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Meet the Robot Telemarketer Who Denies She's A Robot
The phone call came from a charming woman with a bright, engaging voice to the cell phone of a TIME Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer. She wanted to offer a deal on health insurance, but something was fishy.
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Views of Los Angeles from 100 Years Ago
Los Angeles in 1913 had a population of 465,000, and boasted of over 600 miles of graded and graveled streets, of its position as the commercial capital of southern California, and of its spacious homes. The following photographs are from Frank W. Staley’s Views of Los Angeles.
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How radioactive poison became the assassin’s weapon of choice
Bad Blood: The mysterious life and brutal death of a Russian dissident.
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Pope Francis named Time's Person of the Year
Time magazine named Pope Francis its Person of the Year on Wednesday, crediting him with shifting the message of the Catholic Church while capturing the imaginations of millions who had become
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HillyBilly's Top 100 Songs of 2013
Hilly Dilly's visual representation of their top 100 songs of 2013.
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16 Incredible Van Gogh Paintings Tilt Shifted
Tilt Shift is an incredible lens effect that transforms normal scenes into tiny toy worlds. It's a topic that's already been shown extensively here on PhotoGuides with tilt shift collections and photoshop tutorials, but these new examples take on a n
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Behind the Bloodshed: The Untold Story Of America's Mass Killings
Since 2006, there have been more than 200 mass killings in the United States. A USA TODAY investigation discovered that they happen far more often than the government reports and can be shockingly predictable.
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The Beauty Of Cinemagraph GIFs
Soak in the beauty of cinemagraph GIFs, where the motion and the motionless collide into these elegant GIFs.
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My trip to North Korea - A travel journal + 62 unseen photos
In summer 2013 I traveled to the most isolated country in the world. I've experienced expected and unexpected things. This is my illustrated travel journal.
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TIME Magazine's U.S. & World Covers This Week Offer Stunning Contrast
Each week, TIME Magazine designs covers for four world markets: the U.S., Europe, Asia and the South Pacific. While the content in these magazines are nearly identical, the covers are not, with those intended for American audiences often being quite ... different.
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Is it ethical to block adverts online?
Blinking, beeping, auto-playing. Popping up, over, under. Tracking, intruding, unsettling. If the internet was a pretty face, advertising would be its wart. Thankfully, if getting "a great six pack in weeks!" isn't your thing, you can simply flick a switch and use an adblocker - software that banishes the sight and hushes the din of irritating advertising all over the web.
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IGN presents: The Museum of Mario
An interactive experience exploring the many eras of Mario.
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The Role of Gender in Education
How does it effect our education system?
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'Reverse microwave' can chill wine bottles and fizzy drink cans in 45 seconds
A reverse microwave has been created which can chill any drink in a matter of seconds
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Driverless Cars Are Further Away Than You Think
Don’t expect self-driving cars to take over the roads anytime soon. Here’s what carmakers are really working on.
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Preview: Jean Paul Gaultier Retrospective at Brooklyn Museum | Artinfo
The curator of The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk, Thierry-Maxime Loriot, gives a sneak peak into Jean Paul Gaultier's retrospective at Brooklyn Museum.
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How Safe Is Cycling? It’s Hard to Say
Until his bike slid out of control while he was going 35 miles an hour downhill around a sharp turn, Dr. Harold Schwartz thought cycling accidents were something that happened to other people. Now, after recovering from a fractured pelvis, Dr. Schwartz, 65, the vice president for behavioral health at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, has changed his mind.
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McDonald's Halloween Trick: There's No Pumpkin in That Latte
Claiming that this drink is "pumpkin spiced" is misleading.
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How Does Superstition Work?
Good-luck socks, numbers, and stars: Although research suggests that education plays an antagonistic role in relation to superstition and the paranormal, the results are not clear-cut. Magical thinking remains popular across cultures and professions.
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Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing?
Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing? An estimated 26 million animals are used every year in the United States for scientific and commercial testing. Animals are used to develop medical treatments, determine the toxicity of medications, check the safety of products destined for human use, and other biomedical, commercial, and health care uses. Research on living animals has been practiced since at least 500 BC.
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Living on $5,000 a year, on purpose: Meet America's 'intentional poor'
More than two decades ago, then-33-year-old Dan Price had a wife, two small children, a high-interest mortgage, and a stressful job as a photojournalist in Kentucky. He worried daily about money and the workaday grind.
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Why Microsoft Word Must Die
I hate Microsoft Word. I want Microsoft Word to die. I hate Microsoft Word with a burning, fiery passion. I hate Microsoft Word the way Winston Smith hated Big Brother. Our reasons are, alarmingly, not dissimilar.…
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Steve Jobs Was Overrated as a CEO
Former Apple CEO John Sculley built Apple into a powerhouse and laid the groundwork for the iPod.
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Study proves “old person smell” is real.
It’s a common stereotype that old people have a … unique … smell. According to this study, it’s a stereotype for a reason. The researchers first had young participants smell the body odors (collected as described below) of young, middle-aged, and old people. They then asked the participants to rate the odors and tested how well they were able to distinguish between them.
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Merging the Past and Present of Anne Frank's Amsterdam
A representative from the iconic museum finally had the opportunity to reach out to us and let us know that our posts about the work of Sergey Larenkov have inspired them to create their own versions of images that merge the past and present. Like Larenkov's photography, the images that serve as the past are derived from the World War II era, though their version focuses primarily on Amsterdam, where Frank spent most of her time hiding.
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The CIA has a new top spy guy, but they won’t tell you who he is. We will...
Frank Archibald is a nice guy in a killer job – literally. Last May the affable, hulking former Clemson University football player, 57, was named head of the CIA's National Clandestine Service, which is home to the agency's spies and hunter-killer teams, like the ones dispatched to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya and elsewhere in search of al Qaeda and other terrorist spore.
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Alzheimer's find is 'turning point'
The discovery of the first chemical to prevent the death of brain tissue in a neurodegenerative disease has been hailed as the "turning point" in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.
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The Hyperrealistic Sculptures of Ron Mueck
London-based sculptor Ron Mueck, formerly a model maker and puppeteer for children's television and films, has been creating fine art sculptures since 1996
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Oktoberfest Revelers Guzzle Two Olympic Pools of Beer
Germany wrapped up its world-famous Oktoberfest beer festival Sunday.
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Catholic bishop spends 350,000 on wardrobes - The Local
The lavish lifestyle of a bishop who is spending 31 million on building a new headquarters in west Germany was exposed on Friday, when it emerged he has spent 783,000 on a garden, 25,000 on a table and 15,000 on a bath tub.