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Let’s face it: Elon Musk is probably a time traveller sent back to help us leave earth behind and achieve the next phase of human evolution. The inventor and entrepreneur issued a minor tweet storm today, in which he detailed a new SpaceX program to test the function of “X-Wing” style grid fins that…

Reputation: Norwegian lemmings are stupid. Like other lemmings, they show none of the cunning of other rodents. When overcrowding becomes an issue, they will run for the sea, throwing themselves off cliffs for the good of the species. Lemmings can also explode. It's true, honest. Reality: No, no and…

Darin Fisher introduces the Chrome Developer Summit. This year the Summit presentation mainly focuses on performance, Polymer, Material Design, and building mobile web apps that work like apps with Service Worker and other technologies. but also features breakouts and panels to discuss what you want…

Living in Utah means packed powder in April, canyoneering in the clouds, snow-capped vistas so vivid they look Photoshopped — and the shortest average work week in the country. So it's not surprising that surveys show how much Utah residents love their outdoorsy, adventure-filled state. But there's…

Marcel Marchon / Flickr Eric Jaffe Nov 19, 2014 The El Camino BRT project shows why great transit needs exclusive lanes. The big advantage of driving to work over taking the bus is time. A bus ride just takes longer: walking to the stop, waiting for the bus, picking up passengers, all while toughing…

It sounds like a communist utopia, but a basic income program pioneered by German aid workers has helped alleviate poverty in a Nambian village. Crime is down and children can finally attend school. Only the local white farmers are unhappy. The full, red Namibian sun is setting outside his living…

Josh Breinlinger Contributor More posts by this contributor Amazon Vs. Hachette: Fewer Middlemen Equals A Better World Editor’s note: Josh Breinlinger is a venture partner investing in technology startups at Sigma West . Josh was the fourth employee at global online freelancer marketplace oDesk ,…

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Doubling or even nearly tripling saturated fat in the diet does not drive up total levels of saturated fat in the blood, according to a controlled diet study. However, increasing levels of carbohydrates in the diet during the study promoted a steady increase in the blood of a fatty…

This is a guest blog by Sarah E. Bond, ancient historian in the Classics Department at the University of Iowa. The post highlights the link between media in the past and in our own digital world, a theme that is frequently addressed here. Sarah maintains a blog devoted to classical culture. EK In…

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) – A small lab in Brooklyn is working on a gel that can stop bleeding in 20 seconds. Platelets stick together when VetiGel, made from plant-based polymers, comes into contact with blood. VetiGel’s co-founder, Joe Landolina, started working on the project while he was a freshman at…

For most Americans, 1973 was marred by shortages. In the year’s first few months, the stock market crashed and lost over 45% of its value -- one of the worst declines in history. In October, an Arab oil embargo sparked an ongoing crisis that saw gas rise from $3 per barrel to nearly $12 per barrel.…

S uppose a woman suffering a headache blames it on a car accident she had. Her story is plausible at first, but on closer examination it has flaws. She says the car accident happened four weeks ago, rather than the six weeks when it actually occurred. Plus she recalls her headache coming on sooner…

Photo Goldman Sachs owns many aluminum warehouses near Detroit. Credit Fabrizio Costantini for The New York Times Related Links Senate Report on Wall St. and Commodities Senate Report Finds Banks Can Influence Commodities During the financial crisis in 2008, the government made a supremely generous…

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A postcard from the 1800s shows the seven dwarfs finding Snow White asleep in their bedroom. Hulton Archive/Getty Images It's well-known that our favorite fairy tales started out darker than the ones Disney animators brought to life. But you might be surprised by how much darker the originals were.…

Nirvana - Montage Of Heck (Long) Date: 1987/1988 No Copyright Infringement Intended No one else has even uploaded the full 34 minute version surprisingly so i must do it You're Welcome :) Some nirvana recordings heard: "Help Me" - demo (like 10 seconds acoustic somewhere) Unidentified Song - demo…

Recently, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gave some shocking advice to a young businesswoman who was concerned that her male peers were passing her up for promotions: Don’t question the systemic sexism of corporate America, just trust in "good karma" to get you ahead. While his attitude made waves in…

These wooden tokens are handed out to shoppers who use SNAP benefits to purchase fresh produce at the Crossroads Farmers Market near Takoma Park, Md. Customers receive tokens worth twice the amount of money withdrawn from their SNAP benefits card — in other words, they get "double bucks." Dan…

Jon Krakauer's 1996 book Into the Wild delved into the riveting story of Chris McCandless, a 24-year-old man from an affluent family outside Washington, D.C., who graduated with honors from Emory, then gave away the bulk of his money, burned the rest and severed all ties with his family. After…

Paul Ford Nov 4, 2014 Networks Without Networks 1/10 Emulation Fever Over the last few days I’ve been crazy for emulation—that is, simulating old, busted computers on my sweet modern laptop. I’ve been booting up fake machines and tearing them down, one after the other, and not doing much besides.…

S he tried to stay quiet, she really did. But after eight years of keeping a heavy secret, the day came when Alayne Fleischmann couldn’t take it anymore. “It was like watching an old lady get mugged on the street,” she says. “I thought, ‘I can’t sit by any longer.'” Fleischmann is a tall, thin,…

The recent droughts across the U.S., specifically in California, have stressed the importance of power generation and storage strategies that use as little fresh water as possible. Energy production by fossil fuels and nuclear use water as a key part of power generation. Today approximately 99% of…

E-cigarette can either be charged from the wall or by plugging the cigarette itself into a USB port.Photograph: Ian West/PA E-cigarettes may be better for your health than normal ones, but spare a thought for your poor computer – electronic cigarettes have become the latest vector for malicious…

Mike Rubenstein, Harvard University Mike Rubenstein wants to put robots in the classroom. Working with two other researchers at Harvard University, Rubenstein recently created what they call AERobot, a bot that can help teach programming and artificial intelligence to middle school kids and high…

By Michael Rank UPDATE – Some sad news: Sun Zhongxu, a prolific translator of Orwell and other 20th century authors, has committed suicide at the age of 41 . For further information, see below. UPDATE 2 – The Taiwan-based journal Concentric recently published a special issue entitled Orienting…

Once upon a time there was a boy who loved his sewing machine. And with that love, he created a monkey. One day, the boy met two wise men who said they could help him turn his monkey into a pile of gold. He accepted their offer, and they proceeded to do just that. Along the way, they introduced the…

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I had the pleasure of sitting one seat over from Emil Michael at the now-infamous Uber dinner in New York last week. Emil was originally seated next to me and moved over to greet Ben Smith as a guest. During dinner, the CEO of Uber gave a short talk and invited questions. The conversation ranged…

Rich Hickey, the author of Clojure and designer of Datomic, is a software designer with over 25 years of experience in various domains. Rich has worked on scheduling systems, broadcast automation, audio analysis and finger printing, database design, yield management, exit poll systems, and machine…

Hundreds of thousands of Android phones have been infected with malware that uses handsets to send spam and buy event tickets in bulk. Mobile security firm Lookout said the virus, called NotCompatible, was the most sophisticated it had seen. The cyberthieves behind it had recently rewritten its core…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 19: Solar panels cover the employee parking lot on the Patagonia corporate headquarters campus in Ventura, California on Friday, September 19, 2014. (Photo by David Walter Banks/For The Washington Post) It is widely known that among all the sources of alternative…