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We Found New Planets. No, You Can't Live There

AdultsLifeSpaceScience
Everyone is freaking out about the discovery of 7 new potentially-habitable exoplanets, but is Trappist-1 really as good as it sounds?

5 CARTOONS THAT LOOK DIFFERENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES

AdultsArtCreativityCulture
In several countries, some famous scenes from different animated films look quite different from the way they look in other countries. You might not know this, but people working in animated films love their work and their audience, and sometimes change their films to include some important aspects for this or that culture. So, here are 5 animated films that look different in other countries.

Indigenous Panamanians protect their forests with drones

AdultsEcologyNatureTechnology...
Settlers are illegally clearing trees on their land. So indigenous people are employing modern technology to stop them.

Why wild African elephants get by with hardly any sleep

AdultsAnimalsNatureScience
Scientists tracked elephants with devices like Fitbits, and discovered African elephants in the wild sleep far less than anyone expected. It proves there's a huge gap in what we know about how and why animals sleep.

The Crazy Way Scientists Launch Rockets From Balloons

AdultsSpaceTechnologyScience
Large chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative?

Take Augmented Reality Onto the Squash Court

AdultsSportsTechnology
Improve your squash game in a surprising way.

The economics of beard popularity in the US

AdultsEconomyPhilosophySociety...
We may have reached "peak beard."

This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From

AdultsBiologyNeuroscienceSelf...
After uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.

Earth's Flag Is a Reminder That We're in This Together

AdultsSocietyWorldCulture
Earth has a flag... and its story will move you.

How one woman used fashion to reclaim her Muslim American identity

AdultsCultureReligionFashion...
From skater girl to Muslim hipster this is Layla Shaikley's American story.

Solving World Hunger Is Just A Matter of Logistics

AdultsBusinessEqualityFood...
At just 22 years old, Komal Ahmand set out to create an app called Copia, which connects businesses with excess food to communities in need.

What Ever Happened To Saving The Rainforest?

AdultsEnvironmentGlobal WarmingNature...
The efforts to save the Amazon rainforest actually did save it. However, new threats have arisen to combat conservation efforts.

How a dictionary writer defines English

AdultsEducationLanguageMedia
Kory Stamper works for Merriam-Webster. So how does a dictionary writer define the language? Vox's Phil Edwards found out in this episode of Vox Almanac.

We Could Back Up The Entire Internet On A Gram Of DNA

AdultsGeneticsInternet CultureTechnology...
Nature's code for life is stored in DNA, but what if we could code anything we wanted into DNA? Scientists are figuring out how.

Saito: The Sushi God of Tokyo

AdultsCreativityFoodCulture...
Sushi Saito is a 3 Michelin Star sushi restaurant, and many regard it as the best in Japan. We got to spend the day with Saito, to ask him about his work, and to eat his soul shattering sushi.

Ocean Volcanoes May Hold Clues To Alien Life

AdultsBiologyNatureSpace...
Scientists think studying 'extremophiles' in toxic hydrothermal vents could teach us about potential extraterrestrial life.

Food Truck for the Homeless | Share a Meal // 60 Second Docs

AdultsFoodSocietyCharity
After a life-changing epiphany in 2009, Ravi Singh, along with his wife Jacquelin, started Share a Meal, a non-profit program that delivers fresh meals to the homeless on Los Angeles' Skid Row. For five days a week, the Sikh man and his team of volunteers make and deliver hundreds of vegan burritos out of their food truck as a way to serve and share with the community. Out here, it's more than just a free meal - it's a way to show others that they have not been forgotten.

Meet the designer cats with wild blood

AdultsAnimalsPetsNature
Bengals, Savannahs, and Toygers, explained.

Disney Invented A Room Where Your Phone Will Never Die

AdultsGadgetsTechnology
Researchers have created a room that can charge your phone wirelessly. Could this be the future of charging technology?

Why cartoon characters wear gloves

AdultsArtCreativityFilm...
Animators had a few tricks up their slee...err gloves.

IKEA to introduce furniture that snaps together in minutes without requiring tools

AdultsBusinessDesignTechnology
The fiddly ritual of assembling IKEA products is set to become a thing of the past as the furniture giant introduces products that snap together "like a jigsaw puzzle".