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Twilight Zone

Why Do Some Rocket Launches Look Like UFOs?
What is the “twilight phenomenon” and why does it produce spectacular light displays during SpaceX rocket launches?
Daniel Oberhaus
10.8.18
Views My Own

Climate Apathy Is Worse Than Climate Denial
A new report makes the dangers of a warming planet more apparent than ever. Too bad the people running the US don't seem to care.
Harry Cheadle
10.8.18
ny comic con

The Best Stuff at New York Comic Con Was the Actual Comics
The event no longer feels like it has the same excitement or vitality it's had in the past, but there are still gems to be found.
Nick Gazin
10.8.18
Motherboard

Google+ Is Shutting Down After a Security Bug Exposed User Info
RIP to a social network that brought Google nothing but headaches.
Matthew Gault
10.8.18
domestic terror

Neo-Nazi convicted for domestic terror on Amtrak train was part of Unite the Right rally
The 25-year-old was marching in khakis in Charlottesville two months before he stopped an Amtrak in Nebraska to “save the train from black people.”
Tess Owen
10.8.18
russia investigation

Bob Mueller was Rod Rosenstein's "role model." Now, he's out to protect him.
“He clearly does have confidence in Mueller, and there’s obviously a deep history behind that feeling of confidence that goes back many years.”
Greg Walters
10.8.18
Comics!

'Your New Best Friend, Jeff Bezos,' Today's Comic by Stephen Maurice Graham
Get a tour of Amazon from none other than Jeff Bezos.
Stephen Maurice Graham
10.8.18
Advice for Anxious People

How to Be Less Anxious About Traveling
It’s easy to let the nightmare of missing a train or flight go to your head.
Christian Jarrett
10.8.18
Essays

With ‘Drip Harder,’ Lil Baby and Gunna Are Just Getting Started
Lil Baby and Gunna are the yin and yang of Atlanta’s new class of rap, each filling in the gaps in each other's thematic concerns. But that isn’t what happens on 'Drip Harder.'
Kristin Corry
10.8.18
Fridge Tours

Ava Gene's Joshua McFadden's Fridge Is Full of Fancy Water and Fermented Things
Can an unopened jar of chocolate spread be "art"?
Farideh Sadeghin
10.8.18
sexual assault

“This has been terrifying": Christine Blasey Ford's life is still in chaos
“The threats have been unending."
Rex Santus
10.8.18
UFC

How Khabib Nurmagomedov Smashed Conor McGregor
Erasing all doubt, Nurmagomedov submitted McGregor and showed off some of the best handling of the Irishman's vaunted left hand we’ve ever seen.
Jack Slack
10.8.18
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