Why We Shouldn’t Think About College as a Business

Why We Shouldn’t Think About College as a Business
The shift from viewing college as a public good to seeing it as a private benefit has led to higher education becoming more specialized, which a new theory says may lead to cognitive decline over time.

July 31, 2017 at 08:42AM
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Strippers, Insane Asylums, Assassination, and Termites: Inside the Insane History of the World's Greatest White House Replica

Strippers, Insane Asylums, Assassination, and Termites: Inside the Insane History of the World's Greatest White House Replica
Governor Huey Long was so anxious to get to the White House that he built his own in Baton Rouge. An assassin's bullet cut short Long's ambitions, but his gaudy knock-off survives.

July 30, 2017 at 02:06PM
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Health Care Debate: Obamacare Repeal Fails as McCain Votes No

Health Care Debate: Obamacare Repeal Fails as McCain Votes No
John McCain, along with Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, voted with Democrats in the early morning hours of Friday to reject the Senate GOP's "skinny repeal" bill.

July 28, 2017 at 12:42AM
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This Is Just An Extremely Good Video Of A Hamster Pushing Another Hamster Off Their Wheel

This Is Just An Extremely Good Video Of A Hamster Pushing Another Hamster Off Their Wheel
Listen, we don't want to be hyperbolic, but this probably one of the best hamster videos on the internet.

July 27, 2017 at 03:17PM
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Minor Leaguer Hits An Inside-The-Park Grand Slam, Thanks To A Clever Slide Into Home

Minor Leaguer Hits An Inside-The-Park Grand Slam, Thanks To A Clever Slide Into Home
​Now here's something you don't see every day.

July 27, 2017 at 08:14AM
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This Is The Strangest, Dumbest Minute Of Basketball We've Seen In A Long Time

This Is The Strangest, Dumbest Minute Of Basketball We've Seen In A Long Time
The finals of the U19 Women's Basketball World Cup got weird.

July 26, 2017 at 11:57AM
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What Will The US' Once-In-A-Century Solar Eclipse Look Like From Your Zip Code? This Interactive Shows You

What Will The US' Once-In-A-Century Solar Eclipse Look Like From Your Zip Code? This Interactive Shows You
If you can't make it to somewhere located in the full eclipse path, this great interactive from Vox will show you how much of an eclipse you'll see from your home zip code (and what time of day it will peak).

July 25, 2017 at 11:44AM
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Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All of Them

Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All of Them
Push notifications are ruining my life. Yours too, I bet. Download more than a few apps and the notifications become a non-stop, cacophonous waterfall of nonsense.

July 23, 2017 at 10:22PM
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This Man Used His Inherited Fortune To Fund The Racist Right

This Man Used His Inherited Fortune To Fund The Racist Right
William Regnery II, a man who inherited millions but struggled in business, tried for 15 years to ignite a racist political movement — and failed. Then an unforeseen phenomenon named Donald Trump gave legitimacy to what Regnery had seeded long before: the alt-right.

July 23, 2017 at 12:53PM
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Steel Mill Worker Turns His Back, Nearly Gets Hit By A Flying Rope Of Hot Steel

Steel Mill Worker Turns His Back, Nearly Gets Hit By A Flying Rope Of Hot Steel
This is a "cobble," a steel mill mishap where a jam in the machinery leads to a pressure build up and a rope of hot steel getting thrown into the air. It's not a huge problem, unless you aren't looking when it happens.

July 22, 2017 at 10:29AM
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This Fighter Jet's Maneuvering Ability Is Messing With Our Heads

This Fighter Jet's Maneuvering Ability Is Messing With Our Heads
​This is a Russian SU-35 fighter jet. It can do some bonkers things in the air.

July 21, 2017 at 09:21AM
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Scientists have reversed brain damage in a U.S. toddler who drowned in her family swimming pool

Scientists have reversed brain damage in a U.S. toddler who drowned in her family swimming pool
Using oxygen therapy, scientists were able to restore Eden Carlson's ability to walk and talk just months after the accident, in which she spent 15 minutes submerged in a swimming pool and two hours where her heart did not beat on its own.

July 20, 2017 at 12:54PM
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Body Camera Footage Shows Baltimore Cop Planting Drugs At Crime Scene

Body Camera Footage Shows Baltimore Cop Planting Drugs At Crime Scene
​In the annals of video footage of police misconduct, this new video from a Baltimore police officer's body camera in January ranks as not particularly violent but still shocking.

July 19, 2017 at 04:09PM
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Google Glass 2.0 Is A Startling Second Act

Google Glass 2.0 Is A Startling Second Act
The trendy-creepy glasses flopped. Then the tech giant realized that the future of wearables was in factories and warehouses.

July 18, 2017 at 12:19PM
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Parents Told Police Their Daughter Is Being Held Against Her Will In R. Kelly’s “Cult”

Parents Told Police Their Daughter Is Being Held Against Her Will In R. Kelly’s “Cult”
As R. Kelly tours the country this summer, parents have told police that he is running an abusive "cult" that's tearing families apart.

July 17, 2017 at 08:42AM
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‘We’re Headed Toward One of the Greatest Divisions in the History of the Jewish People’

‘We’re Headed Toward One of the Greatest Divisions in the History of the Jewish People’
A small, vocal group of Conservative rabbis is pushing the movement to accept marriages between Jews and non-Jews. The fight is really about the future of the religion.

July 16, 2017 at 02:05PM
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Millions Of Dollars' Worth Of Apollo Moon-Landing Gear Is About To Be Sold On eBay

Millions Of Dollars' Worth Of Apollo Moon-Landing Gear Is About To Be Sold On eBay
In the market for a helium tank from an Apollo-era spacecraft? How about a bag to collect lunar soil samples? Or an authentic training checklist for launching to the moon?

July 15, 2017 at 12:14PM
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French Marching Band Plays Daft Punk Medley, And Trump Is Not Amused

French Marching Band Plays Daft Punk Medley, And Trump Is Not Amused
As part of Bastille Day celebrations, the French military marching band played a Daft Punk medley for President Macron and President Trump. Their reactions tell very different stories.

July 14, 2017 at 11:36AM
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Harvard just moved to end frats, sororities, and final clubs entirely

Harvard just moved to end frats, sororities, and final clubs entirely
The argument: exclusive student groups breed elitism, sexism, alcohol abuse and other problems by their very nature.

July 13, 2017 at 08:02AM
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Did Airbnb Kill the Mountain Town?

Did Airbnb Kill the Mountain Town?
Living the dream has never been easy in the West's most beloved adventure hamlets, where homes are a fortune and good jobs are few. But the rise of online short-term rentals may be the tipping point that causes idyllic outposts to lose their middle class altogether — and with it, their soul.

July 12, 2017 at 01:58PM
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This Guy's Owen Wilson Impression Is Blowing Our Minds

This Guy's Owen Wilson Impression Is Blowing Our Minds
​The fact that this video is an ASMR parody is just an added bonus.

July 11, 2017 at 10:28AM
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The Uninhabitable Earth

The Uninhabitable Earth
Plague, famine, heat no human can survive. This is not science fiction but what scientists, when they're not being cautious, fear could be our future.

July 10, 2017 at 08:46AM
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What happened when Walmart left

What happened when Walmart left
In West Virginia, the people of McDowell County can't get jobs, and recently lost their biggest employer – the local Walmart store. They describe the devastating loss of jobs, community and access to fresh food.

July 9, 2017 at 04:58PM
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Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked To Kremlin During Campaign

Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked To Kremlin During Campaign
The meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan was arranged by Donald Trump’s eldest son and was attended by Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner.

July 8, 2017 at 07:46PM
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The Internet Has Scouted Hundreds Of Locations That Are Perfect For A Wes Anderson Film

The Internet Has Scouted Hundreds Of Locations That Are Perfect For A Wes Anderson Film
In making "Grand Budapest Hotel," Wes Anderson traveled to five countries in search of the perfect location. For his next film, he can start by going to Reddit.

July 8, 2017 at 01:52PM
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NBA Jam Oral History

NBA Jam Oral History
When Midway released 'NBA Jam', in April 1993, the game shattered arcade revenue records. Nearly a quarter century later, SI assembled the game’s makers and stars to recount how the phenomenon came into being.

July 7, 2017 at 12:06PM
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Polish First Lady Epically Snubs Donald Trump

Polish First Lady Epically Snubs Donald Trump
​President Trump has a history of making headlines with his handshakes, but today the first lady of Poland, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, got the best of the US president.

July 6, 2017 at 12:30PM
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How to Sell a Billion-Dollar Myth Like a French Girl

How to Sell a Billion-Dollar Myth Like a French Girl
The origins and consequences of one of the most persistent tropes in our lifestyle landscape: the effortlessly chic French woman.

July 5, 2017 at 11:00AM
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Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself

Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself
MP3s are so natural to the Internet now that it's almost hard to imagine a time before high-quality compressed music. But there was such a time.

July 4, 2017 at 08:23AM
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The Stories Behind Some of the World's Most Iconic Photographs

The Stories Behind Some of the World's Most Iconic Photographs
How nine photographers navigated floods, rubble, and suspicions of espionage to capture some of the most striking images of the last half-century.

July 3, 2017 at 03:16PM
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How the Pentagon Uses “Jeopardy” to Train Its Special Operations Forces

How the Pentagon Uses “Jeopardy” to Train Its Special Operations Forces
At Joint Special Operations University, soldiers are trained with an interactive video game that uses knockoffs of "Jeopardy" and "$25,000 Pyramid." It's kind of lame.

July 2, 2017 at 11:21AM
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Fyre Festival Founder McFarland Arrested On Fraud Charge

Fyre Festival Founder McFarland Arrested On Fraud Charge
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, organizer of a disastrous music festival in the Bahamas, was arrested on federal charges that he defrauded investors who bought a stake in his media company.

July 1, 2017 at 01:30PM
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