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Dandelion seeds fly using ‘impossible’ method never before seen in nature
Nature - The seeds contain a lot of open space, which seems to be the key to sustaining flight.
The Cheating Scandal That Has Shaken the World of Élite Sommeliers
The revelation of deceit in fine wine’s most sacrosanct circle has rattled the tight-knit world of sommeliers, who pride themselves on presenting a decorous, unflappable face to those outside their ranks.
Nine Electric, Intoxicating Hours Inside Bogotá’s Wildest Party
Like a Cheesecake Factory crossed with a nightclub on steroids, but with absolutely fantastic Colombian food
Sharon Jones Is The 21st Century's Godmother Of Soul
The Augusta-born soul singer's ballads, floor-burners and soaring motivational anthems took the might of Motown's peak and sharpened it to fight the impossible.
Tackling the 7,000-Mile Great Western Loop
The route patches together portions of five other thru-hikes and includes sections of trail-less meandering through the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. It's no wonder that only one person has ever completed it—yet.
France Dispatch: At World’s Largest Food Market, a Sip of Wine After a Nigh
Rungis, a wholesale food market bigger than Monaco, is beloved in culinary circles, but this “working-class place” is unknown to most visitors to Paris.
Why Doctors Reject Tools That Make Their Jobs Easier
From the thermometer’s invention onward, physicians have feared—incorrectly—that new technology would make their jobs obsolete
Evergreen
Evergreen is a React UI Framework for building ambitious products on the web. Made by Segment in San Francisco, CA.
How to use Git stashes as a temporary storage
Git stashes can be used to temporarily store code you don't want to commit. This video shows you how to create and apply Git Stashes.
The Power of Price Points
Customer segmentation is not just a revenue tool, but also a way to achieve excellence in execution.
10 photos that blew the competition away at the Siena International Photo Awards.
These images captures something astounding, magical, true, or important about the world.
Elvis Costello’s new album, Look Now, reviewed.
And one of his best in decades.
Major Pure-Play Foundries Revenue Per Wafer 2017-2018
The average revenue generated from processed wafers among the four biggest pure-play foundries (TSMC, GlobalFoundries, UMC, and SMIC) is expected to be $1,138 in 2018, when expressed in 200mm-equivalent wafers, which is essentially flat from $1,136 in 2017, according to a new…
The Levimoon brings a levitating, light-up moon replica to your bedside tab
https://youtu.be/ZI5KLV6vmdY Some products are built purely for one's eyes only. Designed to uplift spaces and enrich lives, the Levimoon is one such product. Designed as a replica of our very own satellite, the Levimoon is a levitating moon-like orb that can float, rotate, and…
The 40 Greatest Movie Soundtracks of All Time
Purple Rain, The Bodyguard, and more.
Look Now by Elvis Costello & the Imposters
Look Now by Elvis Costello & the Imposters album reviews & Metacritic score: The first album for Costello with the Imposters since 2008's Momofuku was co-produced Sebastian Krys and features a guest appearance from Burt Bacharach....
Janko Nilovic - Drug Song (1975)
From the Montparnasse 2000 Label comes this groovy funky flute track
Measuring the varied sentiments of good and bad words
There was a survey a while back that asked people to provide a 0 to 100 percent value to probabilistic words like “usually” and “likely”. YouGov did something similar for wo…
https://frontnet.eu/new-milestone-661-tbit-s-data-rate-over-a-fiber-optic-cable-reached/
Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2017 | Blog
The verdict is in! Following 37 nominations whittled down to a shortlist of 15 by a community vote, our panel of experts has conferred and selected the top 10 web hacking techniques of 2017 (and 2016)
Elvis Costello Doesn't Want Your Nostalgia, He Wants You To 'Look Now'
Elvis Costello is releasing his first album with The Imposters in nearly a decade, titled Look Now. The legendary musician speaks about his work and surviving a cancer scare that caused him to cancel tour dates earlier this year.
The Love Story that Upended the Texas Prison System – Texas Monthly
In 1967, a 56-year-old lawyer met a young inmate with a brilliant mind and horrifying stories about life inside. Their complicated alliance—and even more complicated romance—would shed light on a nationwide scandal, disrupt a system of abuse and virtual slavery across the state…
What to Do at Parties If You Hate Small Talk
We publish articles around emotional education: calm, fulfilment, perspective and self-awareness. | What to Do at Parties If You Hate Small Talk — Read now
How This 4-Step Sales Process Has Earned Me $5 Million in the Last 18 Months
Sales gets a bad rap, but it's essential to your business.
Kurt Vile Abides
Singing the existential blues made him famous. With his great new album, 'Bottle It In,' he's just looking for a good time and a calm mind
Joan Jett’s Raw, Inclusive Rock and Roll
The pioneering musician talks about sensitivity, vulnerability, and the assertiveness needed to defy gender stereotypes.
Proof of life: how would we recognise an alien if we saw one?
Proof of life: what evidence would it take to convince you that alien intelligence had been found?
We Tried the Vegan Brisket at Rice University
Prepare your plate for "plant-based" meat.
Small-Town Injustice
The shooting of a civilian exposes the underbelly of a small town police department.
What is /proc? | OpsTips
Get to know what is under the hood of procfs - what Linux does when you interact with /proc
Entrepreneurial sixth sense: how intuition drives stronger decision making
Adam Werbach was the Sierra Club’s golden boy.
I make up to $6,000 a day writing quotes on Instagram — here's how
Insider gathered advice from successful entrepreneurs on turning passions into profitable businesses.
Objections Are Goals
After I published test && commit || revert, I got a variety of responses on Twitter and on Hacker News. The Twitter comments were mostly…
West Virginia’s Small-Town Revival
Remote as they seem, communities just three hours from Washington, D.C., are more than a jumping-off point for world-class outdoor adventures.
Top 5 things to Remember When Adding a GraphQL Backend
Word of Mouth: San Miguel de Allende
Based on the consistently fresh cuts and minimalist feel, you'd think AMP (A Mulher do Padre) was new to the scene. But the São Paulo-based label known for styles more akin to edgy Japa…
Wanderer by Cat Power
Wanderer by Cat Power album reviews & Metacritic score: The first new release from the indie rock artist in six years was self-produced, mixed by Rob Schnapf and features a guest appearance from Lana Del Rey....
This Is Muscle Shoals: The Playlist
Listen to a selection of timeless classics recorded at FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio.
Public speaking champion used a former winner's body language tip - Busines
Ramona Smith used an interesting body-language technique to win the Toastmasters annual public-speaking competition last month in Chicago.
12 Factor CLI Apps
CLIs are a fantastic way to build products. Unlike web applications, they take a small fraction of the time to build and are much more…
Imsouane in Imsouane, Morocco
Hidden behind mountains in Morocco, a remote town hides a thriving surfing community.
How 'Lofi Hip Hop Radio to Relax/Study to' Became a YouTube Phenomenon
The infinitely looped clips of anime set to chill-ass beats have millions of devoted followers. Why?
My Bodyguard, My Self
The author spent a day with three men in a high-end security detail to find out how it feels to be safe.
42 Hours of Ambient Sounds from Blade Runner, Alien, Star Trek and Doctor Who Will Help You Relax & Sleep
YouTube channel where he 'composes longform space and scifi ambience.' Or what he otherwise calls 'ambient geek sleep aids.' Click on the video above, and you can get lulled to sleep listening to the ambient droning sound--get ready Blade Runner fans!-- heard in Rich Deckard's…
The Psychology of Design
As humans, we have an underlying “blueprint” for how we perceive and process the world around us, and the study of psychology helps us define this blueprint. And as designers, we can leverage psych…
Why big companies squander brilliant ideas
J F C Fuller did not invent the tank. That distinction should probably fall to E L de Mole, an Australian who approached the British war office in 1912 with a
Expanding flex cards
Turn the web into a database: An alternative to web crawling/scraping - Mixnode News Blog
Mixnode allows you to execute SQL against the web.
The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds
