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Watch NASA astronauts eat the first lettuce grown in space
Lately, astronauts at the International Space Station have been discovering their green thumbs — over the past month, they've been taking turns watering a plant. And today they enjoyed the fruit of...
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2 teens invented a genius way to sanitize bathroom door handles
The thought of touching a door handle in a public restroom is cringe-inducing.It takes just one person who doesn't wash his or her hands to leave some germs hanging around to get passed on and spread...
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Here are 4 of the coolest chemicals ever created by humans
Scientists create and discover new materials all the time. But few are so jaw-droppingly cool that they deserve to be recognized.From mindbendingly lightweight solids used by NASA to metals that melt...
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There's a name for that pang of jealousy you get from seeing people's Venmo...
Ever feel inexplicably jealous and sad all because of your friends' Venmo transactions? There's now a name for that reaction. Mic has dubbed the feeling "Venvy," or Venmo envy. It's the Venmo version...
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Target is accidentally driving a post-gender revolution
Kids will be kids, not "boys" or "girls"— at least at Target.After receiving some very direct feedback from customers, the retail giant has just announced a plan to do away with signs labeling store...
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A classy British retailer just launched a genderless collection, and the...
Gender is going out of fashion — literally.This spring, British department store Selfridges gave its century-old London outlet on Oxford Street a radical redesign.Selfridges nixed the separate sections...
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A radical plan to give Dutch people free money is spreading fast
Less than two months after the Dutch city of Utrecht announced it will start giving away unconditional free money to people on welfare later this fall, several nearby cities have already jumped on the...
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Drugs aren't solving mental illness. Here's what might.
Mental illness is nothing new. Even thousands of years ago, Hippocrates recognized the difference between momentary sadness and illness, writing that if "a fright or despondency lasts for a long time,...
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One state has figured out how to fix misguided American parenting
Our kids are in danger. Their egos need protecting. And "parenting" sounds so negative, we should really be more like friends.These modern mantras have been seeping into parents' heads for the last...
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You've been drying your hands all wrong — here's the most efficient way to do it
Think back to the last time you washed your hands: When it came time to wipe them dry, how many paper towels did you use?According to Joe Smith, if it's more than one, you're doing it wrong.Smith, a...
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THE WAR ON FARTS: Two companies are creating underwear that will hide your...
Last month, a British company called Shreddies went viral online for its new range of pajamas and jeans — but it wasn’t the style of the pants that was so shareable. It was the fact that they are...
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Drugs aren't solving mental illness — here's what might
Mental illness is nothing new. Even thousands of years ago, Hippocrates recognized the difference between momentary sadness and illness, writing that if "a fright or despondency lasts for a long time,...
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Blue Apron cofounder Matt Salzberg to speak at IGNITION 2015
Subscription boxes are all the rage right now, but few appear on as many doorsteps as Blue Apron — one of the hottest box brands feeding America today.Speaking at this year’s IGNITION: Future of...
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The cheapest way to end homelessness is ridiculously simple
Earlier this year, the Economic Roundtable came out with the largest study on homelessness in American history. And it turns out the best way to combat homelessness is to provide homes.The study's...
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These are the cities where you're most likely to die in a traffic accident —...
If you struggle to keep your sanity driving in New York City, you probably shouldn't move to Brazil.According to the World Resources Institute, traffic fatalities in Fortaleza, a coastal city on the...
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ELON MUSK: Here's the biggest problem we need to solve on Earth in this century
It's safe to say eccentric tech innovator and billionaire Elon Musk has a finger to the pulse of the future, and when he appeared on astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk Radio show in March,...
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I tried a service that only delivers ugly fruit and vegetables — and now I'll...
I'm a sucker for beautiful produce. A perfectly round and medium-soft plum, a bright and smooth red pepper — there's nothing better. But I only love unblemished produce because I've been taught to...
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Even 'normal' sleep loss is devastatingly worse than we thought
Far too many of us don't get enough sleep, and our society's persistent insomnia problems are just getting worse.Around the world, children and adults alike are sleeping less and less, a phenomenon...
View ArticleThis Swedish house was designed by 2 million people — and it is surprisingly...
Swedish Housing website, Hemnet.se collected user preferences from 20% of Sweden's population. Using this information, architects Tham Videgård Arkitekter designed The Hemnet House, or 'House of...
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I tried a service that only delivers ugly fruit and vegetables — and now I'll...
I'm a sucker for beautiful produce. A perfectly round and medium-soft plum, a bright and smooth red pepper — there's nothing better. But I only love unblemished produce because I've been taught to...
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