SURFACING STINGRAY
The Dragnet
How a man accused of million-dollar fraud uncovered a never before seen, secret surveillance device.
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NOT REACHING NEW HEIGHTS
100,000 NYC School Children Face Airport-Style Security Screening Every Day
Crime in schools has dropped sharply but New York still requires students at more than 200 schools to take off their shoes and send their belongings through x-ray machines.
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WATCHES WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED
It May Be A New Year But These Watches Are Timeless
Did we mention they’re affordable, too?
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HURTS SO GOOD
Why Sad Songs Can Be Feel-Good Music
When given the choice, why wouldn’t people listen to uplifting music instead of songs that could depress them?
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WOULD HATE TO BE MAROONED ON ONE
19th-Century Atlases Included Hundreds Of Fake Islands
Non-existent islands were a surprisingly common problem in the 19th century.
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THE LOTTO'S LOT
What Happens To The Billions Of Powerball Dollars That Nobody Wins?
It's a difficult question to answer because it's nearly impossible to track lottery funds in state budgets.
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AT LEAST SIX DEAD
Explosions And Gunfire Rock Indonesian Capital
Multiple explosions have been reported in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, including one outside the United Nations building in the city’s centre.
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ZERO SUCCESSFUL RIDES COMPLETED
Hoverboard Catches Fire Halfway Through Unboxing Video
Given the rate at which hoverboards are catching on fire these days, it's surprising that it's taken this long for it to happen during an unboxing video.
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EVERYONE WOULD HATE YOU
What If You Bought All 292 Million Of The Possible Powerball Combinations?
The first problem is the actual physical act of buying 292 million Powerball tickets and filling them out by hand.
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TEAMWORK IS BEAUTIFUL
Is This Actually The Correct Way For Two People To Ride One Bike?
At the very least, this seems a hell of a lot safer than hitching a ride on the handlebars.
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DON'T COUNT ON IT
Secrets Of The MIT Poker Course
Can a little calculus make a total novice into a gambling pro?
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BABY'S GOT RINGBACK
Verizon Gave This Guy Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Old Phone Number — And Now He Gets His Raunchy Texts
When the offers of backstage passes and bikini pics started blowing up his phone, Jonathan Nichols knew something was up.
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BUT HORIZONTAL HISTORY CAN HELP
Why History Is So Hard To Comprehend
History is indescribably complex, and often we find ourselves oversimplifying just to make sense of it all. But mapping out who was alive when offers a better way of understanding the various competing influences during a given timeframe.
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IT'S LIT
Stand Far Away From This Spinning Wheel Of Fireworks
YouTube's favorite mad scientist Colin Furze just broke 2 million subscribers. This is how he celebrated.
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DRAMA MAKES THEM SICK
The Surreal Drama Of Actors Playing Sick For Med Students
Few people can say they’ve never faked the flu to skip school or stay home from work. The people who play sick in Corinne May Botz’s fascinating series "Bedside Manner" do so for noble reasons: Helping medical students learn how to diagnose patients and hone their bedside manner.
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REALIZE, RIGHT EYE, REAL LIES
Does One Eye Perceive Color Differently Than The Other?
Just as one foot may be slightly larger than the other, or one ear lower than the other — the same asymmetry applies to our eyes.
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DON'T STEAL KYLO'S FRIES
Adam Driver And Kate McKinnon's 'SNL' Promos Are Really Adorable
And, unlike most of these quick scripted snippets, they're actually pretty funny! Adam Driver hosts "SNL" this Saturday.
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ARMY REGULATION SECTION 2: NO PODCASTS
'Serial' Might Be Making Bowe Bergdahl's Life A Whole Lot Worse
Advocacy journalism is often about righting a specific wrong by exposing it to the public. Serial's first season was definitely that. Is season two serving its central character in the same way?
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SHIPWRECKS: 2, AIRPLANES: 0
The Search For The Missing Malaysian Plane Uncovers Another Shipwreck
The continuing search for MH370 hasn’t provided the answers that investigators and grieving families were looking for, but it hasn’t been entirely fruitless, either.
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CAUSE OF MUCH CONSTIPATION
If You Aren't Eating Fiber You're Killing Gut Bacteria
A study found that mice with low-fiber diets lost some species of gut bacteria permanently. Chances are you are too.
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IT'S CALLED 'UNDULATUS ASPERATUS'
This City Isn’t Underwater, It Just Looks Like It Is
Anesthesiologist Dr. Alan Walters was working at University Hospital in Augusta, GA when he noticed the bizarre clouds outside. So he filmed this quick timelapse with his phone while he put an epidural in a patient.
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NOWHERE TO GO
The Hidden Haitian Refugees Of The Dominican Republic
Deportations and violence have driven tens of thousands of people of Haitian descent from their homes in the Dominican Republic — while the world is silent.
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IT'S A WRAP
Chipotle's Rivals Are Eating Its Lunch
As the fast casual burrito chain founders over an E.coli outbreak, competitors such as Chili's and Del Taco are swooping in.
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IT'S ALL GOOD
The Official Costco Food Court Power Rankings
The best part about Costco is that the deals don't stop once you get to the food court.
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IS THIS WHAT ALIENS LOOK LIKE?
This Starfish Swims The Way Spaghetti Boils
In case you're wondering, the movie they're watching in the background is 2007 Adam Sandler vehicle "I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry."
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ANOTHER ROUND
Hollywood's Next Power Duo Is Michael B. Jordan And Ryan Coogler
There’s a moment you rarely catch famous people in — right after they blow up, but before they’re too big to remember what it’s like to be normal. It’s the morning
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A FLY TRAP
The Narcissism Of Collecting
An entomologist reflects on fly-hunting, an outhouse of distinguished provenance, and the narcissism of collectors.
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FROM THE DIGG STORE
Your Favorite Childhood Controller, All Grown Up
Meet the world’s first wireless, universal NES controller with full button use. Aka your new favorite toy.
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MAKING WAVES ON THE INTERNET
Have Astrophysicists Finally Found Gravitational Waves?
The respected astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss is claiming via Twitter that researchers have found gravitational waves. The report is still unconfirmed by anyone else, but that hasn't kept the Internet from freaking out.
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SAYS SHE HAS NO REGRETS
Khloé Kardashian Talks Candidly With Howard Stern About Lamar Odom
On Wednesday, Khloé Kardashian gave her first in-depth interview since Lamar Odom's high-profile near-death experience at a brothel in Las Vegas. She talks candidly about his drug use, infidelity and the incident itself.
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THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF NUTS
Two Guys Make A Giant-Ass Ferrero Rocher
All that Nutella and they somehow manages to keep their shirts clean.
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SAD BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB
Why It’s Actually Kind Of Hard To Be A Young Billionaire
What do you do with your billions when you become dynastically wealthy in your 20s?
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THEY NEED A HERO
GoPro Cuts 7% Of Staff After Not Making Enough Money In Q4
The action-camera maker said fourth-quarter revenue is forecast to be $435 million. That compares with the average analyst estimate of $510.9 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT
Germany Made An App For Refugees To Smooth Integration Process
Ankommen aims to help asylum seekers find their footing during their first weeks in Germany.
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SEEING FAR (INTO THE FUTURE)
The Next, Next Space Telescope
As NASA works to complete the James Webb Space Telescope for launch in less than three years, it's also beginning work on the next major space observatory after it.
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WRAPPED UP IN EACH OTHER
Two Brothers, Falafel And A Feud
They work in neighboring shops that are mirror images of one another, one lit by a red neon, one by blue, sharing a name, a recipe and a colorful family history of perseverance through the hardships of Lebanon’s violent past.
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WITH THE HELP OF ROBOT FRIENDS
How 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' Helped One Man Keep His Sanity
I felt that if I ever stopped watching, if I ever lost this rock I was clinging to, I was done. Maybe I’d just drift off and not wake up.
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SAY IT AIN'T SO
Al Jazeera America Is Shutting Down In April
Al Jazeera America will shutter its cable TV and digital operations by April 30 of this year, the company announced Wednesday. The decision by the AJAM board was “driven by the fact that our business model is simply not sustainable in light of the economic challenges in the U.S. media marketplace.”
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MUSIC TO THE LABELS' EARS
SoundCloud Reaches Deal With Universal Music, Bringing Subscriptions Closer To Reality
SoundCloud has reached a multi-territory licensing deal with Universal Music Group and the Universal Music Publishing Group, leaving Sony as the only major music publisher not to sign a deal with the company.
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PUBLISH, THEN PERISH
He Fell In Love With His Grad Student, Then Fired Her For It
Christian Ott, a young astrophysics professor at Caltech, engaged in “discriminatory and harassing” behavior toward two female graduate students, a university investigation has found.
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YOU'D THINK THEY CARE ABOUT THE 'PEOPLE'
The Most Frequently Used Words In Every State Of The Union Speech Ever Made
We counted each word in last night’s speech, as well as each word in every State of the Union address ever given, to find the words that were used the most.
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JUST A BUMP IN THE ROAD
How A Viral Video Transformed A Syrian Refugee's Fate
One kick was all it took to make Osama Mohsen, a professional soccer coach from Syria, into one of the most famous refugees to arrive in Europe last year. After a Hungarian camerawoman sent Mohsen tumbling, his life took an unexpected turn.
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A NEW MOUSEKETEER
PewDieDie Announces That He's Getting His Own Network Backed By Disney
On Wednesday, PewDieDie made the announcement that he's been given the chance by Disney to run his own network that features YouTube creators. He says the content will mostly focus on gaming and pop culture.
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DISC MOVE, MAN
Fallon And Kevin Hart Play 'Drinko'
...and Fallon was so close to getting a pickleback.
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THEY WOULDN'T SHOW THE CAPTURED UFO
Inside The Vault Where NASA Keeps Its Otherworldly Treasures
In an unsuspecting building at Johnson Space Center, curators watch over meteorites from Mars and the asteroid belt, cosmic dust, samples of the solar wind, comet particles, and, of course, hundreds of kilograms of Moon rocks.
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ARE WE READING TOO FAR INTO IT?
Is 'Mein Kampf' Still A Dangerous Book?
"Mein Kampf" is a miserable book — but should it be banned? I could certainly sympathize with any German who would like to see it kept illegitimate; some speech should, in fact, be off limits. But is it a dangerous book?
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THE ONE WHERE THEY NEED MORE CASH
All Six 'Friends' Will Participate In An Upcoming Special
To honor the show’s frequent director James Burrows, the entire cast of "Friends" will appear on a two-hour special, set to air Feb. 21.
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FAIR WARNING: YOU MIGHT BE IN IT
Musician Aims To Highlight 'Unoriginality' On Instagram With Music Video
Is it cliché to point out clichés?
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