A TERMINALLY ILL SYSTEM
What It's Like Living Without Health Insurance In America
Forced to choose between paying bills and having health coverage, many Americans are risking it and going without.
SLOW YOUR TROLL
Why Good People Turn Bad Online
Meet the scientists finding out how can we defeat our inner trolls and build more cooperative digital societies.
A SWIFTLY TILTED PLANET
Slightly Tilted Satellite Images Of Cities Will Make You Feel So Very Small
"It's like getting a view out the window of an airplane 450 kilometers high."
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NEEDS SOME SCUBA GEAR WITH THOSE REINS
Horse And Rider Severely Underestimate The Depth Of A Beach Puddle
We can't tell if that's a seagull or a person laughing at their misfortune at the end.
THE KIDS ARE ALL RICH
The Meteoric Rise Of The Gen Z Influencer
Over the past five years, these stars have built up enormous followings, produced huge bodies of work, and made multiple millions of dollars. Today, they find themselves in position to become the entertainment and media moguls of the future. Is this a fluke, or a sign of things to come?
'THIS IS A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM'
The Hidden Crisis On College Campuses: 36 Percent Of Students Don't Have Enough To Eat
Caleb Torres lost seven pounds his freshman year of college — and not because he didn’t like the food in the dining hall. A first-generation college student, barely covering tuition, Torres ran out of grocery money halfway through the year and began skipping meals as a result.
ARE YOU SERIOUS
This Is The Most Outrageous High School Basketball Play We've Ever Seen
This self-alley-oop-from-the-dang-three-point-line happened at the All NorCal Games on April 1st, but we can assure you it is not a joke.
'FORGET WE'RE A STATE? NOPE, WE STILL EXIST'
Iowa's Tourism Board Should Hire This Guy
He makes the state sound really, really awesome in under 30 seconds. Incredible!
WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO PROCESS
Apple Is Moving On From Intel Because Intel Isn't Moving Anywhere
Apple's abandonment of Intel chips is inevitable.
LOW PRICES, HIGH VOICES
This Video Of A Boy Yodel-Singing In Wal-Mart Is Certainly... Something
We honestly don't really know how to describe this whole thing, but we can't look away.
SO BAD IT'S GOOD
How The White Sox Are Trying To Perfect Tanking
The Southsiders haven’t merely embraced the rebuilding methods that led the Cubs and Astros to World Series glory. They've taken the modern baseball tank to the extreme — and it looks like it’s going to work.
THE ONLY COUNTRY WITH THIS PROBLEM
Guns Are Responsible For The Largest Share Of US Homicides In Over 80 Years, Federal Mortality Data Shows
The high number of civilian guns in circulation means more opportunities for guns to be diverted into the hands of people at risk of harming others with them, potentially altering the landscape of American crime.
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These Noise-Cancelling Headphones Are Very Good And Surprisingly Affordable
Treblab's's Z2 headphones have twice the sound, twice the battery life and half the price of competing headphones.
CASUAL
Ah, Just A Nuclear Warhead Being Transported Through A Small Town
There's probably no better way to do this than a highly secure convoy. Nonetheless, it's highly disconcerting.
SASS BENDER
At 12, His Science Video Went Viral. At 14, He Fears He Was Too Rude
Marco Zozaya critiqued those linking vaccines and autism, but he struggles like many science communicators with social media platforms that may favor a style that inflames.
HE ACTUALLY IS DOING THIS
Jared Leto Just Backpacks Across The 'Tonight Show' Stage Uninvited
Look, we know it was a bit and Leto was booked as a guest for the show. But be honest, does Jared Leto ever really look like he's supposed to be anywhere?
BAD CHEER
No Sweatpants In Public: Inside The Rule Books For NFL Cheerleaders
Across the NFL, teams even try to place extensive controls on how cheerleaders conduct their lives outside work.
'WALKING IS A POLITICAL ACTION'
I Walked From Selma To Montgomery
Following years of unarmed shootings, bombings, hate crimes, gentrification, voter suppression tactics, pay gaps, school segregation, and all of the indignities of life in America as a visible Other, I traveled to Selma because the fury in me had nowhere left to grow.
TERRIFYING
Motorcyclist Has A Close Call To End All Close Calls
Motorcyclist Malik Elizee was extremely fortunate to walk away from this incident unharmed. Luckily the cars' passengers were not seriously injured in the crash.
REDDIT V2
The Inside Story Of Reddit's Redesign
Goodbye, dystopian Craigslist. There's a new Reddit, and it's all grown up.
GETTING BURNED
The Unbearable Sadness Of Toast
One scholar sees the toaster as a symbol of a modernized, industrialized society — both the culprit of bread's mechanization and a perpetrator of assimilation.
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BE VERY CAREFUL WITH AUTOPILOT
Tesla Driver Tries To Recreate Fatal Autopilot Crash, Nearly Crashes Himself
Maybe Tesla shouldn't be calling something that struggles to figuring out highway dividers and poorly-marked lanes "Autopilot"?
SPECIAL LICENSE
Deputy AG Authorized Mueller To Investigate Alleged Manafort Collusion
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told special counsel Robert Mueller in a classified August 2, 2017, memo that he should investigate collusion allegations against President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
MR. WRIGHT
Villanova Cruises By Michigan For Second Title In Three Years
What a couple of months it's been for Philly. First the Eagles. Now this. The Super Bowl, though, was a classic. This one was only beautiful to one team.
BLINK AND YOU PROBABLY WON'T MISS IT
How Match Cuts Let You Follow Fast Actions In Films
From the opening of "2001" to the dinner table feud in "The Incredibles," effective match cuts know where your brain and eyes are looking before you do.
LIFE BEFORE PORNHUB
How Eager Pre-20th-Century Readers Mined Anatomical Texts For Information About Sex
"If you make a statistical analysis of which parts readers underlined or commented upon, 'hymen' emerges as the most frequently underlined word."
INCINERATING RUBBER
Look At This Supercharged Ferrari Drifting Around A Race Track
The engine roars. The tires squeal. What more could you possibly want from a supercar video?
THE POLL TAX REFUSES TO DIE
Voter Fraud Is A Racist Lie
A Texas woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for casting a provisional ballot in 2016 while on supervised release from prison, unaware that doing so violated state law.
HARD TO BREATHE
Bad Air Days In Seoul
Colin Marshall discusses the air quality in Seoul.
FLIP AND FLICK
This One-Handed Catcher's Throwing Technique Is So Smooth, We Almost Didn't Notice It
How much practice did this take? Because he's got it down.
FULL EMPLOYMENT
A Guaranteed Jobs-For-All Program Is Gaining Traction Among 2020 Democratic Hopefuls
A job guarantee — the idea that everyone should have a job if they want or need one, and it’s the government’s job to make that possible — is back.
THE ORANGE FACEBOOK
Grindr Is Sharing The HIV Status Of Its Users With Other Companies
A data analysis conducted by an outside research firm, and independently verified by BuzzFeed News, shows that a popular gay dating app is sharing sensitive information about its users' HIV status.
SLOUCHING TOWARDS AN IDENTITY
How Joan Didion Became Joan Didion
Didion was one of the boys, clearly, in the sense that men had noticed her writing and wanted to publish her. But she also couldn’t quite fit into their regime.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
The Online Store ThinkGeek Pretended To Sell A 'Rick And Morty' Screaming Sun Alarm For April Fool's Day
ThinkGeek always sticks the landing with their April Fool's jokes — and this year was no different.
ONE CHIP TO RULE THEM ALL
Apple Plans To Use Its Own Chips In Macs From 2020, Replacing Intel
The initiative, code-named Kalamata, is still in the early developmental stages, but comes as part of a larger strategy to make all of Apple's devices — including Macs, iPhones, and iPads — work more similarly and seamlessly together.
OFFROAD INDOORS
This Is Absolutely The Most Fun Way To Demolish A House
Friends, family, colleagues, we gather here on this url today not only to mourn the loss of a house, but also to celebrate the wicked life this car is living.
ACCESSIBILITY IS IMPORTANT
Off The Map
People with disabilities who rely on local public transit are getting squeezed between gentrification and austerity.
CHEFS, DRUGS AND ROCK N' ROLL
'We All Had the Same Acid Flashback at the Same Time': The New American Cuisine
How the scruffy kids of the '60s youth movement turned cooking from a shameful job into a lauded profession.
SKIN AND BONES
Pixar Releases A Curious New Technology That Makes It Easier To Realistically Model Flesh
Pixar uses disembodied parts to showcase their new "stable neo-Hookean flesh simulation" — algorithms which do a better job of preserving volume and accommodating for rotations and inversions of animated bodies.
BOOK CLUB SANDWICH
Can $26 Short Ribs And Charcuterie Plates Save Barnes & Noble?
Facing stiff competition from Amazon, the bookstore chain's latest Hail Mary is in-store restaurants.
AND YOU THOUGHT THE TIDE PODS WERE DUMB
A Brief History Of The Condom Snorting Challenge
The viral condom-snorting stunt can be traced back to at least the '90s.
MORE MONEY THAN DRIVING ABILITY
That Is... Not How You Unload A Mustang From A Trailer
The best part of this video is the guy in the foreground who can't get over how dumb the Mustang driver is.
GET YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME
What Happened To College Hoops? Don't Worry, The Kids Are All Right
The current game has lost some of its majesty and innocence. But no matter how hard the adults try to spoil it, they cannot. There's too much magic.
PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS?
The Curious Case Of David Jewberg, The Fake Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst
"Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst LTC David Jewberg" maintained a popular Facebook page and was frequently quoted in Ukrainian and Russian media as a Pentagon insider.
SEAMLESS
This Cabinet Made With Japanese Joinery Is So Precisely Built That It Runs Into A Rather Curious Problem
This Japanese master woodworker is almost too good — at the 8:09 mark, he finds that when he pushes the final drawer in, other drawers pop out because of the air pressure.
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This Is The Most Minimal, Packable, Portable Home Gym System
Not all of us have the space (or bank account) for the at-home gym we want. The TRX system maximizes your workout while minimizing your equipment needs. The $150 system is great for packing up in your closet or taking with you on the road.
SCARY
Laptop Spontaneously Explodes, Burns Down Guy's Office
Steve Paffett, a business owner in the English town of Letchworth, awoke to an intruder alarm at his office, which turned out to be his HP laptop in the midst of burning parts of the building down.
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'ROBOTS OF BRIXTON'
A Thought-Provoking, Totally Original Short About A Robot Uprising (But Not The Kind You're Thinking Of)
IT'S KINDA MESSED UP TBH
This Is Why We Stop Liking Someone As Soon As They Start Liking Us Back
'I THINK I CAN SEE YOUR BEARD'
Kids Have A Bunch Of Questions Upon Meeting A Drag Queen For The First Time
'AURORAS'
A Beautifully Cryptic Short About Saying Goodbye To A Loved One (To Travel Into Space)
BANG BANG
Is It Possible To Survive A Headshot?
MAYBE HE'S AN ALIEN
Why Is Mario So Strong?
Are You A Bad Person If You Torture Your Sims?
A Thought-Provoking, Totally Original Short About A Robot Uprising (But Not The Kind You're Thinking Of)
This Is Why We Stop Liking Someone As Soon As They Start Liking Us Back
Kids Have A Bunch Of Questions Upon Meeting A Drag Queen For The First Time
A Beautifully Cryptic Short About Saying Goodbye To A Loved One (To Travel Into Space)
Is It Possible To Survive A Headshot?
