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  1. How Cereal Marketers Invented the Modern Version of Breakfast

    How Cereal Marketers Invented the Modern Version of Breakfast Before breakfast was “the most important meal of the day,” it was, occasionally, oysters, boiled chickens, and beefsteaks. June 19, 2016 at 12:03AMvia Digg theatln.tc

  2. Inside Microsoft’s Plan to Reconquer the World

    Inside Microsoft’s Plan to Reconquer the World The newly customer-friendly tech giant is bulking up on data centers, betting its future on cloud computing, and learning to be agile again. June 7, 2016 at 11:57AMvia Digg for.tn

  3. Bring on the Men: Sweden Sees Male Surplus For First Time in Centuries

    Bring on the Men: Sweden Sees Male Surplus For First Time in Centuries Sweden is experiencing a male surplus of around 12,000 men, which doesn’t seem like a lot when compared to a population of 10 million, but researchers expect there to be

  4. Every Party Has A Pooper — That’s Why You Need This LED Toilet Light

    Every Party Has A Pooper — That’s Why You Need This LED Toilet Light You’ll never trip, fall or miss again with this color-changing toilet bowl. June 5, 2016 at 10:49PMvia Digg di.gg

  5. Blue Shift: How the Panic Over BPA Accomplished Nothing

    Blue Shift: How the Panic Over BPA Accomplished Nothing All this fear about BPA is overblown. We could get sidetracked by blaming media hype, poor science reporting, or even how scientific research is funded. But while these things are high

  6. Why It’s So Hard for Snack Makers to Create Fake Salt

    Why It’s So Hard for Snack Makers to Create Fake Salt With a new push from lawmakers and health officials to reduce salt consumption, snack makers are rushing to find a good salt alternative. Here's why it's so hard to find a new NaCl. June

  7. We Have No Idea How Most Species Age

    We Have No Idea How Most Species Age Our lack of knowledge of how other organisms cope with time's unstoppable march directly affects our own understanding of human aging. May 28, 2016 at 12:11AMvia Digg bit.ly

  8. Why I Bought a Chromebook Instead of a Mac

    Why I Bought a Chromebook Instead of a Mac Formerly a lifelong Mac user, I bought my first PC ever in the form of a Chromebook. And I’m never looking back. May 26, 2016 at 12:29AMvia Digg bit.ly

  9. It's OK to let your baby cry himself to sleep, study finds

    It's OK to let your baby cry himself to sleep, study finds A new study adds support to the idea that the method is effective and does not cause stress or lasting emotional problems for babies. May 26, 2016 at 12:29AMvia Digg cnn.it

  10. This man had no idea his mind is ‘blind’ until last week

    This man had no idea his mind is ‘blind’ until last week Imagine realising that you’ve spent your whole life unable to visualize anything in your mind. May 26, 2016 at 12:28AMvia Digg bbc.in

  11. The History of Pho

    The History of Pho It's more than soup. May 24, 2016 at 11:10PMvia Digg bit.ly

  12. Cheap Beef Is Here for Summer Burgers and $1 Taco Bell Burritos

    Cheap Beef Is Here for Summer Burgers and $1 Taco Bell Burritos Break out the grill, and call some friends. Beef is historically cheap right now, and that means menus are about to get a lot more bloody. May 24, 2016 at 11:10PMvia Digg bloom

  13. The Hidden Science of Elevators

    The Hidden Science of Elevators How powerful algorithms decide when that elevator car is finally going to come pick you up.​​ May 24, 2016 at 11:06PMvia Digg bit.ly

  14. Clink, the Restaurant Inside a High Security Prison

    Clink, the Restaurant Inside a High Security Prison The hens are free range and the chefs locked up at the Clink, a restaurant in a high-security London jail. May 22, 2016 at 01:33PMvia Digg bloom.bg

  15. We Would Like To Be This Guy Teaching A Baby Wolf To Howl

    We Would Like To Be This Guy Teaching A Baby Wolf To Howl Um, also, did this guy abduct a baby wolf? May 21, 2016 at 11:49PMvia Digg di.gg

  16. Just Relax And Watch This Brick-Making Machine Do Its Thing

    Just Relax And Watch This Brick-Making Machine Do Its Thing Scoop some dirt in, pop the compression lid down, and bam, you've got yourself a pair of beautiful bricks. May 21, 2016 at 11:48PMvia Digg di.gg

  17. Meet the Association Upholding the Integrity of Instant Noodles

    Meet the Association Upholding the Integrity of Instant Noodles If you've ever lived off ramen, you can thank the global organization that keeps it coming. May 21, 2016 at 02:57AMvia Digg bit.ly

  18. Canadians argue over poutine

    Canadians argue over poutine Here, two writers raised in Montreal, Lucas Weisenthel and Erik Leijon, debate one of the province’s least pressing issues: whether or not the seven-decade-old dish is trash. May 20, 2016 at 09:34PMvia Digg bit.

  19. Build An Internet Of Things Application In 5 Minutes

    Build An Internet Of Things Application In 5 Minutes This complete Wio Link learning kit teaches you how to build an IoT app in five minutes — even if you have zero coding or electronics experience. May 20, 2016 at 09:27PMvia Digg di.gg

  20. We Give Captain America 4-To-1 Odds Of Winning The Civil War

    We Give Captain America 4-To-1 Odds Of Winning The Civil War FiveThirtyEight polled some 1000 fans to decide the outcomes of 47,503 superhero matchups. Here's what they found. May 20, 2016 at 09:23PMvia Digg 53eig.ht

  21. Google's Modular Smartphone Looks Awesome

    Google's Modular Smartphone Looks Awesome It's always been the dream to be able to modify your smartphone as needed — a bigger battery for a long trip, a better camera for a big event — and Google's Project Ara looks like it might actually

  22. The man who Kickstarted his way to 30 days in a haunted clown motel

    The man who Kickstarted his way to 30 days in a haunted clown motel This is the story of a Kickstarter campaign that — just like actual clowns — started out funny and quickly turned very, very creepy. May 2, 2016 at 01:38PMvia Digg bit.ly

  23. After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought To Regain Weight

    After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought To Regain Weight Contestants lost hundreds of pounds during Season 8, but gained them back. A study of their struggles helps explain why so many people fail to keep off the weight they lose. Ma

  24. Inside Laredo, the Secret, Members-Only Wild West Town in England

    Inside Laredo, the Secret, Members-Only Wild West Town in England Its founders have spent weekends re-enacting American frontier life for over 30 years. April 17, 2016 at 01:19PMvia Digg bit.ly

  25. When Lobbying was Illegal

    When Lobbying was Illegal Lobbying is a multi-billion dollar industry and an accepted — if hated — part of American politics. Yet from America’s founding through much of the 19th century, the legal system treated lobbying as a corrupt and i

  26. The Internet Isn't Making Us Smarter

    The Internet Isn't Making Us Smarter Our access to the Internet’s far reaches should permit us to be smarter and better informed. People certainly assume it. But it doesn't always work that way. April 16, 2016 at 01:41PMvia Digg di.gg

  27. Why The Number Zero Is A Big Deal

    Why The Number Zero Is A Big Deal Even though we can't divide by it, zero is probably the single most important number in the history of math. April 14, 2016 at 10:49PMvia Digg di.gg

  28. A Great Explanation Of Why Not All Locks Need Keys

    A Great Explanation Of Why Not All Locks Need Keys Encryption is a dicey subject. A lot of governments want keyholes in products like phones and computers so that they can access important data in case of an emergency. But that's probably a

  29. Clay Bavor, Google's VP of VR, on His Plan to Make Virtual Reality Amazing for Everyone

    Clay Bavor, Google's VP of VR, on His Plan to Make Virtual Reality Amazing for Everyone Cardboard is just the start of Google's VR ambitions. April 14, 2016 at 10:33PMvia Digg bit.ly

  30. The Minecraft Generation

    The Minecraft Generation How a clunky Swedish computer game is teaching hundreds of millions of children to master the digital world. April 14, 2016 at 10:32PMvia Digg nyti.ms