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· Laura Dang
A Mathematician Has the Perfect Explanation For Why Traffic Jams Happen
Sitting in traffic is the worst way to spend Labor Day weekend. What’s even more frustrating is realizing there was no reason for a traffic jam in the first place. Why does traffic happen where there seems to be no accidents and no construction work interfering with the flow of…
· Laura Dang
Insane 50-Lane-Wide Traffic Jam in Beijing Will Give You Nightmares
If the thought of driving home on the 405 at 5 p.m. in Los Angeles traffic sounds bad, then the recent 50-lane-wide traffic jam in Beijing will give you nightmares. A severe traffic jam on the 50-lane G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway last Wednesday was caused by a newly…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Man Who Tempted Death for 45 Minutes at the Top of the World Trade Center
Frenchman Philippe Petit is arguably the world’s best high-wire performer. He inspired and dazzled the world with his acts before the age of internet virality. In 1971 at the age of 21, he performed his first walk between the towers of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris,…
· Editorial Staff
Ultra Rich Asian Girl Reveals What It’s Like to Be an ‘Ultra Rich Asian Girl’
What’s it like to be an ultra rich Asian family’s daughter? Chelsea Jiang knows because she is one. Jiang is one of the stars of “Ultra Rich Asian Girls,” a purportedly unscripted reality show which follows the daughters of ultra-rich Chinese families who emigrated to Canada.
· Sebastian Dillon
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Once Built an Actual Fake Bomb in High School
One Apple co-founder took ridiculous fake-bombs-in-school threats to the next level back in the day. When young evil genius Steve Wozniak was in high school, he purposefully built and programmed a fake bomb which ended up scaring the crap out of his school principal. His stunt…
· Laura Dang
Last Living Rescue Dog from 9/11 Celebrates Sweet 16 in Epic Celebration
A courageous golden retriever named Bretagne, the last living dog among the first responders after the 9/11 attack, was invited to celebrate a hero-worthy 16th birthday in New York this past weekend. As a rescue dog, Bretagne was responsible for finding survivors in the debris…
· Max Chang
One Quote By a Top Apple Designer Reveals an Unspoken Anxiety Successful People Feel
Alan Dye, Apple’s vice president of user-interface design, is an accomplished designer. Before he began at Apple in 2006, he worked in leading design roles at women’s fashion brand Kate Spade and Ogilvy & Mather, one of the largest marketing companies in the world. And yet,…
· Riley Schatzle
The 20 Best Jobs Millennials Can Land Right Now
Many soon-to-be college graduates may still be wondering where they will find their first serious job. While the thought of being unemployed can be extremely stressful, a new informational report hopes to ease those worries by listing the most most lucrative and in-demand jobs…
· Laura Dang
Ronda Rousey Says She Makes More Money Per Second Than Floyd Mayweather
UFC champ Ronda Rousey and boxing champ Floyd Mayweather are back at it again in their neverending battle of words. In response to Mayweather’s recent diss at Rousey to call him when she makes $300 million in 36 minutes, Rousey told him to recheck his math.
· Editorial Staff
Meet the 28-Year-Old Female Engineer Making Space Exploration Cool Again
Earlier this month, an internet firestorm was set off after Isis Wenger, a 22-year-old San Francisco-based engineer, was criticized online for being too pretty, and thus an unrealistic choice, to portray an engineer in an ad campaign for tech startup OneLogin. The only problem:…
· Max Chang
How a 22-Year-Old ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Built a $10 Million a Month Startup
Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, a founding member of the seminal rap group N.W.A. and “The Godfather of Gangsta Rap,” pioneered an empire that never was but should have been when he established Ruthless Records. Responsible for putting West Coast hip-hop on the map, the N.W.A.-fueled…
· Editorial Staff
This 12-Year-Old Just Scored an IQ Higher Than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking
Nicole Barr is a 12-year-old from the United Kingdom who recently achieved a perfect score on her Mensa IQ test, ranking her two points above legendary geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Nicole and her father, Jim, took the test on the same day a couple of weeks ago,…
· Riley Schatzle
Genius NFL Star Explains Why He Drives a $9,000 Used Nissan Versa
While some might be under the impression that all professional athletes drive exotic sports cars or enormous diesel trucks, Baltimore Ravens guard John Urschel finds that his used Nissan Versa is more than sufficient. In fact, it’s his dream car. Many athletes that go from…
· Riley Schatzle
Little Boy Stuck Reading Junk Mail Receives Amazing Gift From Kind Mailman
While most 12-year-olds these days are interested in the latest technology trends, Mathew Flores likes reading junk mail and newspapers. On Friday, mailman Robert Lynch was delivering mail to the suburbs of Salt Lake City when he noticed Flores was reading junk mail next to the…
· Max Chang
Female Reddit Chief Engineer Resigns After Ellen Pao Was Allegedly ‘Set Up’
Reddit’s chief engineer Bethanye Blount has now resigned in the aftermath of the chaos first caused by the abrupt dismissal of Victoria Taylor. Blount’s departure makes her the third high-profile woman to leave Reddit after Victoria Taylor’s dismissal, which allegedly originated…
· Max Chang
There’s a Silicon Valley Dictionary For Anyone Confused By the Language of Startup Bros
Silicon Valley, the Mecca of startups, might as well be a different country for how unique the culture is from the rest of America. It’s almost too easy to generalize Silicon Valley-ers as quinoa-loving, eco-friendly snobs who drive Teslas or ride bikes from their early morning…
· Benny Luo
How This 17-Year-Old Investor Turned $48,000 into $147,000 in Two Years
Brandon Fleisher is a 17-year-old high school senior who has been able to turn $48,000 into $147,000 trading in the stock market. It’s an incredible feat, but even more so when you take into account his age and the endless number of people who have tried and lost tons of money…
· Max Chang
Alleged Amazon Employee Warns Interns to ‘STAY THE F–K AWAY from Amazon’
If you are considering applying for a job at Amazon, specifically at their headquarters in Seattle, you may want to read one man’s controversial advice first. A new post gaining steam on Reddit from “amzn_vet_throwaway,” who claims to be “an old man who has been at Amazon way…
· Riley Schatzle
This is What It’s Like Trying to Read With Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a widely misunderstood learning disability that is very common amongst young students. Unfortunately, language-based disabilities affect one out of every five students, according to the Dyslexia Center of Utah. Out of all the possible learning disabilities, dyslexia…
· Editorial Staff
A Logic Puzzle Kids in Hong Kong Can Solve in 20 Seconds is Stumping the Internet
The above puzzle has recently appear on an elementary school entrance example in Hong Kong. While 6-year-olds in Hong Kong can reportedly solve it in 20 seconds, it’s completely stumping adults. The logic puzzle was created two decades ago by puzzle author David Bodycombe after…
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