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SLUSH ROAD TRUCKERS

0 diggs Bloomberg
For decades, the Alaska Highway has mesmerized adventure-seeking travelers. But melting permafrost is slowly destroying it, causing huge numbers of bumps and cracks — some so deep a grown man can jump in and walk through them.
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How To Get A Killer Smile Without Paying A Fortune

3 diggs smiledirectclub.com
If you’ve ever thought about a better smile but were turned off by the cost and inconvenience of orthodontist visits, SmileDirectClub‘s got you. They manufacture and ship invisible aligners directly to your door, straightening and whitening teeth remotely, passing the savings on to you.
THEY'RE NOT SCREWING AROUND

3 diggs Washington Post
A study published Tuesday in the journal Archives of Sexual Behavior, finds that younger millennials — born in the 1990s — are more than twice as likely to be sexually inactive in their early 20s than the previous generation was, and more likely even than older millennials were at the same age.
A TOUGH PILL TO DIGEST

3 diggs The Atlantic
A bacterial pill that tried to duplicate the benefits of a fecal transplant has failed a clinical trial. What does that mean for the microbiome field?
'NO, IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THIS'

5 diggs Atlas Obscura
The perm may be the unofficial hairstyle of the '80s, but the perming process originated many decades earlier — and involved machines that resembled medieval torture devices rather than sleek salon appliances.
BUBBLING CONTROVERSY

5 diggs thrillist.com
It's been a hell of a ride for LaCroix, from go-to for Midwest moms, to indispensable urban refreshment tool, to occupier of an alarming amount of real estate at your local organic grocer. But which LaCroix is the best LaCroix?
THERE WILL BE HELL TOUPEE

7 diggs NBC News
Speaking about former Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, Trump said the Vermont senator "made a deal with the devil. She's the devil. He made a deal with the devil."
TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT

4 diggs
From early stage breast cancer to aortic aneurysms, patients are often caught between "keeping an eye" on the condition and attempting to treat it with questionably helpful methods.
A SYRINGE INDICTMENT

8 diggs sports.vice.com
According to a small group of heretics, the war on doping has done far more harm than good: wasting money, retarding medicine, fostering corruption, and trampling on athletes' rights and dignity while failing to protect their health.

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