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Violence erupted again in Charlottesville, Virginia on Sunday after "Unite The Right" organizer Jason Kessler was swarmed and attacked by protesters while attempting to hold a news conference.
Thousands of protestors descended upon the city this weekend to oppose a racist gathering called Unite The Right. Clashes between protesters and racists on Saturday led to the death of 32-year-old Virginia native Heather Heyer. Two police officers also died in a helicopter crash related to the events of t

The largest elephant relocation effort in history has finally come to a successful end. 
A total of 520 elephants were taken from two separate conservation spaces — Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve — and moved more than 200 miles to their new home in Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve. 
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Veterinarians and conservationists from African Parks, a non-governmental and non-profit organization

Hardware developer Gamevice filed a lawsuit against Nintendo earlier this week, claiming that the design of the Nintendo Switch is too similar to its own products, and that it infringes on a patent that it holds.
In 2015, Gamevice was granted a patent titled “Combination computing device and game controller with flexible bridge section,” which consists of a computing device linked with a pair of connected controllers on each side of it. In its complaint, Gamevice lays out the various

The food world continues to mash up classic foods into unhealthy yet delicious concoctions.
The latest monstrosity comes from YouTubers Hellthy Junk Food, a power couple who have made a name for themselves by creating ridiculous food recipes. Some are oversized, others are recreations of popular fast food; mostly, they just look delicious. 
This time, the channel teamed up with AllasYummyFood for a  special take on Oreo cheesecake. The special part is that the whole thing is deep frie

It’s happened to everyone: you plug your smartphone into your car, and then cringe when that song — the same song every time — begins to play. For some reason, iPhones will automatically play whatever song is listed first alphabetically in your iTunes. It doesn’t matter if you’re connecting through Bluetooth or a USB port, it happens... every... time.Last year, The Verge staff wrote odes to “the songs we unwittingly start our drive with.” It was never th

"What happens when a foster mom is also a newborn photographer?" Kelly Frankenburg asked on her blog.
Adorable newborn puppy photos, of course.
Frankenburg is the photographer behind the lens of 11 Sixteen Photography, based out of Richmond, Virginia, which specializes in capturing newborn babies. Recently, she and her husband signed up to help the city's shelter by fostering a few tiny puppies. Naturally, she put her photography skills to work. 
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There’s a ton of books out there that document the endless armies of toys from franchises such as Star Wars and GI Joe, but there’s never been one for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A new project hopes to change that: The TMNT Action Figure Encyclopedia, which was recently launched on Kickstarter. The fan-produced book promises to be a comprehensive overview of the toys produced for the franchise since 1988.
The encyclopedia is the brainchild of a long-time fan of the series, Jay

If self-driving cars really do take over our roads then things are going to be a lot safer — at least for people inside them. Vehicles will be able to constantly communicate with one another to prevent crashes, but what about those poor, unconnected humans? Or humans who might wander into traffic by accident, or decide to test the reflexes of Mr. Robo-Car for fun? Well, Google’s self-driving spinoff Waymo has one potential answer: softer cars.
As spotted by The Mercury News, Waymo re

Antarctica’s ice sheet hides a massive system of volcanoes, one that is comparable to volcanic regions in East Africa and western North America, according to a new study, which found 91 previously undiscovered volcanoes, some over 12,600 feet tall.Volcanoes aren’t completely unknown in Antarctica: some poke up through the existing ice sheet, while other studies have examined exposed outcrops. However, ice blankets the surface of the continent, making it impossible to directly study t

Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old Virginia native, died tragically on Saturday in an incident that has since been described widely as an act of domestic terrorism.
Heyer and thousands of others protesters converged on Charlottesville, Virginia as seemingly every flavor of racist gathered this weekend for a "Unite the Right" rally. And now, one day later, the anti-hate movement across the U.S. is stepping up to gather again, this time in solidarity.
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Stained-glass artwork has been inspiring awe for centuries, with some of the world's most famous works found in churches and other places of worship around the globe.
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Like the mesmerizing stained-glass windows of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, TurkeyThe Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey.Image:Fred Bigio/FlickrOr the captivating Glass of Chartres Cathedral in FranceMedieval stained-glass of the Gothic Cathedral of

Taking in the view is the best part of vacation for some people. For others, it's a nightmare.
So what does one do when visiting Dún Aonghasa in Ireland while suffering from acrophobia? Take the belly approach.
With some encouraging words from his daughter, this terrified dad managed to belly  his way right to the edge of the cliff. It took some coaxing, but we applaud this man for crawling all over his fear.  Read more...
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On the page of any Sarahah user, you’ll find a simple prompt: “Leave a constructive message :)”. The flashing cursor, trapped in a text box, invites you to pour whatever thoughts you have about that person, good or bad, into an anonymous feed. Your deepest, realest thoughts, ready to be delivered, guilt free.Sarahah, created in Saudi Arabia by Zain al-Abidin Tawfiq, has become a full-blown fad, taking over the feeds of Twitter and Facebook. The service, named for the Arabic wor

Warning: There might be a spoiler or two if you've never watched before or you're very behind. 
It's Game of Thrones season again and you know what that means! Blood, betrayal, and buttloads of sex. 
Despite (or possibly because of) all the sexy stuff that goes down in GoT, it really is a show pretty much anyone can enjoy. 
However, if your family gathers around the TV Sunday nights to see what's going down in Westeros, things have potential get a liiiiittle awkward. 
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Game of Thrones has never been about giving readers or viewers what they most want. Its author and screenwriters prefer to build fan expectations, then overturn them for narrative impact — and sometimes for pure shock value. And yet fans maintain hope that at least a few of the characters will reach a satisfying, well-deserved ending. That’s why there’s Game of Thrones Hope Chest, a new weekly poll where we put all our hopes together in one place. We aren’t asking what yo

The eyes of the nation — and the world — turned to Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday after a "Unite the Right" white supremacist rally descended into chaos.
The rally brought together the members of various white nationalist hate groups, including neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and their smaller sub-factions. They were greeted by an army of protesters who were there to demonstrate that hateful ideologies aren't welcome in public spaces.
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Last week, The New York Times soft-launched a new feature called The New York Times Astronomy and Space Calendar, which previews some of the notable upcoming astronomical events. There’s a neat twist to this: you can sync it to your personal calendar on your computer or phone.The Times’ calendar features a light range of upcoming events: meteor showers, notable anniversaries, and major events such as the August 21st solar eclipse. Each entry comes with a short blurb about the signifi

Tomorrow, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch another batch of cargo and science experiments to the International Space Station, and that shipment will include a supercomputer from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Called the Spaceborne Computer, the system is a joint project between HPE and NASA to see if a commercial computer can be designed to last in the harsh space environment. If successful, similar computers could be critical tools for future deep-space missions beyond Earth.
The sp

If you see a drunken dumbass saluting the ghost of Hitler in the streets, kindly smack them in the face.
That's this weekend's object lesson from Germany, a nation that knows a thing or two about Nazis. When one such drunken dumbass, an American, started throwing out the stiff-armed Nazi salute in downtown Dresden, he got what he deserved: a swift punch.
SEE ALSO: Detroit Red Wings are not pleased their logo is now white nationalist propaganda
The attacker wasn't caught, but that punch had a lin

Bot accounts are a persistent problem on Twitter, where they can be used to spam out favorable news stories and influence politics more broadly. But as companies and third-party groups have tried to push back against bot campaigns, simply identifying the accounts has proven remarkably difficult.
A new system called the Botometer, built by researchers at Indiana University and Northeastern University, is the perfect example of why. The system looks at over 1,000 factors, ranging from the tweets t

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For some, jigsaw puzzles are a slow, relaxing pastime that exercise the creative and logic centers of the mind. For others, it's their version of a personal hell.
If you’re one of the former, it’s time you experienced Clemens Habicht’s 1,000 Colours. This is no ordinary jigsaw puzzle — because of the subtle changes in color, it’s a true test of patience, process, a

Each day brings the same struggle: I spot something I've deemed photo-worthy, pull out my phone, open the camera and am greeted with a blurred screen. 
"Cannot Take Photo," my phone taunts. Then it's a rush to decide what stays and what goes.
This is the reality of being a sentimental hoarder who can't bring herself to delete even a single photo of her dogs. Other things I cannot bring myself to delete include voicemails from older relatives and group chats that contain photos or video of a

Google used to be about transporting you around the open web and connecting you with all the weird, wonderful stuff the internet has to offer. 
Not anymore. If it was up to Google, you'd never need to leave its growing internet real estate. It's a scary proposition for just about everybody but Google.
Between fast-loading AMP articles from major news brands hosted in its domain, full pages of information scraped from outside sites that don't require you to visit them, basic shopping functio

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Shooting great photos can be hard, but it doesn’t have to be reserved for the Insta-famous Gray Malins of the world. You too could learn to take photos that will have people oohing and aahing.
But where do you start? Thanks to the internet, you can easily learn skills from the pros themselves at an affordable price. There are tons of great online courses out there, like the ones included

Team Liquid won The International Dota 2 Championships, taking home a grand prize of $10.8 million.
The European team beat the Chinese opponents Newbee, which took home $3.9 million for a second-place position. Team Liquid beat Newbee 3-0 in the final best of five series in Dota 2, Valve’s multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game. The seventh annual Dota 2 event in Seattle was like the Super Bowl of esports, with a record prize pool of $24 million this year, compared to $20.7 milli

GUEST: Amazon is always improving its popular digital voice assistant, Alexa. The latest update: You can now control your Amazon Fire TV using Alexa and the Echo, totally hands-free.
Even if you don’t own one of the devices, you’ve probably heard of Alexa, the digital assistant that powers Amazon’s Echo line of devices. Alexa is one of the better AI assistants out there, capable of understanding thousands of commands to do almost anything you can imagine — play music, del

This wasn't supposed to be how it ended.
What should have been a triumphant finish to a momentous career ended in injury when Usain Bolt fell to the track in the midst of his last-ever race at the IAAF World Championships in London on Saturday.
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Bolt had apparently developed a cramp in his left hamstring just after taking the baton in his anchor leg of the 4x100 relay and was unable to finish.
The United Kingdom went on to win t

Reports this week about Tesla working on autonomous truck technology reminded me that Hollywood is sometimes a good indicator of real-world innovations.
We all know that the movie Minority Report was remarkably prescient about many things — chip implants, predictive AI (there’s an irony), and augmented reality. In the movie Logan, it wasn’t exactly difficult to predict what will happen in 2029. One scene shows autonomous trucks rolling down the highway. Well, that could happen

Sensay, a bot that connects people with other people for anonymous advice, announced today plans to launch an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency called SENSE. The bot currently has hundreds of thousands of monthly active users, founder Crystal Rose told VentureBeat earlier this year. Token sales will begin Oct. 10.
Sensay has been used by 3 million people since its launch as an SMS bot in 2015.
In an interview earlier this year, Rose told VentureBeat Sensay views monetization as a priority in or

Autoplay videos can be one of the most frustrating parts of social media feeds.
Facebook and Twitter turn this setting on by default to juice the view numbers for publishers and advertisers. But for users, it can be annoying at the least and, in some cases, downright disturbing—especially around violent news events.
But there is hope. It takes less than a minute to disable this feature on apps and sites alike. We've broken down the steps for each platform.
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