Do We Need To Dumb This Down?

Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Maybe you don't need a smartphone, the nuclear bomb is the most important piece of technology ever created and there's one guy who's drawn all of those ski slope maps.​

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GOTTA GET AWAY WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK Every Smartphone Should Have A Dumb Mode, And Other Facts digg.com Welcome to What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week: Maybe you don't need a smartphone, the nuclear bomb is the most important piece of technology ever created and there's one guy who's drawn all of those ski slope maps.​ A MINOR DRAWBACK Giant Mirrors. Ocean Whitening. Here's How Exxon Wanted To Save The Planet topic.com In 1997, scientists working for the oil company offered visionary solutions for climate change. The only problem? Their plans might destroy the earth in the process. TOO BAD WE'RE NOT BASED IN SF Dream Job? Get Paid $130,000 To Live On This Island In The Middle Of The Bay sfgate.com Are you ready to escape the hectic pace of the Bay Area but reluctant to give up that cushy salary of yours? There's no need to flee to Austin or even Sacramento. Your dream job may have just opened up in the middle of the San Pablo Bay. OFFERS WE DIGG | SPONSORED Transferring Your Balance To A 21-Month 0% APR Is Ingenious nextadvisor.com This card offers the longest 0% intro APR period for balance transfers of any card we've found. It's also the only card with no late fees, no penalty rate, and no annual fee. BETTER LIVING THROUGH WHATEVER A MEATY ISSUE Protein Mania: The Rich World's New Diet Obsession theguardian.com If you are worrying about the amount of protein in your diet, then you are almost certainly eating more than enough. This is the paradox of our new protein obsession. THE PRICE OF INNER PEACE Enlightenment Can Be Yours For Just $10 theoutline.com The School of Practical Philosophy promises sustainable happiness at an affordable price, but what is it really selling? EAT A LOT OF ASPARAGUS AND SWEET POTATO Ranking Vegetables By How Healthy They Are melmagazine.com Brussels sprouts? Mushrooms? Blooming Onions? Which will best cancel out the damage I did over the holidays? VIDEO OF THE DAY NOT NOW, SWEETIE Woman Wants To Show Off A Pirouette, Things Go Horribly Awry When Her Daughter Moves In For A Hug digg.com She's got some dance moves that will really sweep you off your feet. IN THE NEWS US Added 312,000 Jobs In December, Beating Expectations Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App Of Covertly Mining User Data Here Are The First Images From China's Historic Landing On The Far Side Of The Moon VIDEO: We Really Hope This Video Of A Seamless Folding Screen Is Real DIGG PICKS Modular Mabot Robots amazon.com Jump straight into robotics with this app-powered modular robot kit. We know it's been a short week, but thank god it's Friday. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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Doctor Who Again?

For almost four years, Oluwafemi Charles Igberase had performed exams on women, read sonograms, made birth plans and delivered babies in Maryland's Prince George's County under a medical license not in his legal name.

Digg Editions Morning · Thu, Jan 03

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HOW FAR WE'VE GONE A BREACH OF TRUST What Happens To Patients When Their Doctor Is Not Who He Claimed To Be? statnews.com For almost four years, Oluwafemi Charles Igberase had performed exams on women, read sonograms, made birth plans and delivered babies in Maryland's Prince George's County under a medical license not in his legal name. COMING UP SHORT OF BREATH Why Exercise Alone Won't Save Us theguardian.com Sedentary lifestyles are killing us — we need to build activity into our everyday lives, not just leave it for the gym. WALKING THE WALK 1 Woman, 12 Months, 52 Places nytimes.com When I started this harebrained experiment in January, to visit and report on the Times's entire 52 Places to Go in 2018 list, I thought that by stop 48, for sure, I'd be the Wonder Woman of travel. OFFERS WE DIGG | SPONSORED An Insane Credit Card Offering 0% Interest Until 2020 nextadvisor.com This jaw-dropping card is offering 0% APR for 14 months and 5% back in rotating categories. Pay no interest until 2020 and double your cash back. SCIENCE IS COOL SOMETIMES 'WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES' The Newly Released Image Of Ultima Thule, The Farthest Object Ever Explored, Is Mind-Blowing digg.com Yesterday, we only had a low-res image of Ultima Thule, a space object over 4 billion miles away from the Sun, but now the picture has really changed. POPULAR SCIENCE AND MECHANICS Technology, Ranked paleofuture.gizmodo.com This list is both correct and definitive and cannot be changed. And you're wrong. GRAPHENE, YOU'RE FULL OF SURPRISES How 'Magic Angle' Graphene Is Stirring Up Physics nature.com Researchers already knew that this wonder material can conduct electricity at ultra-high speed. But an MIT team took a giant leap by turning graphene into a superconductor: a material that allows electricity to flow without resistance. VIDEO OF THE DAY SISTER ACT Girl Checks On Her Sister In The Nursery, Does The Sweetest Thing Possible digg.com Either this 4-year-old is an angel or a genius and is going to be using this video as leverage for extra candy and toys. IN THE NEWS China's Chang'e 4 Probe Makes Historic Touchdown On The Far Side Of The Moon Nancy Pelosi Vows 'Different World' For Trump With New Congress Trump Falsely Claims Mexico Is Paying For Wall, Demands Taxpayer Money For Wall In Meeting With Democrats Apple Cuts Revenue Forecast Because Of Slow iPhone Sales In China DIGG PICKS The Everlane Merino Ski Sweater everlane.com It's made of thick, 100% extra-fine merino wool yarn (spun in Italy) with intricate jacquard-knit stitching. No reindeer. No snowflakes. Sweaters you'll actually wear all winter. We can no longer remember a time before 2019. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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