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The Worm That Nearly Ate The Internet It infected 10 million computers. So why did cybergeddon never arrive?

California Was Warned 30 Years Ago About Climate Change. Now It's Feeling The Effects A report issued in 1989 warned that California would see more droughts, floods, and fires under climate change.

Here's The Kamala Harris/Joe Biden Moment That You'll Probably Be Hearing About Today Over two nights and 20 candidates, not a whole lot has particularly stood out during the first Democratic presidential primary debate. But just past the hour mark on Thursday night, Kamala Harris launched a full-frontal attack on frontrunner Joe Biden that caught everyone's attention.

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Wayne Rooney Is Still Too Good For The MLS, Scores From Across Midfield The former Premier League star still has a lot of power in his right leg.

Bitcoin Soars Past $12,500 Five Days After Hitting $10,000 via Digg https://ift.tt/31V6LZ0

The World's Smallest Big Rocket Company Dave Masten builds rockets on a shoestring in the desert — can he help NASA reinvent itself as a lean, agile enterprise?

Facebook's Libra, Explained via Digg https://ift.tt/2FzVy6V

I Went To Australia To Test Out Tesla’s Vision Of The Future Elon Musk and his fans may love sports cars, but the company's biggest contribution may be reassuringly boring.

Facebook, Libra And The Long Game via Digg http://bit.ly/2LgHFy3

The Most Visited Websites In The World, Visualized It's not hard to guess which website leads in first place, but the wide margin between Google and other websites is staggering.

These Lions Are Nonplussed By This Zoo's Lion Escape Drill A zoo in Japan conducted a lion escape drill with one of their employees wearing a furry costume.

Ranking Sugars By How (Un)healthy They Are White Sugar? Honey? Agave? Which is least likely to turn me into a hyperactive, diabetic maniac spiraling toward sugar-induced violent crime?

This Father Of Three Put Everything Into Bitcoin. Here’s What Happened Next. The Bitcoin Family are traveling the world, unencumbered by centralized currency.

Man Attempts To Survive On Only Bitcoin For 24 Hours A Canadian YouTuber discovers whether it's possible to live entirely on cryptocurrency for a day. via Digg http://bit.ly/2L4JSMS

This Father Of Three Put Everything Into Bitcoin. Here’s What Happened Next. via Digg http://bit.ly/2Rr6qIS

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How Graffiti Became Gentrified Two decades after Rudy Giuliani tried to rid New York City of graffiti, the art form is flourishing — with unexpected consequences.

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How The Quality Of Tesla Cars Improved So Fast, And Why That Matters Excellent fit and finish also requires leadership focus and will, something that Tesla clearly has.

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This Garlic Peeling Hack Is Life-Changing  ​As long as we can avoid jabbing a knife into our hand, this simple method for separating and peeling garlic cloves is going to save us so much time.

Watch Boxer Tyson Fury Dodge A Barrage Of Punches, En Route To Retaining His Lineal Heavyweight Title This slow-mo footage of Fury masterfully evading punches, thrown at him with precision, belongs in a museum. He eventually did win the match and retained his title.

Greenland Lost 2 Billion Tons Of Ice Yesterday, Which Is Very Unusual Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting yesterday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (a gigaton is equal to 1 billion tons).

Raptors Send Toronto Into Raptures As They Beat Warriors To Take First NBA Title The NBA's lone Canadian team won the first NBA championship in their 24-year history, beating the Golden State Warriors, 114-110, in Game 6 of the finals on Thursday night.

The 100 Greatest Movie Quotes Of The 21st Century What are considered Great Movie Quotes are, for the most part, vintage in nature. We have made an effort to canonize quotes of the modern era, starting from 2000 onward.

Scientists Find Mystery Mass Under Moon's Surface The mass of the metal "anomaly" beneath the moon's largest crater is five times greater than the big island of Hawaii.

Braves Fan Stretches Out To Catch A Freshly Grand Slam'd Ball This the peak baseball fan experience.

A Woman's Right To Fury Like many women, I got sad, not angry, for most of my pre-menopausal life. I pushed down and compressed my anger until I could almost convince myself it did not exist. I reveled in being split, diaphanous. It was a little like being high, having no singular self. Being weightless, like a ghost.

Canada Becomes A Basketball Factory Toronto and Mississauga, Ontario, are sprouting youth hoops prospects. Sorry, New York and other hotbeds. These players might be better.

This Kestrel's Head Stabilization Skills Has To Be Seen To Be Believed ​Birds have excellent natural head stabilization abilities and this clip of a kestrel attempting to hunt in strong winds is one of the best demonstrations we've seen.

Bullhead City, Arizona Was A Retiree Paradise. Then Came A Biblical Plague Of Flies. Meet the small, greasy insects upending life in an idyllic community.

The rise and fall of iTunes, Apple’s most hated app It was a long run for iTunes, the jukebox software that revolutionized the music industry after its launch in 2001. But now, in the year 2019, it's finally being put out of its misery — and ours.

'It's A Miracle': Helsinki's Radical Solution To Homelessness Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is falling. Its secret? Giving people homes as soon as they need them — unconditionally.

An Out Of Control Cruise Ship Hits A Docked Boat In Venice The ship lost control and crashed into the wharf on Venice's busy Giudecca Canal, after suffering engine failure.

The Navy Says UFOs Are Real. UFO Hunters Are Thrilled A new generation of ufologists are being inspired by military sightings and mainstream news stories.