OUT OF THE WOODS
Can FARC's Rebels Leave Behind Their Guns?
After decades at war, Colombia’s FARC fighters face a new struggle: returning to normal life.
LITTLE SNOTS
Kids Are Tiny, Judgmental Snobs When It Comes to Morality
According to a new study in the journal Psychological Science, younger children aren’t interested in your choices so much as your thought process: Kids demand moral purity, and anything less makes you just a little bit evil.
PINPOINTED IN SPACE
Happy 'Galactic Tick Day'!
That's right, today marks our most recent completion of a “galactic tick,” or one centi-arcsecond of our solar system’s galactic revolution. The next one will occur on June 26, 2018 (because the Milky Way is frickin' huge).
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This Algorithm Calculates Your Shirt Size In Seconds
Proper Cloth is making it remarkably easy to get made-to-measure shirts. Between their sizing algorithm that creates a custom shirt size in seconds to their Design A Shirt tool that lets you customize every detail, everything is done online. No wonder they’re the highest-rated online shirtmaker on Google.
WHO'S RIGHT?
How Donald Trump Set Off A Civil War Within The Right-Wing Media
"At some point it’s hard not to conclude they decided the Trump train was the gravy train. It’s like watching 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'."
MATCHED UP
The Last Game
After a five-decade long desegregation battle, two football teams face off for the final time in a Mississippi town.
FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
Feeling The Gs In The Cockpit Of A T-38 Fighter Jet
Destin of Smarter Every Day does his very best not to pass out when flying with the 560th Flying Training Squadron.
NOT LEFT REELING
The New California Law Twisting IMDb's Arm Is Probably Unconstitutional
Scholars and practitioners alike come down hard on the new law, with only one of seven lawyers suggesting the enactment would survive a challenge.
NO MORE TAXI TV!
The Gadgets That Are Supposed To Save Yellow Taxis From Uber
Touchscreen tablets, biometric readers, and Wi-Fi.
PUT HIS PUTTER WHERE HIS MOUTH WAS
Heckler Gets Called Up To Green After Golfer Misses Putt, Nails The Same Putt
During a practice round for the Ryder Cup, Rory McIlroy struggled to hit a putt and heckler let him hear about it. And then the heckler got called up to the green and actually backed up his trash talk.
WHERE EVERYONE'S A DAD
The Groan-Inducing World Of Pun Competitions
If you’re an NBA rookie, you really don’t want to go up against LeBron James. And if you find yourself at the world’s biggest pun competition, the last person you want to face is four-time defending champion Ben Ziek.
IF THE TREES COULD TALK...
Preserving The Quietest Places On Earth
As sound threatens to pollute our national parks, a small team is trying to put a lid on it.
BIGLY MESSED UP
Employees At Trump's California Golf Course Say He Wanted To Fire Women Who Weren't Pretty Enough
Workers' declarations in support of a 2012 lawsuit show they believed Trump pressured subordinates to create and enforce a culture where females’ looks were prized over their skills.
RICH FLAVORS
Can Money Buy You The Perfect Diet?
The website, splashy and white, promised locally sourced, plant-based meals, and it cost $420 for five days, about four times as much as I spend on my weekly meals. It was clear to me that I wasn’t just subscribing to a food service, I was signing up for a lifestyle, an aesthetic.
A DISEASE YOU CAN'T GET RID OF
These Medical Terms Still Bear The Mark Of The Third Reich
Once terms are well-established in the medical community, it’s impractical to make them vanish right away.
ON TAP
Water Sommelier Wants You To Know There Is No Such Thing As 'Pure' Water
Martin Riese lives in the United States on an O-1 visa for his "extraordinary abilities." His skill? Being really good at drinking water.
THE OTHER COLOR OF MONEY
Why Do Brides Wear White?
The white gown is synonymous with weddings, a custom that’s often assumed to be a nod to old-school values of purity and chastity, as embodied by the virginal bride. But in reality, the rise of the white dress is less a story of religious influence or puritanical mores than it is a tale of economics and marketing.
ASHOLES
The Real Cost Of Asos's Fast Fashion
The heart of the online retailer’s global empire is a giant warehouse in the north of England where workers say they are treated like machines to get your order to you wherever you are in the world.
DIGG PICKS
Fall Essentials Your Closet Needs Right Now
You don’t need to own a lot of clothes, just a few really excellent essentials. And we've helped you find the best.
COPS AND ROBBERS
What Can You Do When The Cops Take Your Money?
More than four months have passed since intruders came into Ana Ortiz's apartment and robbed her of over $2,600 in cash she needed to pay rent. The people who took her money weren't criminals, but officers with the New York City Police Department.
LOOKING AT YOU, PETER THIEL
Why Silicon Valley Is Obsessed With Blood
Beyond our macabre associations, scientists and startups are investigating the power of blood to combat degenerative diseases. But don't get carried away, just yet.
FROM THE DIGG STORE
The Only VPN With Automatic Wi-Fi Security
Unlike any other service on the market, this VPN immediately and automatically activates an encrypted VPN channel as soon your device connects to an unsecured Wi-Fi network (even if your phone is in locked mode or in your pocket.)
HOW TO BE AN ADULT
The Things You Should And Shouldn’t Share With Pals
Towels, toothbrushes and even bars of soap: these are the things you should and should not share with friends.
WHAT A QUARKY BUNCH
Physicists' Slang, Explained
No, those physicists aren't going to eat human meat in a farm structure. To them, "Cannibalism" and "Barn" mean something entirely different.
SNAP AT YOUR OWN RISK
Today In 2016: The Voting Selfie Saga Continues
Welcome to Today In 2016, your daily digest of all things election. Today: Hillary Clinton skipped her security training, Trump broke the US embargo against Cuba and Gary Johnson messes up again.
MAN THESE BEARS ARE WEAK AS HELL
Panda Caretakers Dress Up In Panda Suits Soaked With Panda Urine
In an effort to make sure baby pandas fear humans, caretakers disguise themselves as adult pandas.
FOR THIS THEY WANT TO STUDY?
Why Linguists Are Fascinated By The American Jewish Accent
The linguistic field of prosody, the story of melody, pitch, and other hard-to-study verbal traits, is suddenly hot.
FOR THOSE PUPS WHO ARE A LITTLE HUSKY
Pedal-Powered Treadmill Allows You To Work Out With Your Pooch
Some people might say "why don't you just go outside and walk your dog like a normal person instead of spending $2,000 on pet gym equipment?" And to those people, we reply, "yeah, you're totally right."
AT LEAST 1 DEAD, 100 INJURED
Train Hits Hoboken, NJ Station In Major Accident
An NJ Transit train crashed into the station in Hoboken at the height of Thursday's morning rush, leaving twisted piles of metal and bricks and causing part of the highly trafficked terminal to collapse.
SO THAT'S WHERE THEY SENT THE EDITORS
Inside Facebook's Enormous Arctic Data Center
Mark Zuckerberg has shared a look at Facebook's massive Luleå data center in Sweden.
DOES THAT EVEN COUNT AS A COURSE?
Mountain Biker Rips Through Absolutely Insane Course
We would be screaming the whole way down, but the most Bernhard Kerr does is breathe a little bit heavily.
NYET
Did #TrumpWon Actually Originate In Russia? Here's What The Data Says
Typically you see a trend jump from one city to another before reaching country-wide or world-wide status. This was not the case here.
FRICKING IDIOT BIRDS
Ancient Fossils Reveal A Sticky Dinosaur Death Trap
Based upon new findings extracted from a 9-ton block of rock and bone from eastern Utah, some squishy sediment could literally stop even the most rapacious raptors dead in their tracks.
WE CAN SEE WHY HE WANTS TO LEAVE
People Asked Elon Musk Some Truly Ridiculous Questions At His Mars Mission Announcement
No Aldo, Mars is *not* like Burning Man.
THEY'RE STUDS
The Surprisingly Sophisticated Science Of Cleats
A slightly different cleat shape can make the difference between winning and losing.
WHAT WE'RE READING THIS WEEK
The Great, $190 Million Vegan Mayo Scam, And Other Great Stories
The crazy collapse of Silicon Valley darling Hampton Creek, the rise of the Fixer Uppers and more stuff you should be reading this week.
DON'T SKIP THIS ONE
Swedish Girls Rope Skipping Team Performs A Flippin' Sweet Routine At This Year's Championship
These girls prove definitively that rope skipping is as competitive and badass as any other sport out there, especially when it's set to Usher's "Yeah!"
THE STATE VS. THE STATE
Baltimore Vs. Marilyn Mosby
In the midst of a national crisis of police violence, Baltimore’s state’s attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case.
CLIMBING THE PYRAMID OF KNOWLEDGE
The Mayans Developed Written Language In 600 BC. We're Still Trying To Decode It.
Written language has been independently four times in human history, and the Maya were the only indigenous American civilization to do so.
ASS AND GRASS
Desert Donkeys Are Introduced To Grass For The First Time And Have No Idea What To Do With Themselves
Eight burro, having just completed a long road trip from Arizona to California, were anxious to get out of their trailer and into the wider world... Until they noticed the world had shifted into a green hellscape.
