Time And Time Again

Two Futures Can Explain Time's Mysterious Past, A Brief History Of Homestar Runner, Everything You Learned In History Class Is Wrong, The Rise Of AdBlock Reveals A Serious Problem In The Advertising Ecosystem, Visualizing The Spread Of Preventable Disease, Why Do Brits Say 'Maths' and Americans Say 'Math?' The Daily Digg Tuesday, December 9, 2014 TIME AND TIME AGAIN Two Futures Can Explain Time's Mysterious Past scientificamerican.com New theories suggest the big bang was not the beginning, and that we may live in the past of a parallel universe. JEEEEOOOOORRRRRRRRRBBBBB A Brief History Of Homestar Runner digg.com When the Internet was alive with the spirit of childlike wonder, one name ruled supreme. No, it wasn't "Bonus Stage." STARTUPS WE DIGG SPONSORED Everything You Learned In History Class Is Wrong oysterbooks.com Well, maybe not everything. But this one book can undo years of bad schooling. Get it and half a million other great books on Oyster. PROBLEM: PEOPLE DON'T LIKE ADS The Rise Of AdBlock Reveals A Serious Problem In The Advertising Ecosystem mondaynote.com On grounds that it represents a major economic threat to their business, two groups of French publishers are considering a lawsuit against AdBlockPlus creator Eyeo GmbH. But the legal action misses a critical point. THINGS THAT GO MUMP IN THE NIGHT Visualizing The Spread Of Preventable Disease digg.com The folks over at GOOD made what is measily one of our favorite data visualizations, even though it shows how massively anti-vaxers are wrecking the U.S. LEAVE OFF THE 'S' FOR SAVINGS Why Do Brits Say 'Maths' and Americans Say 'Math?' slate.com In "The Imitation Game," characters take advanced maths classes that require them to scribble complicated maths in a notebook, and then they set their sights on the devilish maths of the Nazi Enigma machine. To American audiences, all those maths might seem doubly mysterious in their propensity to add and multiply. We Yanks prefer to pledge allegiance to the Math, indivisible, under God. Read more on Digg.com → EXPLODING OF THE BULLS A man runs with a "toro encuetado," a structure resembling a bull and covered with exploding fireworks, as part of the celebrations in honor of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception on her feast day in Managua, Nicaragua, early Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception is Nicaragua's patron saint. Credit: AP Photo/Esteban Felix Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014