Are You Sleep Deprived?

Waiting To Death, Game Of Luxury Thrones, Find Out Right Now If You're Sleep Deprived, The Dumb Way We Board Airplanes Remains Impervious To Good Data, What Do Professors Do All Day? The Daily Digg Thursday, April 24, 2014 THE SECRET LIST THAT'S KILLING VETERANS Waiting To Death cnn.com At least 40 U.S. veterans died waiting for appointments at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care system, many of whom were placed on a secret waiting list. A SINGLE FIRST CLASS SEAT COSTS $500K Game Of Luxury Thrones newyorker.com How airlines woo the one percent. YOU ARE Find Out Right Now If You're Sleep Deprived digg.com We're awake and alert. We're definitely not tireea. Wwe csn spell woesd jsut fine. F*CK YOU, ZONE THREE The Dumb Way We Board Airplanes Remains Impervious To Good Data businessweek.com There are many ways to board a plane, with "back-to-front" — the chosen boarding process of most U.S. carriers — the slowest. It is so ineffective that timed research shows that simplerandom boarding ends up being faster. SO MUCH EMAIL What Do Professors Do All Day? thesocietypages.org Anthropologist John Ziker decided to try to find out. Read more on Digg.com → VROOM A saleswoman walks past decorative glass blocks near a Citroen DS 5LS R concept car at the China Auto show in Beijing, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Credit: AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Don't Buy That House

Americans Think Owning A Home Is Better For Them Than It Is, Louis C.K. Is America's Undisputed King Of Comedy, Ken Block And Neymar Jr. Play Soccer, We Didn't Believe In 'Artisanal' Toast Until We Made Our Own, The Dark History Of EI, The Latest Frat Accused Of Rapey Emails The Daily Digg Wednesday, April 23, 2014 THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR BUBBLE BURST Americans Think Owning A Home Is Better For Them Than It Is washingtonpost.com The fact that Americans still financially fetishize homeownership baffles me. Never mind that so many people lost their shirts (among other possessions) in the recent housing bust. Over an even longer horizon, owning a home has not proved to be a terribly lucrative investment either. LUCKY GUY Louis C.K. Is America's Undisputed King Of Comedy gq.com Comedy is subjective, but not with Louis C.K. He's the funniest man alive, and we don't want any of your lip about it. WE CALL IT A TIE Ken Block And Neymar Jr. Play Soccer digg.com Since soccer isn't entertaining enough already, Ken Block decided to add some smoking tires to the beautiful game. OF COURSE THEY DID We Didn't Believe In 'Artisanal' Toast Until We Made Our Own npr.org We began with a bag of Trader Joe's white bread. Then we divided and conquered the art of toasting, the primitive way — with fire — all the way to the laptop. Yes, we tried to make toast with computer-generated heat and air. We also used a blowtorch, a pan of butter, a food dehydrator, a dryer and a coffee maker. Our findings might surprise you. 'A FREELANCE CLUB OF DOUCHEBAGS' The Dark History Of EI, The Latest Frat Accused Of Rapey Emails theatlantic.com A series of emails thought to be culled from a listserv of an unofficial fraternity at American University shows just how depraved some all-male campus groups can be — and that protecting students from assault will take more than just yanking frat charters. Read more on Digg.com → HAPPY EARTH DAY A Greater Adjutant Stork flies by a ragpicker looking for recyclable items at a garbage dump on Earth Day, on the outskirts of Gauhati, India. Credit: AP Photo/Anupam Nath Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Here's How Much Money Doctors Actually Make, These Ads For HBO Go Are Brilliant, How To Snack Without Eating Crap, The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain To Study It Was Wrong About Everything, These High School Students Have Solved Your Ketchup Problem, How Americans Hate Each Other The Daily Digg Tuesday, April 22, 2014 GO INTO ORTHOPEDICS Here's How Much Money Doctors Actually Make businessinsider.com Earnings vary by region but "those who perform procedures have the highest incomes compared with those who manage chronic illnesses." GO STEAL SOMEONE'S LOGIN RIGHT NOW These Ads For HBO Go Are Brilliant digg.com To promote their mobile app, HBO put together a series of commercials showing the perils of watching TV with the family. STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED How To Snack Without Eating Crap naturebox.com Look, we love you. We want you to be healthy so you can keep reading Digg for many years to come. So starting today, if you use the code DIGG when signing up for NatureBox you'll get 50% off. It's a win-win situation. NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT EINSTEIN'S BRAIN The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain To Study It Was Wrong About Everything phenomena.nationalgeographic.com Einstein didn't want his brain or body to be studied; he didn't want to be worshipped. But when he died in Princeton Hospital, on April 17, 1955, the pathologist on call, Thomas Harvey, stole it. FINALLY, A SQUIRT SOLUTION These High School Students Have Solved Your Ketchup Problem digg.com High school seniors Tyler Richards and Jonathan Thompson have spent a lot of time thinking about ketchup. As students in the Project Lead the Way program at North Liberty High School, Richards and Thompson have researched and developed a bottle cap that prevents that first squirt of ketchup from being a watery mess. HATER VISUALIZATION How Americans Hate Each Other priceonomics.com A statistical breakdown of hate crimes in America. Read more on Digg.com → THROUGH THE EYES OF A REPUBLICAN Obama makes a face as he reads "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, during the White House Easter Egg Roll. Credit: AP Photo: Carolyn Kaster Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

In Plane Language

When To Hold Out For A Lower Airfare, Facebook Launching Mobile Ad Network, What You Missed This Weekend, China's Taxi Lost-And-Found Private Investigator, Bag Handlers Caught Tossing Bags Down 20 Feet The Daily Digg Monday, April 21, 2014 IN PLANE LANGUAGE When To Hold Out For A Lower Airfare fivethirtyeight.com Do any of those plane algorithms even work? GETTING POKED ALL OVER THE PLACE Facebook Launching Mobile Ad Network recode.net Lots of people have wanted Facebook to build an ad network for a long time. Here it comes. DIGG PICKS What You Missed This Weekend digg.com When to buy plane tickets, how to buy friends, and the loss of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter. FORGET IT JAKE, IT'S CHINA China's Taxi Lost-And-Found Private Investigator macleans.ca On the cold, mean streets of Beijing, a private detective searches taxis to recover lost objects and hope. 'HANDLER' MAY NOT BE THE BEST JOB TITLE Bag Handlers Caught Tossing Bags Down 20 Feet digg.com A passenger filmed the baggage handlers at Toronto's Pearson International Airport use gravity to their advantage, and to the detriment of the passengers. Read more on Digg.com → R.I.P. Rubin Carter watches Cuba's Florentino Fernandez fall through the ropes as he was knocked out in the first round of their scheduled 10-round bout at Madison Square Gardens, New York, on Nov. 3, 1962. Carter passed away Sunday at the age of 76. Credit: AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

This Week's Best Videos: A Symphony Of Butts, Setting Music On Fire And Adorable Magnet Robots

This Man's Porsche Is A Total Disaster, These Guys Are Better At Spinning Pens Than You Are At Most Things, Music Sounds Better When It's On Fire, Check Out These Awesome Miniature Magnetic Swarming Robots, The New 'Orange Is The New Black' Trailer Is Finally Here The Daily Digg Sunday, April 20, 2014 DON'T BUY PORSCHES APPARENTLY This Man's Porsche Is A Total Disaster digg.com Never have so many problems come from the same car. CARPAL TUNNEL, HERE YOU COME These Guys Are Better At Spinning Pens Than You Are At Most Things digg.com That thing you did in middle school because you were bored? These guys perfected it. BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE Music Sounds Better When It's On Fire digg.com You may have heard of a Ruben's Tube. This is the same concept but with a whole extra dimension of coolness. HEY LITTLE BUDDY Check Out These Awesome Miniature Magnetic Swarming Robots digg.com Our new overlords are... kind of cute, actually. NEEDS MORE CRAZY EYES The New 'Orange Is The New Black' Trailer Is Finally Here digg.com Who's ready to go back to Litchfield? Read more on Digg.com → PUTS THE 'RAK' IN DVORAK Having scantily clad women shake what their mothers gave them is one way to get people to listen to classical music. Is it working? Are you entranced by this brilliant late 19th-century composition? Credit: Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

Does Heaven Have Wi-Fi?

The Rapture Of The Nerds, The New 'Orange Is The New Black' Trailer Is Finally Here, What We Learned This Week, The Secretive Chinese Tech Giant That Can Rival Facebook And Amazon, Here's The Electric Car That Could Replace NYC's Controversial Horse-And-Carriages The Daily Digg Friday, April 18, 2014 TERASEM, TRANSHUMANISM AND SINGULARITY The Rapture Of The Nerds time.com A new religion has set out to store memories for centuries and deliver its believers into a world where our souls can outlive our selves. NEEDS MORE CRAZY EYES The New 'Orange Is The New Black' Trailer Is Finally Here digg.com Who's ready to go back to Litchfield? 4/14 — 4/18 What We Learned This Week digg.com What did you learn this week? We learned why we yawn, how to make better eggs, and what your sleep habits say about your relationship. MEET TENCENT The Secretive Chinese Tech Giant That Can Rival Facebook And Amazon fastcompany.com A tech war has raged in China, and a winner seems ready to emerge. It's Tencent — a controversial, $139 billion company with nearly a billion users, which functions like Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, and Uber all rolled into one. Now it's gunning for global expansion. SMELLS WAY BETTER Here's The Electric Car That Could Replace NYC's Controversial Horse-And-Carriages animalnewyork.com Bill de Blasio's plan to ban horse-and-carriage rides in NYC has hit some setbacks, but at the New York Auto Show, the anti-carriage organization NYCLASS unveiled the electric, vintage-style car it has long touted as an alternative. Read more on Digg.com → MAKES FLAGELLANTS LOOK LIKE CHUMPS A hooded Filipino penitent has two pointed wooden sticks tied to his arms as he joins others in Maundy Thursday rituals to atone for sins. The bizarre ritual is frowned upon by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. Credit: AP Photo/Aaron Favila Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014