Aug 01

Peter Thiel Is Interested in Harvesting the Blood of the Young

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Peter Thiel, the tech billionaire-turned-Trump delegate who successfully bankrupted Gawker Media, has long been obsessed with anti-aging technologies. He believes people have been conned by “the ideology of the inevitability of the death of every individual,” and has funded startups dedicated to extending the human lifespan. According to Jeff Bercovici of Inc. magazine, Thiel is so afraid of dying that he has begun exploring a novel, and fairly unsettling, technique: Harvesting, and injecting himself with, the blood of younger people.

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Aug 01

It's Time To Call Bullshit On The Biggest Cover-Up In All Of Pickup Trucks

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This year Ford is launching the first major revamp of its Super Duty pickup line since 1999. The company is very proud of the trucks’ massive cargo capacity, and an objectively cool new cupholder
design it’s patenting. It’s a shame Ford will never share data that’s more relevant to customers, like fuel economy figures. They don’t release those figures and neither do any competing automakers—and that’s because the government doesn’t make them.

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Aug 01

Disney Is Remaking Splash With Channing Tatum, But Not How You'd Expect

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Ron Howard’s hit 1984 comedy Splash is being remade, because of course it is. However, unlike the Tom Hanks/Darryl Hannah original, there’s a twist—in this upcoming version, the mermaid is the man and the human is the woman.

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Aug 01

On Wikipedia, Pokémon Go Is a Bigger Deal Than the Bible

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My kids aren’t playing Pokémon Go yet, but the older one had heard enough about it that he started reading up about it. When I looked at the screen after he’d been on the computer, I encountered this incredible wall of text:

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Aug 01

We Know Where Things Start to Go Wrong In Guardians in the Galaxy Vol. 2

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The movie is still almost a year away, but we’re still learning more about Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. We already know who Star-Lord’s father is, why writer/director James Gunn picked that particular character, and more. Now, we also know how one of the film’s villains, Ayesha, gets mixed up with the team.

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Aug 01

What a Giant Solar Flare Would Look Like Next to Earth

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If a solar flare really took place that close to Earth, it would mean the end of days on our little planet. But seeing that flare erupt right next to us sure does show us just how powerful these things really are.

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Aug 01

The Demise of These Wooly Mammoths Does Not Bode Well For Our Future

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While the Sumerians were inventing writing over five thousand years ago, one of the last populations of wooly mammoths was making a desperate bid for survival on a remote Aleutian island. Now, we know how they died.

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Aug 01

How Migrating Birds Can Soar To Such Great Heights

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Migratory birds can glide over very long distances with minimal wing-flapping, thanks to their strategic use of rising warm air currents. A new study has found that the birds use two basic sensory cues, combined with reinforcement learning algorithms (RLA), to navigate this turbulent environment.

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Aug 01

Even Pokémon Go's Biggest Fans Are Turning Against It Right Now

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In the course of a few weeks, Pokémon Go has gone from a mega hit, to a broken game even its most ardent fans cannot defend. This shift in the community is due to mostly one thing: a lack of communication from Niantic.

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Aug 01

The New Director on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Has Been Revealed

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When Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. returns for season four on September 20, there will be a new sheriff in town. Or, more specifically, a new director of S.H.I.E.L.D.—and he’ll be played by Jason O’Mara.

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