty stellar too.
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CONTENT SHOWER
All Of April 2019 In One Big Post
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What happened this month? Nature was pretty cool. But America's biggest financial institutions — from Chase to McDonalds to "Jeopardy!" were pretty weird. So basically it was uniquely similar to most other months?
JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED?
WHAT IS DORMANT MAY NEVER DIE
An Animated History Of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases From 1912 To 2017
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As the number of measles cases in the US has reached record numbers this year, it's important to take stock of the effect vaccination has had on many diseases over the past century.
LIFE IN THE BRAVE NEW WORLD
Aldous Huxley Foresaw America's Pill-Popping Addiction With Eerie Accuracy
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Huxley truly stood at the vanguard of an emerging psychopharmacological revolution which would soon begin to explore how human minds can be controlled by psychoactive chemicals contained in simple pills.
DOES COBRA COVER COBRAS?
A Young Camper's $142,938 Snakebite
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Less than 24 hours after the bite, Oakley left the hospital with her grateful parents. Then the bills came.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
RUNNING STRAIGHT TO THE OLYMPICS
Texas High Schooler Runs A Ludicrous Sub-10 Second 100 Meter Dash
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Houston Strake Jesuit senior Matt Boling doesn't get the fastest start, but when he accelerates to top speed, the rest of the field doesn't have shot. His 9.98 time is the fastest ever for high school.
IN THE NEWS
Julian Assange Sentenced To 50 Weeks In British Prison
Two Dead And Four Injured After Shooting At University Of North Carolina At Charlotte
Scientists Confirm That A Space Rock Hit The Moon During The Lunar Eclipse
Five Biggest Announcements From Facebook's Developer Conference Keynote
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These Handstitched Sabah Shoes May Be The First And Last Pair Of Shoes You Wear All Day
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They're the season's perfect travel shoe — even if you're just traveling around the block.
It's gonna be May (for another thirty days after this).