A BIG PROBLEM
How Obesity Became The New Face Of Disability In America
It was a social norm to overeat. And then it became a social norm to be overweight. Now obesity looms as an American epidemic.
HE'S A PENCE-IVE GUY
Mike Pence Reportedly Said He Needed To Pray Before Lifting Indiana’s Needle Ban
Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence spent a lot of time praying while the HIV outbreak spread through rural Indiana. And his reluctance to change the laws of his state allowed the outbreak to spread rapidly.
AN AMERICAN FAMILY
How The Khans Stood Up To Donald Trump And Reshaped An Election
Six minutes and one second. That was all it took for the 66 years of Khizr Khan’s life to become an American moment.
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A WHOLE NEW WAY TO PLAY MINESWEEPER
The Future Of Work Is Your Crappy Old Windows PC, But In VR
Who needs a cubicle when you're locked in a virtual prison all day?
SHE'S GOOD AT THE 400-METER FREESTYLE
Katie Ledecky Shatteres Her Own Record By A Whopping 2 Seconds
When Ledecky saw the time — 3 minutes, 56.46 seconds — she let out an uncharacteristic scream and shook her right fist. She crushed the mark of 3:58.37 that she set nearly two years ago on the Gold Coast of Australia, and had been chasing ever since.
SMILES ALL AROUND
Walmart Is Buying Jet.com For $3 Billion, Will Announce The Deal Monday
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, is set to acquire two-year-old online retailer Jet.com in what appears to be the largest-ever acquisition of an e-commerce company, according to multiple sources familiar with the transaction.
RIP
Flash Flooding Kills At Least 21 In Macedonian Capital Of Skopje
Torrential rain flooded homes, swept away a section of the city’s ring road and wrecked cars late on Saturday evening. Children were among those killed, a police spokesman said, adding that searches were continuing for six people reported missing.
A YUGE MISTAKE
Donald Trump's Campaign Website Won't Let You Cancel Recurring Donations
Once you're registered, if you try to change your payment information on Trump's site, you will see no option to remove your credit card — only "update" it.
RETURN OF 'RETURN OF SAMUS'
Fan-Made 'Metroid 2' Remake Celebrates The Series Nintendo Ignores
The fan-made remake of "Metroid II: Return of Samus" is free on Windows, slightly updated and improved from the original and is better than anything Nintendo has released to honor the franchise in years.
HOMER'S ODDITY
Golly That's A Deep Home Run
Miami Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton really nailed this ball. Like, he really smacked it good. 504 feet, to be exact, which is good for the longest home run in the Major League this season.
NO SOFTBALLS
Breaking Gender Barriers On The Baseball Diamond
“Look, girls, it’s important you’re giving 100 percent,” said Ava Benach, the transgender coach of the DC Force. “You don’t turn your head to look at what others are doing. You just go.” It’s good advice when you’re learning to steal second. It’s also apt for the Washington area’s first all-girl baseball team, as they try to find their place in a sport heavily dominated by boys.
MILLISECONDS AWAY
Are We Reaching The End Of World Records?
As we near the limits of human strength and speed, technology and culture keep moving the finish line.
1 ARM, 4X4
How A Triple Amputee Drivers A Huge Truck With One Arm And No Legs
This is Kenny. Kenny drives a lifted pickup truck because it has room for his wheelchair in the back, and room for a tiny elevator to lift him to the driver's seat underneath.
DISSECTING 'WHITE TRASH'
The Original Underclass
Waste people. Rubbish. Clay-eaters. Hillbillies. Two new books that reckon with the long, bleak history of the country’s white poor suggest their plight shouldn’t have caught the rest of the country off guard.
IT'S ALREADY SPREAD
Why The Olympics Probably Won’t Spread Zika
The good news is that the Olympics will not have an impact on the spread of Zika. The bad news is that Zika infections are already so widespread that an event on the scale of the Summer Olympics won't impact what is already a widespread problem.
DOING THE ROBOT
The Creepiest World Record Is These 1,007 Robots Dancing In Sync
The dance floor was packed at this year's Qingdao Beer Festival in Shandong, China. And at the end of it all 1,007 non-human hoofers took home a brand new world record for most robots dancing in synch in one place.
THEY FEEL PRETTY SANGUINE
Physicists Are Turning The Art Of Blood Spatter Analysis Into A Science
Forensic laboratories have conducted many experiments over the years to help law enforcement and lab technicians make better interpretations of that data, but there’s still a degree of subjectivity that comes into play — a key finding of a 2009 report on forensic sciences by the National Academy of Sciences.
MAR-A-LOS-ANGELES
Southern California’s Donald Trump
Garish faux-Italian buildings. A trail of lawsuits and annoyed neighbors. Sound familiar?
THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
What Makes A Movie Scene Scary?
This interesting horror movie case study contains slight spoilers for the movie "Lights Out," but you weren't going to see that anyway, were you?
DOING GOD'S WORK
I Have Invented The Ultimate Food To Eat While Driving
Eating and driving is almost never as clean or easy as you’d like; most of the common foods you’re likely to drive and eat are at best awkward and at worst a filthy disaster. So instead of beating ourselves up about it, why don’t we find a way to make it better? I gave it a shot, and now someone needs to make it happen.
WATSON'S BIGGEST FAN
IBM’s First Female CEO On Why Bob Dylan Is Talking To A Computer
Ginni Rometty is reinventing Big Blue for an artificial intelligence future.
MORE LIKE BROKEN RODMAN (ALSO, NSFW)
Dennis Rodman Explains How He Broke His Penis Three Times
His nonchalance while telling these stories is by far the craziest part.
AN AXE TO GRIND
Why A 19th-Century Axe Murder Still Fascinates Us
In 1892, Lizzie Borden was accused of her parents' murders — and she's been in the public consciousness ever since.
JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS
The Italian Mob Is Still Alive And Violent
In addition to breaking legs, the gangsters allegedly poured gasoline and set fire to a car belonging to the owner of a competing gambling club in Yonkers, sold 17 illegal guns and made millions from untaxed cigarettes and stolen credit card information.
GETS THE JUICES FLOWING
There Is A Machine Called The Orange Peel Professional And It Is A Wonderful Machine
Useless machines that you totally don't need in life are the best kind of machines.
BOXED OUT
The Unforeseen Consequences Of Banning The Box
When employers can’t see applicants’ criminal histories, they start discriminating in different, broader ways.
THEY TELL TALES
The Internet Of Dead Girls
They are the internet’s profane saints and they have always fueled the media, selling newspapers and magazines and generating reliable clicks.
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BAD VIBRATIONS
Brian Wilson, Mike Love, And The Psychodrama Behind The Beach Boys’ Sun-Streaked Legacy
As two of the quintessentially California band’s members face off with dueling memoirs, James Wolcott assesses the conflict beneath the surface of its suntanned image.
OFF TARGET
America’s Love-Hate Affair With Snipers
We have a complicated history with snipers in this country. We admire the Chris Kyles and loathe the Micah Johnsons. Where it gets tricky is where the two archetypes overlap.
DAVID AND GOLIATH, BUT SADDER
Here's A Man Trying To Take Down A Construction Excavator By Throwing Rocks At It
This isn't the brightest idea but we appreciate the chutzpah.
THE RIGHT NUMBER AT THE WRONG TIME
The History Of The Call Center Explains How Customer Service Got So Annoying
Despite the fact that call centers seem decidedly low-tech — why call a person when you can shoot along an email? — they have grown increasingly sophisticated with time and are in many ways one of the most elaborate operations in a given business.
EGGPLANT EMOJI
The Orgasmic Food Served At A NYC Sex Club
In addition to broadening sexual boundaries, this particular sex club apparently also broadened one's palate with, of all things, an impressive buffet.
BORDERLINE LOGIC
The Israeli Company That Helped Build Gaza’s Wall Is Less Sure About Donald Trump’s
The company's communications director cautioned against the idea of building a literal wall across every section of the border. That level of border protection is only effective in populated areas along the border, he said.
DON'T DRINK THRICE, IT'S ALRIGHT
Have Two Drinks At A Party
If you are a person who has found that zero drinks, or one drink, is the right number for you, then that is the number to stick with. For everyone else, try two.
PRONOUNS: IT, ITS, ITSELF
Do Otherkin Actually Identify As Objects?
Otherkin are known for identifying as animals and mythical creatures, but some people in the community controversially say they identify as weather, plants, and abstract concepts as well.
CRISPR'S MOST IMPORTANT USE
Can Gene Editing Protect Your Chardonnay?
Wine grapes are particularly susceptible to pests and fungi. Might we be able to protect them by tweaking a few genes?
HOLY SMOKES!
Fighting Fires With Fireball Shooting Drones
Hopefully this gives firefighters some more time to rescue cute little kitties from trees.
CAN'T DISRUPT THE SELF-MADE MAN
Men’s Styling Startups Are Doomed To Lose Their Shirts
Men will do anything to avoid having to dress themselves — except pay someone else to do it.
