In the aftermath of Khizr Khan’s moving speech at the Democratic National Convention last week, Donald Trump defensively lashed out and right-wing conservatives jumped to his defense. But it seems like they might be doing a bit more than attacking families who’ve lost loved ones to the war in Iraq. By the looks of Amazon’s …
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It’s summertime, which means one thing and one thing only: It’s barbecue season and the meat is sizzling. But a few unexpected celebrities have teamed up to let you know that no matter how delicious a thick, juicy, sauce-smothered, flame-grilled burger sounds, it comes at a cost you might not expect. “The second biggest sector for production …
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More than 80 percent of urban dwellers live with air quality that far exceeds the World Health Organization’s safety limits, with the vast majority of citizens living in blissful ignorance that as air quality declines, the risk of serious illnesses like stroke, lung cancer, and heart disease goes up. But a new line of pollution-detecting shirts called Aerochromics might …
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Not satisfied with designing arguably sub-par burritos or beating the pants off of Ken Jennings on Jeopardy!, IBM Watson can now add film editing to its LinkedIn profile: The supercomputer has generated a trailer for the sci-fi drama Morgan. Truly an artificial-intelligence-of-all-trades, Watson has also shown that it (or should we be saying he? she?) can describe images and replace your oncologist, sort …
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Ten years ago, GOOD published its first issue and launched a mission to improve underrepresented lives through storytelling. Around the same time, a former club promoter named Scott Harrison founded the non-profit organization Charity: Water with the goal of providing clean drinking water to developing countries. Reflecting on our own transformation over the years, we thought we’d …
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In this modern age of information, the inundation of often-conflicting health research can make sorting fact from fiction a mind-boggling task. Yet one thing is certain: humans from cultures across the globe generally love meat. In Meathooked: The History and Science of Our 2.5-Million-Year Obsession with Meat, Marta Zaraska sets out to explore this global …
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If you’ve ever thought or talked about marriage, then you’ve likely heard (or even perpetuated) the belief that 50 percent of all marriages end in divorce. Turns out that figure is far from correct, but it still gets passed around more often than the common cold. Though divorce rates peaked in the 1970s and early ‘80s, …
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When you’re vegan, fast food is rarely an option. What was once my favorite of the big chains, Wendy’s, has long been a forbidden zone—I can’t be sure the fries aren’t somehow sullied by beef fat or lard. Sure, I think wistfully about the 99-cent crispy chicken nuggets that I ingested almost daily in my …
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In a YouTube video recently shared by Macro Room, we get an up-close view of over-the-counter pills dissolving in water, revealing what actually happens when we consume pills while delivering a hefty dose of startling beauty. Macro Room, which aims to reveal “the hidden beauty of our world” through detailed videos, already has nearly 9,000 …
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You might soon be able to quit sticking jars of mayo in your roommate’s face and asking, “Does this seem okay to eat?” A piece of legislation called The Food Date Labeling Act would force companies to use clearer language when informing us of the “sell by” date on packaged foods, letting you know once …
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