THROWING MONEY AT THE PLANET
The Ford Foundation’s $500 Billion Quest To Fix The World
Darren Walker and the Ford Foundation set out to conquer inequality.
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TAKE THE MONEY AND LEARN
Who Really Pays For American Students To Go To College?
The US might have taken a historic step, following the Second World War, in making higher education available to the masses. But mass higher education in the US has always come with complicated financing, not simple funding.
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CUE MANIPULATIVE MUSIC
This Modern Trailer For 'The Empire Strikes Back' Will Make You Want To See It Again
Trailers, today, are fully dramatized productions meant to extract maximum emotion towards a film. Back when "Star Wars" came out it didn't get this full treatment, so Tom F of YouTube decided to do it himself.
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STARTUPS WE DIGG ǀ SPONSORED
Low Interest Loans? Yes, Please
Guess what, it’s almost 2016. That degree you want to get? That debt you want to reduce? Time to make it happen. And Pave can help.
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THE REAL QUESTION: DOES IT HAVE A HEMI?
A Big Truck Attempts To Cross A Very Thin Bridge
A large pickup truck crosses an incredibly thin bridge, inducing nail-biting and teeth-clenching everywhere.
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LIFE AND DEATH OF SUPERPLAYGROUND
If You Remember This Playground, Your Childhood Was Awesome
"In the small, lefty community of Sebastopol where I grew up, in the wine country town north of San Francisco, there were many playgrounds, but the SuperPlayground was everyone’s favorite. "
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THINGS YOU DIDN'T DO
The Most Badass Adventures Of 2015
Over the past 12 months we’ve seen speed records fall, first ascents set, daring expeditions attempted, and some outright crazy outdoor stunts. Here are the most badass adventures of land, sea, and air from 2015.
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YOU MIGHT NEED THIS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
Prevent Your Hangover With Science
Many people will choose to overindulge on alcoholic beverages to celebrate the new year, but most people won't be smart and use secret scientific methods to prevent their hangovers. Don't be one of those chumps!
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DUEL OF THE FATES
How Are The Fates Of Young Franchise Stars Determined?
For every Kristen Stewart, there's a Taylor Lautner — an actor who at one point was capable of causing fan pandemonium but most recently was seen in an Adam Sandler Netflix movie doing inappropriate things with a donkey.
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BEFORE YOU CAN SOLVE THIS RIDDLE
How Long Before You Can Use Your 2015 Calendar Again?
The new year is nearly here, so let’s dive into calendar math!
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GOTENKS IS A CAR?
This 'Dragon Ball Z' Ford Fusion Commercial Is Real, We Think
This can't be real. How can this be real? A Ford Fusion cannot defeat Majin Buu.
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IN VOGUE
The Teen Who Posed His Way Into The Internet's Heart Is Just Getting Started
Brendan Jordan has appeared in American Apparel ads, been photographed by Miley Cyrus, and walked a major fashion show. Not bad for a kid whose initial 15 minutes of fame could’ve ended with a local news segment.
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RACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD
The Fight For Antarctica
The ban on resource extraction in Antarctica expires in 2048 and countries are already seeking to expand their foothold on the icy continent.
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TIED TO PARTYING
Reports Of Rape Rise On College Football Game Days
Division One football games “significantly increase reports of rape involving college-aged victims” according to a December working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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'MOST PEOPLE OUR AGE JUST TEXT'
The Other Side Of Adele's 'Hello' Is This Poor Schmuck In A Business Meeting
In Adele's video for "Hello," we only get her side of the story. Luckily, CollegeHumor is here to fill in the gaps for us.
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ADULT STUD FINDER
How To Cut, Drill, And Mount Anything To Your Wall
The first step is to know what's behind it.
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A TAX SHELTER OVER THEIR HEADS
A Private Tax System That Saves The Wealthiest Billions
The very richest are able to quietly shape tax policy that will allow them to shield millions, if not billions, of their income.
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HORSESHOES AND HOVERBOARDS
The Year We Almost Lived In The Future
In 2015, the future was still in beta.
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THIS WILL CONSUME YOUR AFTERNOON
An Interactive Map Of Every Music Genre Ever
According to creator Glen McDonald: "This is an ongoing attempt at an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space, based on data tracked and analyzed for 1387 genres by The Echo Nest."
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FROM THE DIGG STORE
Play Your Guitar Anywhere Without Looking Like 'That Guy'
Real strings, real frets, and real easy to take with you anywhere. This smart guitar is equally ideal for beginners learning to play and experts looking to experiment with MIDI synths and apps.
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PANRTY IS BARESTROIKA
Adventures In Soviet Cuisine
Getting hold of food during the Soviet era required patience, ingenuity, and luck.
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WAS LATER SUSPENDED
A Very Cool-Dad Priest Sings And Hoverboards At Christmas Mass
A Catholic priest in the Phillippines delivered a very cool-dad performance at Christmas mass this year, singing and hoverboarding at the same time! After the video went viral on social media, the Diocese of San Pablo suspended the priest for having too much swag.
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A LOADED DEBATE
Would Ending The 'War on Drugs' Reduce Gun Violence?
Hopes&Fears; answers questions with the help of experts who know what they are talking about. Today they ask the experts about the link between the illicit substance economy and gun-related violence.
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TIME TO RELOCATE SANTA'S WORKSHOP
The Scariest Part of This Season’s Weird Weather Is Coming Soon
Together, El Niño and climate change have combined for a year unlike any other in human history — a harbinger of an altered planet — and a midwinter melt at the North Pole is a preview of what’s to come later this century.
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...NOT VERY GOOD
How I Feel About The NFL As A Player — After Seeing 'Concussion'
"After learning all of this, I feel a bit betrayed by the people or committees put in place by the league who did not have my best interests at heart."
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1/20 OF A LEAGUE UNDER THE SEA
Rare Footage Of A Giant Squid Is Completely Safe To Watch From A Distance
If you're already running for the hills, consider that the biggest giant squid can be 3x larger than this specimen, which made a surprise appearance in Japan's Toyama Bay.
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M347 H4X0R
How the Internet Of Things Got Hacked
Today, cheap, radio-connected computers have invaded meatspace. They’re now embedded in everything from our toys to our cars to our bodies. And this year has made clearer than ever before that this Internet of Things introduces all the vulnerabilities of the digital world into our real world.
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MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL
How To Build A Magic Mirror
This magic mirror is a raspberry pi powered monitor behind a double sided mirror. A mostly black web page allows you to add some widgets to the mirror’s reflection as if by magic. This version includes widgets for displaying the weather forecast, the date/time and a nice randomly generated greeting. No low level hardware hacking required, just some basic woodworking and some code I’ve already put together.
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TOO MANY FARTS, TOO MANY BURPS
Everything Wrong With 'The Lion King'
"The Lion King" is so great, "CinemaSins" gave it -3 sins right from the start. But following that generous handicap, the Disney movie racked up some weird and funny problems pretty quickly.
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CURE FOR THE COMMON CROP DUST
Bismuth Could Stop Farts From Smelling, If Someone Could Make It Safe
As the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol, bismuth keeps our digestive system in check, but a little more could make it smell like roses.
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DID YOU REALLY GET IF FROM YOUR MAMA?
Everything Science Knows About How You Developed Your Taste In Music
There's a good amount of research dedicated to why humans react to their preferred music. A complex pattern of personal values, personality traits and thinking styles goes into defining taste.
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DON'T TELL GARFIELD
The Complete Guide To Making Lasagna At Home
We recruited three top-tier lasagneurs in NYC to develop a fool-proof game plan for making this Italian classic.
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ANOTHER PUNCH IN THE WALL
America’s Most Prolific Wall Punchers, Charted
Sometimes people punch walls. They punch other objects too, but it’s mostly walls. Walls are big, they’re imposing, and they’re almost always nearby. But who are all these wall punchers, and how many of them are there?
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CHANNELING THEIR RAGE
The Cable Company Complaint Factory
The FCC gets more Internet service complaints about Comcast than it does for AT&T;, Verizon, and Time Warner Cable (TWC) combined.
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MONK LIFE CHOSE HIM
The Benedictine Monk Of Silicon Valley
In a boom time for tech, with free food and other perks abundant, Brother Eckhart strives every day to keep things simple.
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SPANNING THE WORLD
The World's Most Impressive Bridges
From old stone spans to sweeping modern suspensions, bridges have a way of wowing us.
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THE FANS AWAKEN
The Most Important Fandoms Of 2015
In 2015 fandom was unquestionably the year of the comeback.
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YUP, WE'RE STILL IN KANSAS
What Happens When An Extremely Kansas Man Gets A GoPro For Christmas
GoPro is supposed to be there for you to capture your most extreme moments, but it can also be there to capture your everyday encounters...like the ones you have with your cat in the garage.
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420 GRAZE IT
Goats Love To Eat Christmas Trees
Don't believe it? Just watch these goat feeding frenzies.
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READ DIGG INSTEAD!
Are You Working This Week? Welcome To The Office Dead Zone
We’re in the office dead zone, the abyss between Christmas and New Year’s. Whether you’re a lawyer, an investment banker, the sandwich guy or the salad lady, this feels like Zombie Week.
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A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
New Research Says That For Men, An Orgasm A Day Can Keep The Doctor Away
"The study data showed that the participants who ejaculated more than 21 times a month were at a 22% lower risk of getting [prostate cancer]."
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SEX ON THE MIND
Are The Male And Female Brains Really That Different?
A biologist remarks on the extraordinary similarity of male and female brains despite the persistence of binary behavioral styles.
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DISCLAIMER: SENT FROM MY IPHONE
Are Email Disclaimers Meaningless?
How much legal weight does that disclaimer at the end of an email from one's accountant or insurance advisor really carry? None, practically speaking.
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WE SHOULD HAVE TRIED HARDER IN MATH
We're Not Sure That This Explanation Of Reality Makes Anything Clearer
Explanimator takes a stab at explaining reality, and it gets pretty trippy. The good news is that it's a good animation and you'll learn something. The bad news is that math is really important.
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WEB OF LIES
This Was The Year The Media Started Doubting The Web
In 2015, news on the Internet no longer belonged to the web alone.
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CAROL? CAROL SINGERS?
What It's Like To Attend A Jewish Singles Dance On Christmas Eve
My parents met at the first annual Matzo Ball on Christmas Eve in 1987. Twenty-eight years later, I'm following in their footsteps.
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SO CALL HIM MAYBE?
How Alexander Graham Bell Pioneered Li-Fi With The Photophone In 1880
A mere four years after patenting the telephone, inventor Alexander Graham Bellwas already looking for ways to improve on his new technology. Specifically, he wanted to go wireless.
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SELLING LIKE HOT CAKES
Why Are Cow Dung Patties Selling Like Gangbusters On The Internet?
The patties — cow poop mixed with hay and dried in the sun, made mainly by women in rural areas and used to fuel fires — have long been available in India's villages. But online retailers including Amazon and eBay are now reaching out to the country's ever-increasing urban population.
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GOOGLE IS A GLASS-HALF-FULL COMPANY
A First Look At Google Glass 2.0
Despite killing it off at the beginning of this year, Google has revealed a new version of its Glass wearable computer, aimed squarely at enterprise businesses such as healthcare and manufacturing.
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