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China Has a New Love Affair ... With Japanese Films
OZY - Tal Pinchevsky
When China’s film industry partnered with Hollywood in 2011 to produce The Flowers of War starring Christian Bale, the setting for the unflinching and …
14 Incredible Swimming Holes in Northern California
7x7.com
There are so many great rivers, lakes, and ponds to escape to in Northern California, but these hidden gems stand out beyond the rest. Jump from …
Battlestar Galactica
10 shows to watch if you're obsessed with 'Westworld'
Business Insider - Nicole Cord-Cruz
We have to face the inevitable: Westworld Season 2 is coming to an end. Soon, we'll be going through painful withdrawal from the show. It leaves a massive Westworld-shaped void that only sentient androids
A hot startup raised $66 million in 5 days using these 24 slides
Business Insider - Melia Robinson
Tech investors are throwing money at Front, a five-year-old startup that aims to change the way teams get work done. The startup makes a shared-inbox app that lets teams handle messages from email, texts,
Bill Gates
All the books Bill Gates has recommended over the last eight years
Quartz - Thu-Huong Ha
Bill Gates has become a powerful influence on publishing. An endorsement from the philanthropist and Microsoft cofounder can cause tangible sales spikes, reminiscent of the golden ticket that once came
Calories
Red Miso Makes This Shrimp Bisque Taste Super Decadent—But It Has Less Than 300 Calories
Cooking Light - Robin Bashinsky
This sophisticated bisque is worthy of a special occasion, but you could also make it on a weeknight and simply freeze half of it for a later meal. …
The 25 Best Chinese Restaurants in America
thrillist.com - Soleil Ho
It’s an exciting time to be a Chinese food enthusiast in the United States. Gone are the days where the main options were fried rice and chicken lo …
The best books about science from the last 15 years that everyone should read
Business Insider - Jeremy Berke
From discussions of human-machine hybrids to lost civilizations in the Amazon and octopus brains, scientists and writers have produced some amazing works of nonfiction in the past 15 years. If you're the
Sony Pictures
The 100 best comedy movies of all time, according to critics
Business Insider - John Lynch
From Charlie Chaplin's silent-film antics to quote-worthy parodies like "Airplane!," to contemporary classics like Jordan Peele's "Get Out," comedy films have taken many forms over the decades. To find
Where to Find Japan's Hidden Corners During Its Tourism Boom
skift.com - Nikki Ekstein
Japan is in the middle of a travel boom. Political instability across much of the world has given it the appeal of a safe haven, and before the 2020 …
Rotten Tomatoes
Here Are Rotten Tomatoes' Best Reviewed Movies of 2017
TIME - By Mahita Gajanan
If you’re looking to close out 2017 by watching the best reviewed movies released this year, Rotten Tomatoes has more than 100 options to choose from. …
The Best Christmas Movies to Stream This Holiday Season
Glamour - Lynsey Eidell
There are plenty of activities you can do to get in the holiday spirit, from caroling to cookie-baking to decorating a Christmas tree. But near the top of the list has to be cozying up with a holiday (hot
France, beyond Paris: Notes from a non-cheesy week in Frejus, Saint Raphael and Monaco
Firstpost - Swetha Ramakrishnan
What's the first thing you do when you land in Paris? Figure out how to get to the Eiffel Tower, of course. (My Instagram account was aching for …
Best Burgers in the U.S.
FOOD & WINE - Food & Wine
The burger, America’s quintessential comfort food, can now be enjoyed in an impossibly endless number of ways. There are round-the-clock burgers at …
The Best Steakhouses in the United States
Southern Living - Geraldine Campbell
Regulars don’t need a menu at Peter Luger, the Michelin-starred chophouse in Brooklyn, where not much has changed since 1887—except the newly hip …
The purpose of life is to be a nobody
Quartz - Zat Rana
We all experience the world like we are at the center of reality. We think and we feel in relation to how our senses absorb information and how this information mingles with our personal memories. The
15 Underrated But Totally Romantic Beach Destinations
HuffPost - Suzy Strutner
Your S.O. won't say no. Bali, Fiji, the Maldives... When it comes to romantic beach trips, the options can seem surprisingly overdone, overcrowded or overpriced ― especially if you’re craving someplace
Ohio State University
'We Don't Planet' Episode 5: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
space.com - Paul Sutter, Astrophysicist
If you sampled the hundreds of billions of stars in any galaxy and plotted their luminosity (their brightness measured from a fixed distance — so, in …
In Defense of the Reality of Time
WIRED - George Musser
Physicists and philosophers seem to like nothing more than telling us that everything we thought about the world is wrong. They take a peculiar …
The 25 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century, From ‘Children of Men’ to ‘Her’
indiewire.com - Chris O'Falt, Kate Erbland, Zack Sharf, Graham Winfrey
With themes that range from love to fear to humanity itself, the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century all share distinctly original visions. Sci-fi …
Fossil Fuels
The Cheap Energy Revolution Is Here, and Coal Won’t Cut It
Bloomberg - Tom Randall
Wind and solar are about to become unstoppable, natural gas and oil production are approaching their peak, and electric cars and batteries for the …
Ancestors of Flores 'hobbits' may have been pioneers of first 'human' migration out of Africa
The Conversation UK - Alice Roberts
I was in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2008 and lucky enough to examine the bones of one of the most controversial hominin species that has ever been …
9 magical Europe travel destinations you’ve probably never heard of
Ecophiles - Daljit Ahluwalia
While most tourists flock to Europe’s main attractions of Paris, London, and Rome, there are many other beautiful hidden gems around the continent …
DNA and Extinction of the Neanderthals
learning-history.com
Neanderthals (or Neandertals) according to DNA are our closest extinct human relatives. There is some debate as to whether they were a distinct …
A Visual Tour Of Hawaii — The ‘Anti-Travel Ban’ State
UPROXX - Allison Sanchez
With the news that a federal judge in Hawaii is putting the kibosh on President Trump’s second and not at all xenophobic attempt on a travel ban, people are taking to twitter to call for a boycott on to
Top 21 Beaches in the World
National Geographic - Kimberley Lovato
Travel Find perfection in these places where land meets water. Ask true beach lovers to name a favorite swath of surf and sand, and the answer changes with the tides. Luckily our planet is covered in seas,
Can science prove the existence of God?
medium.com - Ethan Siegel
And, whether you believe or not, can you approach the question without a preconceived answer coloring your analysis? “It’s so easy to become a …
The 18 best city-related longform stories of 2016
Curbed - Sara Polsky
Recommended reading on cities, homes, architecture, real estate, and urbanism The last week of December is a time for catching up on all the internet you missed this year. When it comes to cities, architecture,
Year In Review: Our 10 Favorite Healing Meals
mindbodygreen.com - By Leah Vanderveldt
While we love a good meal, we're all about taking it to the next level and making dishes that taste great AND provide a big boost of nutrition. …
Where Is the Rest of the Universe?
Live Science - Jesse Emspak
Most of the universe is made up of "stuff" that is invisible, possibly intangible and interacts with other things only via the force of gravity. Oh, …

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China Has a New Love Affair ... With Japanese Films

14 Incredible Swimming Holes in Northern California

10 shows to watch if you're obsessed with 'Westworld'

A hot startup raised $66 million in 5 days using these 24 slides

All the books Bill Gates has recommended over the last eight years

Red Miso Makes This Shrimp Bisque Taste Super Decadent—But It Has Less Than 300 Calories

The 25 Best Chinese Restaurants in America

The best books about science from the last 15 years that everyone should read

The 100 best comedy movies of all time, according to critics

Where to Find Japan's Hidden Corners During Its Tourism Boom

Here Are Rotten Tomatoes' Best Reviewed Movies of 2017

The Best Christmas Movies to Stream This Holiday Season

France, beyond Paris: Notes from a non-cheesy week in Frejus, Saint Raphael and Monaco

Best Burgers in the U.S.

The Best Steakhouses in the United States

The purpose of life is to be a nobody

15 Underrated But Totally Romantic Beach Destinations

'We Don't Planet' Episode 5: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

In Defense of the Reality of Time

The 25 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 21st Century, From ‘Children of Men’ to ‘Her’

The Cheap Energy Revolution Is Here, and Coal Won’t Cut It

Ancestors of Flores 'hobbits' may have been pioneers of first 'human' migration out of Africa

9 magical Europe travel destinations you’ve probably never heard of

DNA and Extinction of the Neanderthals

A Visual Tour Of Hawaii — The ‘Anti-Travel Ban’ State

Top 21 Beaches in the World

Can science prove the existence of God?

The 18 best city-related longform stories of 2016

Year In Review: Our 10 Favorite Healing Meals

Where Is the Rest of the Universe?