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April 22, 2015
The Airbnb Of Weed Is Totally A Thing
Fancy some vacay bud with your bacon in bed?
It's not easy being a marijuana tourist these days.
April 21, 2015
That Quadruple Rainbow You've Been Freaking Out About Is Not Really A Quadruple Rainbow
Sorry to harsh your mellow, Internet.
Many of us will never forget the joyous, tear-filled occasion when Paul "Bear" Vasquez set his eyes upon an elusive double rainbow:
According To Our Emojis, Americans Are A Tolerant, Tech-Savvy, Meat-Loving Bunch
Emoji is changing the way we communicate, but not always in the ways you would expect.
Emojis have been around since the late 1990s, but only lately have the unicode-based symbols begun to influence the way we communicate with each other. And are they ever: The tiny pictograms that come pre-built into most smartphones are used widely not just by kids and millennials, but also by moms, and White House officials.
Bankrupt Aereo Will Pay $950,000 To Broadcasters
Aereo's story is a cautionary tale for startups that push the law in their efforts to disrupt.
"Ask forgiveness, not permission" is an old adage you will often hear from startups that leapt ahead of their competition by taking risks and pushing legal boundaries. The strategy is often lucrative—just look at Uber, which has flouted local laws around the world and is currently valued at more than $40 billion—but not always. Aereo, a startup that streamed TV to customers before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its business model, today has been slammed with a judgment to pay out $950,000 to broadcasters, Bloomberg reports.
Today in Tabs: Lemon Aid
The tweets of justice turn slowly, but grind exceeding(ly?) fine.
There should be a sex position called the Manual Retweet
Ex-Googlers' New Breast Cancer Gene Test Cuts The Cost To Women
Color Genomics, founded by ex-Googlers, is an at-home test for BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 mutations.
Last month, the film star Angelina Jolie Pitt had her ovaries removed—a response to learning that she has a damaged BRCA1 gene, which indicated that her chances of contracting breast or ovarian cancer in her lifetime were around 80% and 50%, respectively. It's the same reason she had a controversial preventative double mastectomy in 2013. Her actions spawned a national conversation about privilege and access to information about one's own genes. Tests for BRCA1 and BRCA2 typically cost up to $4000, and insurance companies have strict criteria when it comes to covering these tests, disqualifying many women who don't have a family history of cancer at a young age or don't meet other requirements—including, in some cases, a personal history with cancer themselves.
8 Habits of Curious People
We are born curious, but when answers are valued more than questions, we forget how to ask. Here's how to relearn an old habit.
As children, we're naturally curious—it's how we grow and learn—but by the time we start school that sense of wonder starts to escape us.
The Science Behind The Secret Productive Powers Of The Color Blue
New research suggests that our biological clocks aren't just tuning in to changes from dawn to dusk, the color of light has an impact, too.
Like plants, humans respond to changes in light. The natural cycle of sunrise and sunset performs a subtle calculus on our circadian rhythm, signaling when it's time to wake and work, and when it's time to turn in.
Meet The First Potrepreneurs At This Startup Boot Camp For The Billion-Dollar Weed Biz
It's like Techstars, but for cannabis.
"At no time in this office should you ever be intoxicated on any substance."
April 20, 2015
Today in Tabs: 4/20 Is Just A Number
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