The Case For Cheese Wiz

A Nation Of Tall Cheese-Eaters, The Kama Sutra Of Melon Balls, Stop Washing Your Shirts So Much, Creative Self-Destruction And The Climate, Google's Quantum Computer Just Got a Big Upgrade, How Coyotes Smuggle People Into America The Daily Digg Tuesday, September 29, 2015 INSERT CHEESY PUN HERE A Nation Of Tall Cheese-Eaters bbc.com The Dutch drink a lot of milk, eat a lot of cheese and are now the tallest people in the world. Could there be a connection? How did the Netherlands become so cheesy? THE FRUITS OF DESIRE The Kama Sutra Of Melon Balls digg.com Melon balls are aesthetically pleasing. But are they practical? SHIRTS WE DIGG SPONSORED Stop Washing Your Shirts So Much woolandprince.com Thanks to the magic of wool, you can wear Wool & Prince's shirts for days on end without needing to wash them. Imagine that — fewer trips to the laundromat. (Oh, and they also look great.) PLANTING SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION Creative Self-Destruction And The Climate theconversation.com Ecologists and conservation biologists have been convinced that they have to speak the language of the market to be heard and so busy themselves with "putting a price on the environment." What we really need is activism. A QUANTUM LEAP Google's Quantum Computer Just Got a Big Upgrade wired.com Google is upgrading its quantum computer. Known as the D-Wave, Google's machine is making the leap from 512 qubits — the fundamental building block of a quantum computer — to more than a 1000 qubits. Here's what that could mean. THE SMUGGLING MACHINE How Coyotes Smuggle People Into America digg.com Using animation, puppets and stop motion, Javier Barboza created this short film on the smuggling of undocumented immigrants. Get more stories on Digg.com → A DOWNPOUR OF DISSENT Protesters holding yellow umbrellas gather to observe a moment of silence to mark the first anniversary of "Umbrella Movement" outside the government headquarters in Hong Kong on Sept. 28, 2015. A year ago, Hong Kong's famously busy streets were shut down by pro-democracy activists who occupied them for 79 days in what became known as the "Umbrella Movement." Credit: AP Photo/Kin Cheung Digg iOS app   •   Digg Android app Twitter   •   Facebook   •   Tumblr   •   YouTube Advertise on Digg digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2015 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014