Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Put On Blast

The Falcon Heavy — which has the power of eighteen Boeing 747s at takeoff — successfully went to space today.
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HUMANS ARE GREAT
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Watch SpaceX's Incredible Falcon Heavy Launch
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The Falcon Heavy — which has the power of eighteen Boeing 747s at takeoff — successfully went to space today.
IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD
The Curiously Elastic Limits Of Endurance
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Reaching the "limits of endurance" is a concept that seems yawningly obvious until you actually try to explain it.
FASTINATING
The Speediest Winter Olympic Sports
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The Winter Olympics are all about speed, and not only in the races.
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Absolut Vodka Made An Ad Where Everyone Is Naked And It's Hilarious
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Absolut Vodka makers have nothing to hide with their production process. In fact, they shot their newest ad at their factory in Sweden, with their actual employees, who are completely naked. Like we said, nothing to hide.
THERE'S SPACE FOR MORE CONTENT
EASY DOES IT
The Supersonic Parachutes Carrying NASA's Martian Dreams
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A new generation of space scientists is using high tech materials to resurrect the long-neglected supersonic parachute.
TWICE AS ICE
A Newly Discovered Kind Of Ice Is Thought To Exist In Uranus' Center
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Here is an ice cube you do not want to put in your Diet Coke: A solid lattice of oxygen atoms with protons whizzing around inside of it. This ice is not normal on Earth, but might be elsewhere. And scientists have created it in a lab.
SPACE ROCKS
Scientists May Have Discovered The First Planets Outside The Milky Way
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Researchers planned to study a black hole and chanced upon something entirely unexpected.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
A BRIGHT IDEA
Here's What Happens When You Shine The World's Brightest Flashlight On The World's Brightest Paint
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The guy behind The Action Lab has already shone the world's brightest flashlight at the world's darkest black, but now he's got his hands on some of the world's brightest pigment.
IN THE NEWS
President Trump Has Directed The Pentagon To Put On A Grand Military Parade
Trump Says 'Let's Have A Shutdown' Over Immigration
Is Quentin Tarantino An Abusive Jerk? Here's What We Know
FEMA Contract Called For 30 Million Meals For Puerto Ricans. 50,000 Were Delivered.
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Why AWS Dominates The Internet
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How Amazon Web Services (and AWS engineers) came to the forefront.
There's a whole universe out there, folks. Explore what's outside the tubes.

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Get Your Head In The Game

While I expected some reluctance to talk about video games, I instead found three men with deep, considered opinions on what place Buddha's teachings have in a technological world.
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GAMING GODS
RESPAWNING INTO NIRVANA
In Thailand, Buddhist Monks Grapple With The Meaning Of Video Games
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While I expected some reluctance to talk about video games, I instead found three men with deep, considered opinions on what place Buddha's teachings have in a technological world.
THE QUICKEST MAN ON FOUR WHEELS
The Demon And Don Garlits
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Don "Big Daddy" Garlits is the most innovative man in drag racing history. For him, wrangling the 840-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is a piece of cake.
HACK A BRAIN TO SHOOT A BRAIN
These Neuroscientists Think They Can Help You Get More Headshots
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Statespace wants to use science to revolutionize professional gaming.
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Absolut's Newest Ad Is Very Funny And Very Naked
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Absolut Vodka makers have nothing to hide with their production process. In fact, they shot their newest ad at their factory in Sweden, with their actually employees, who are completely naked. Like we said, nothing to hide.
A DIFFERENT LOOK
A FORK IN THE ROAD, TIME AND SPACE
A Photographic Optical Illusion That Will Bust Your Brain
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Every once in a while a really good optical illusion comes around and just breaks the entire internet's collective brain all at once. This is one of those times.
WEWORK OURSELVES TO THE BONE
How WeWork Has Perfectly Captured The Millennial Id
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Last year it was valued at $20 billion, a staggering sum for a company renting out short-term office space, mostly to small businesses and freelancers. But like Uber and Airbnb, WeWork positions itself grandly, as a disruptive revolutionary.
DRIVEN TO INSANITY
Drivers Don't Trust Uber. This Is How It's Trying To Win Them Back
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The $70 billion ride-hail company is changing its ways to please its most important customers: Its drivers.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
HOW DO WE GET THESE PETS
This Goat And Coyote Are Best Friends And It's The Cutest Thing You'll See Today
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Natural enemies. Unnaturally good friends.
IN THE NEWS
What The Heck Is Going On With The Stock Market?
Trump's Lawyers Want Him To Refuse An Interview In Russia Inquiry
House Panel Clears Release Of Democrats' Rebuttal To GOP Memo, Forcing Showdown With Trump
Newsweek Just Fired A Bunch Of Staffers, Possibly Due To Cult Connection
It Wasn't Just Lead — Flint's Water Drove A Bacterial Outbreak That Killed 12
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It's Tuesday, Tuesday, gotta get down on Tuesday.