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- Regulators: Doctor concocts vaccines with cat saliva, vodka
- First Zika death in the US was indeed caused by the virus, officials say
- Is every disease a rare disease?
- Understanding opioid addiction to better fight it
- Shaq and Usher dance for diabetes awareness
- Does the FDA have a high enough standard for drug approvals?
- US soda tax battle bubbles up in San Francisco Bay Area
- FDA approves first ‘artificial pancreas’ for diabetes treatment
- Flexible 3-D printed scaffolds could mend broken bones
- Most insurers unfazed by high price of orphan drugs
- Lawmakers ask Justice Department to probe Mylan over Medicaid rebates
- Does hormonal birth control put women at risk for depression?
- EpiPen pricing controversy reflects larger issues in pharma industry
- Experts discuss how to improve diversity in medicine
- Pharmalot, Pharmalittle: Patient advocacy groups are failing their members in the drug pricing debate
- Clinton’s proposed ban on pay-for-delay deals would do little to lower drug prices
- Reflections on a sleep-deprived, science-filled year
- Peter Walter discovered a molecule that makes mice smarter. Can it heal a human brain?
- A guide to the changing science of flu shots
Revolutions
Scientific Method – Ars Technica
- Memristor that forgets makes a good model neuron
- Zits in high school may mean youthful looking skin in adulthood
- 14,000-year-old campsite in Argentina adds to an archaeological mystery
- Non-alcoholic energy drinks that give you wings linked to drunk driving
- Musk’s Mars moment: Audacity, madness, brilliance—or maybe all three
ResearchBuzz
NPR Fresh Air
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- Donald Trump refuses to release his tax returns, so our guest,...
The Presurfer
- Pen Pineapple Apple Pen
- All Hail The Pizza Saver, The Tiny Piece of Plastic Protecting Your Pie
- The First Encyclopedia By A Woman Contains The First Image Of A Pretzel
- The Man Who Made Up The Klingon Language
- Laughing Horses
- Airtime
- London's Deep Level Air Raid Shelters
Futurity
- Why you get thirsty before going to bed
- Rare flu mutation might lead to new vaccine
- Have humans evolved to hunt social status?
- Ecstasy prices reveal its path from city to city
- Early menopause is more than annoying
- Fungus makes mosquitoes more apt to spread malaria
- Alternatively certified teachers more likely to bail
- News portrayal of veterans less bleak than feared
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Main Feed - Environmental Defense
- It’s Time for the Coal Industry to Come Clean
- Clean Energy: An Emerging Path for Latino Communities
- The Flint Water Crisis Is Not Over and Congress Must Not Leave Them Behind
Modern FarmerModern Farmer
- Tyson Recalls 130,000 Pounds of Chicken Nuggets Due to Hard Plastic
- Food, Politics & the Election: 5 New Developments this Month
- Cropped: How to Grow Ramps
Big Picture
WebUrbanist
- Wild & Scrappy: 3D Trash Sculptures of Animals Pop Up in Urban Spaces
- Check Out These Books: 18 Home Libraries for Ravenous Readers
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Features – FiveThirtyEight
- Election Update: Early Polls Suggest A Post-Debate Bounce For Clinton
- The Voters: Who Is Leaning Republican?
- Trump Says Profiling Has Protected Israel. It Probably Wouldn’t Work Here.
- Senate Update: Races For The Senate And White House Are Moving In Near Lockstep
- Les Miles Wasn’t A Great Coach, But He Was A Great Recruiter
- Consumers Are Feeling Better About The Economy Than Polls Suggest
- Significant Digits For Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016
- What Could The Polls Be Missing?
Food and Drug Administration--Press Releases
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GOOD
- Patton Oswalt On Coping With Humor After Wife’s Death
- The Bizarre Debate Conspiracy Theory That’s Spreading In Alt-Right Circles
- You’re About To Be Really Disappointed By Canned Pumpkin
- Tebow Homers On First Pitch As Baseball Pro
- Amy Trask Literally Wrote The Book On Women In The NFL
- Wash, Rinse, Redeem: A Look Inside A Beauty School—In A Men’s Prison
- One Of New York’s Biggest Restauranteurs Just Enacted An Amazing Parental Leave Program
Grist
- The government is forking over $492 million to tribes for mismanaging natural resources.
- Court hears attacks on Obama’s big climate initiative
- Offshore wind is finally — finally! — coming to the U.S. Here’s what you need to know.
- Big Labor has an identity crisis, and its name is Dakota Access
- NYC is the first city to adopt a target for energy storage.
- Major investment groups told food companies that meat is too risky.
Eurostat News releases
Planet Haskell
McSweeney’s
- Pride and Prejudice and Trump
- Women Who Should Be Pretty Pissed Off: Eliza Hamilton Was Not Helpless
- List: The Ways People on Dateline “Had it All” According to the Family Cat
13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
kottke.org
- Trump paid the stereotype tax in the first debate
- A trailer for David Lynch’s Return of the Jedi
- Meet the nano sapiens
- Musk: SpaceX will start colonizing Mars in 7 years
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Design Milk
- Tailored: Playful, Hanging Shapes You Can Hug
- West Elm To Launch Five Hotels In 2018
- Utopia: Mimi Plange Reimagines Roche Bobois’ Mah Jong Sofas
- Expose: Wood Joinery Furniture By Shel Han
- Circles and Outlined Posters by Atelier Cph
- Casilda Collection by Ramón Esteve Studio for Talenti
Cabin Porn
National Geographic News
- Saving the World's Oceans Is This Marine Biologist's Life Pursuit
- The September 30 Black Moon Explained
- How Human Violence Stacks Up Against Other Killer Animals
- Debunking the Myth of the ‘Real’ Robinson Crusoe
- The World’s Most Trafficked Mammal Just Got Desperately Needed Help
- Giant Millipede Fossils May Reveal New Species
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- Birthday
- 'SNL' taps Alec Baldwin to play Trump, debate Kate McKinnon's Clinton.
- Guy flushes 240 lbs of mercury to make the most hypnotic video of all time.
- Tyra Banks turned her Lyft ride into 'Hamilton' carpool karaoke (and forgot to pick you up).
- The dude who attacked Gigi Hadid molested Kim Kardashian today.
- Woman comes home to find very inconsiderate burglars ever having sex on her couch.
- This 2-year-old is the ultimate wingman as he helps his dad propose to his mom.
- Playboy will feature a woman in a hijab for the first time ever.
- James Corden and Owen Wilson race Usain Bolt.
- This news anchor who couldn't stop laughing while reporting on 'Goat Man' is the GOAT.
- 7 things you should at least pretend to know today.
- 13 people reveal the cheap products they swear are better than their name-brand counterparts.
- Here's some depressing news for women who are on the pill.
- Moms are refurbishing their vaginas with the 10-minute 'vagina lift' surgery.
- 5 Ways to Have an Awesome Korean BBQ Shrimp Date Night.
- Disney just can't wait to ruin your childhood with a live-action 'Lion King' reboot.
- Dustin from 'Stranger Things' talked about his disability and it will make you want to hug him.
- This sketch about a recovery center for rapists is a brutally effective satire.
- Watch 4 epic 'Star Wars' makeup transformations in less than 12 parsecs.
- This map of the most ordered delivery food in every state will make you hungry.
- Woman gets slick revenge on classmate who won't stop asking to borrow her stuff.
- This guy spent over $25k to look like David Beckham. Hopefully he can get a refund.
- Democrat's campaign ad features drag queens slaying 'Firework.'
- Fans are turning the internet Upside Down looking for 'Stranger Things' Halloween costumes.
- Dad hilariously recreates daughter's modeling shoot.
- Science has finally figured out a cure for garlic breath using household foods. Took long enough.
- 15 cards to send to your friend who is going through a breakup.
- Dad writes viral tribute to wife after stranger shames her for being a stay-at-home mom.
- Miley Cyrus explains how Disney 'took advantage' of her on 'Hannah Montana.'
- James Corden surprised fans with the Backstreet Boys and ‘Everybody' went nuts.
- Gwyneth Paltrow treats world to makeup-free selfie on her 44th birthday.
- Kanye West just couldn't stop himself from dissing Taylor Swift at a concert in her hometown.
- Martin Shkreli will let you punch him in the face for charity.
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Colossal
- This Solemn Forest Chapel in Japan Imitates Two Hands Clasped in Prayer
- A Skeleton of Found Roots and Tree Limbs Heralds the Beginning of Fall in Italy
- Balloon Pin House by Clive Roddy
Garden and Gun
FT Data
- Datawatch: India soars ahead in global competitiveness index
- Datawatch: Trump supporters are concerned about his temperament
Singularity HUB
- How ‘Robots’ of the Enlightenment Era Gave Us an Early Glimpse of Automation
- A Simple Blood Test Helps Cure Cancer by Catching It Early