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The Controversial Clinic That Teaches People To Do Poop Transplants

1 digg BuzzFeed Health Long Reads

The FDA has banned doctors from performing poop transplants for most illnesses. But a Tampa clinic is teaching the procedure to desperate patients with a variety of gut troubles — even kids with autism.

MAGIC INTERNET MONEY 2

A Beginner's Guide To Ethereum, The Next Bitcoin

Just what is this Ethereum thing? Will it really make our current monetary system obsolete? Are we all gonna be rich? The answer is, well, just maybe.

THE EROSION IS COMING FROM INSIDE

A Super Simple Explanation Of How Sinkholes Form

12 diggs Video Explainer Video Nature

Sinkholes are usually covered as "massive portal to hell opens in middle of street," but how do they actually form? Practical Engineering has you covered.

WEARABLES WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED

This New Activity Tracking Device May Be The Most Advanced Of Its Kind

9 diggs biostrap.com Sponsored

Launched this year and already one of the most advanced wearable health platforms on the market, Biostrap is a health tracker that uses two devices to more accurately measure your biometric data and automatically track exercises. Biostrap helps you understand your body and elevate your training.

TIME TO SAVE UP THOSE FREQUENT FLIER MILES

The Glitz And Glamour Of A Lufthansa First Class Flight

4 diggs Video Aviation Video Money

They hand out roses, there are closets for your skateboard, oh, and Wesley Snipes and Karlie Kloss are on board.

NO INSURANCE, NO DOCTORS

The Health Care System Is Leaving The Southern Black Belt Behind

4 diggs fivethirtyeight.com Health

The disparities partly stem from a lack of access to care — but access is complicated.

'IT'S ROUGH JUSTICE'

After A Horrible Tragedy, What Happens To The Millions In Donations?

2 diggs Fast Company Money LGBT Crime Guns

A year after the Pulse shootings in Orlando, online fundraising efforts collected $31.7 million in donations. Then what?

THIS SEEMS SAFE

Here's A Highway Built On Top Of A Five-Story Building In China

7 diggs Video Cities Curious Video

We wish we had more background information on this risky and ingenious looking urban planning decision.

HOW IS OKJA FORMED?

How 'Okja' Brought Its Adorable Super-Pig To Life

1 digg Vulture Movies

Writer-director Bong Joon-ho and VFX supervisor Erik De Boer on the process — from sketches to models to computer animation — that gave birth to Okja.

UPDATING THROUGHOUT THE DAY

Trump Tweets Misleading Medicaid Graph, And Other Trump News From Wednesday

5 diggs Today In Trump Donald Trump News

All the Trump news you need to read from today.

WAKE UP SHEEPLE

People Outside Of A Trump Rally Explain Why They Dislike Mainstream Media

3 diggs Video Media Donald Trump Video

Vice reporter Evan McMorris-Santoro went to Cedar Rapids, IA and sat outside Trump's campaign rally to find out why the media is so polarizing.

ALTERING THE TERRAIN

Y Combinator Has Gone Supernova

6 diggs Wired Long Reads Business Technology

The famed incubator is now trying to make the whole world think like a startup.

SLICE OF STRIFE

The Politics Of Pie Cutting At West Point's Mess Hall

6 diggs atlasobscura.com Curious

For cadets who passed through the Academy in the later decades of the 20th century, a favorite form of hazing centered on pie.

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This Watch Wants To Slow Things Down

1 digg slow-watches.com Sponsored

The Slow Watch is a minimal watch with a purpose. The Swiss-made timepiece has no minute hand, no ticking second hand, and no logo at all. Just a single hand on a 24-hour dial that moves at half the speed of a regular analog watch to remind you to slow down.

CRASH BOOM BANG

Operator Learns The Hard Way Why You Shouldn't Fly Drones At Music Festivals

15 diggs Video Drones Music Funny Video

Apparently drones are the future, but they still can't overcome a confetti cannon.

'ADULTIFICATION' AND RACISM

Black Girls Are Perceived As Less Innocent Than White Girls — Starting At Age 5

1 digg New York Magazine Education Studies Race Gender Psychology

The findings build on past studies that surveyed respondents' perceptions of black boys.

TEACH A MAN TO HOLD ON TO A FISH

Carp Decides It Isn't His Day To Die, Escapes From Fisherman

24 diggs Video Nature Funny Video

This is the most inspiring thing we've seen this week.

IT KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE ASHAMED OF

Advertising That Exploits Our Deepest Insecurities

4 diggs The Atlantic Advertising

The web browser is a dissatisfaction-seeking machine. Every search query we input reflects a desire — to have, to know, to find. And the machine can exploit our deepest, darkest vulnerabilities.

FUCK. YEAH.

The World's Oldest Known Temple Was Home To A 'Skull Cult'

6 diggs Motherboard Archaeology Histories Beliefs Curious

The people of Göbekli Tepe loved carving headless humans into stone. Turns out they also loved carving human heads using stone.

WEARABLES WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED

This New Activity Tracking Device May Be The Most Advanced Of Its Kind

0 diggs biostrap.com Sponsored

CAN'T BELIEVE THIS WEBSITE IS FREE

Washington State Senator Tweets Picture Of Him Eating A Burrito Out Of A Diaper

1 digg Internet Culture Gross Fruits Of The Web

Just as the folks here on the East Coast are about to bid adieu to the work day, we get this: Washington State Senator Joe Fain proudly tweeting that he's eating his leaky breakfast burrito in a Sesame Street diaper.

NOT SO FAR OUT

The War On Drugs Is Back. Will Psychedelic Drug Research Survive?

7 diggs The Verge Drugs Science Politics Long Reads

Psychedelic research is undergoing a renaissance — but the newly-burgeoning field may be in danger.

TIME IS NOT ON HIS SIDE

Is Trump Mad At The Washington Post Because Of Its Report On His Fake Time Cover?

17 diggs Digg Explainer News Politics Donald Trump Media

On Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted an angry attack at Amazon and the Washington Post (both of which are owned by Jeff Bezos). Here's why he might be mad at the newspaper.

LIFE DOESN'T NEED TO BE COMPLICATED

Happy Dog Just Wants To Roll Around On A Bale Of Hay

4 diggs Video Animals Cute Video

This cutie, Athena, got so excited playing on the bale of hay she just rolled right off.

GRAND CLOSING

The MGM Grand Fire Of 1980

5 diggs damninteresting.com Long Reads Histories

The story of a tragic hotel fire of Rube Goldberg proportions.

GOOD JOB, EVERYONE

Cops Confuse Drywall Dust For Cocaine, Throw Guy In Jail For Three Months

5 diggs wftv.com Video Criminal Justice Video

Police in Oviedo, Florida saw a white powder on the floor of handyman Karlos Cashe's car and a field test showed cocaine. But after three months in jail, a full test showed that the substance in the car was indeed drywall dust.

WHAT'S UP GUYS, IT'S TOXIC ATTITUDES

For One Weekend, The Drama Of YouTube Comes To Life

1 digg Kotaku Internet Culture Business Gender Gaming

YouTube as a website and community bursts with positivity and good vibes. It’s also a cesspool of divisive discourse, which can sometimes turn into harassment. You’ll find all that and more at VidCon.

IT'S UP IN THE AIR

The Nowhere Magazine

2 diggs New Republic Media World Economics Culture Long Reads

Can Monocle, the global elite's favorite magazine, survive in an age of populism?

JUST HAVE AN ICE CREAM, PIERS

Here's Piers Morgan Getting Roasted To His Face By His Co-Hosts, For Your Enjoyment

1 digg Twitter Video Media Funny Politics Video

Piers became exasperated on "Good Morning Britain" talking about his friends who are politically active on social media. Susanna Reid and Charlotte Hawkins knew exactly how he felt.

ALL THE FEELS

How 'Wellness' Became An Epidemic

8 diggs thecut.com Long Reads Health Human Nature

Why are so many privileged people feeling so sick? Luckily, there's no shortage of cures.

THE OTHER SILK ROAD

Incredible Spider Shoots An 80-Foot Silk Bridge Across A River To Support Her Web

14 diggs Video Animals Nature Video Documentary

The silk of this Darwin's bark spider is tougher than steel, and she can expel a truly mind-blowing amount of it from her body in seconds.

BEYOND 'CONSENSUAL REALITY'

Psychics Who Hear Voices Could Be On To Something

8 diggs The Atlantic Long Reads Curious Health Psychology

The ways some "healthy voice hearers" cope might be able to help people with psychotic disorders.

DISTURBING AND UNSURPRISING

Flint Residents Are Being Billed Thousands Of Dollars For Unsafe Water

3 diggs theoutline.com Water Cities Crime Policy

One woman's bill is more than $6,000.

TWO WRONGS MAKE IT ALRIGHT

Here's What Happens When Two Malware Trojans Try To Steal Your Credit Card Info At The Same Time

18 diggs Video Technology Video Fruits Of The Web

Having one credit-card stealing malware program on your phone is bad. But having two is actually not so bad.

BECAUSE THEY'RE BORED?

Why 'Toy Story' Fans Are So Obsessed With Andy's Dad

3 diggs melmagazine.com Culture Trailers

Brace yourselves, Toy Story fans, I have troubling news for you: Your quest to uncover Andy's father's identity is entirely in vain.

MORE THAN JUST 1S AND 0S

Why Every Tech Worker Needs A Humanities Education, According To A Leading Silicon Valley Engineer

13 diggs Quartz Education

"It worries me that so many of the builders of technology today are people who haven’t spend time thinking about these larger questions."

HOW WE FEEL ABOUT MONDAYS

Dad Accidentally Wrecks His Kid With A Giant Soccer Ball

4 diggs Video Video Funny

The kid's mom, who originally uploaded the video and tagged it as #DADFAIL, said the little guy was back at it after 30 seconds.

THE JONESES GO TO WASHINGTON

Why Not Have A Randomly Selected Congress?

19 diggs currentaffairs.org Politics

We could do as the Athenians once did, and select our legislators like we select our jurors: by picking citizens off a list, and asking them to govern.

A COUPLE OF ORDERS OF AVOCADO TOAST

What It Actually Costs To Open A Restaurant In San Francisco

8 diggs sf.eater.com Business Economics Money Food

Dollar for dollar, a comprehensive look at the agony of building a business in an expensive city.

WHAT CAN TRANSLUCENCE DO FOR YOU?

Apparently UPS Truck Roofs Are Not Brown

4 diggs Curious Business Cars Fruits Of The Web

If you're looking down at a busy street "Frogger"-style, you might see something curious — the ultra-recognizable brown rectangle of a truck we associate with United Parcel Service is not brown on top.

'WHAT YOU JUST DID IS INFLAMMATORY'

White House Reporter Goes Off On Press Secretary During Briefing

56 diggs Twitter Video Politics Donald Trump Video Media

When Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders went after CNN during Tuesday's press briefing, White House reporter Brian Karem pushed back — forcefully.

FAST AND THE FURIOUS: LA LA LAND DRIFT

Is 'Baby Driver' Any Good? Here's What The Reviews Say

6 diggs Digg Review Roundup Movies

"Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz" director Edgar Wright's latest film stars Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey and Lily James in a blend of car chase action and genre-bending musical filmmaking. Is it worth a spin? Here's what the reviews say.

YEAH, THEY GUESS

Is Apple Cool? 11 Teens Weigh In

3 diggs Motherboard Technology Culture Curious

NYC teens are disillusioned with Apple, but they still buy its products.

BEHIND THE SCREEN

What Is The iPhone?

13 diggs Motherboard Technology

The iPhone is the best-selling product, maybe ever. The iPhone is the most popular model of mobile computer yet created. It's also a source of perpetual misery for factory workers who assemble them and the people who mine the metals, materials and elements that are mined, sometimes in brutal conditions, on nearly every continent.