The Great, $190 Million Vegan Mayo Scam, And Other Great Stories
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The Great Vegan Mayo Scam
Once the darling of Silicon Valley, vegan foods startup Hampton Creek has come crashing down on founder Josh Tetrick's mendacious head. And as stories about eggless mayo go, they don't get much crazier than this.
Don't Let The Facebook Algorithm Run Your Life
…like Buzzfeed writer Charlie Warzel did for a month. Turns out, Facebook is an idiot and will make your life awkward and difficult.
Chip And Joanna Gaines Want To Save Waco
A profile of one of the most delightful couples on TV by one of the most delightful writers in the business? Click.
The Things A High-End House Cleaner Sees
If you hire a fancy cleaning service to "detox" your place, there's a chance the cleaner will come across some of your secrets. Lizzie Feidelson was one of those cleaners.
The Fall Of Roger Ailes
The decline and fall of Roger Ailes was a swift one, brought on by a series of lawsuits filed by former female employees and the intrepid reporting of Gabriel Sherman. Sarah Ellison has the inside story on Ailes' final days at the helm of Fox.
The Rising Ocean Is Coming For NASA
NASA is tasked with taking us to the stars, but its future is threatened by a decidedly earthly problem — the slow disappearance of Kennedy Space Center into the ocean.
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