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1. “Oh boy oh boy oh BOY! We’re going on ANOTHER walk? This is so great!” instagram.com 2. “I love being outside, but why do we keep stopping?” Twitter: @uno_ocho_18 3. “I’m barking, but what am I barking at? That pole?” 4. “Give me some slack. I’m trying to do real things, like smell this grass.” Twitter: @Ruscle93 5. “Now what exactly am I supposed to be looking at?” reddit.com 6. “Please, no more walking. We’ve gone...

8 Reasons Why You Might Quit Pokémon Go Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters The most popular thing in the world right now, raging with the force of a million prom queens, is Pokémon Go. The augmented reality smartphone version of the beloved Nintendo role-playing game is more popular, by various measures, than Twitter, Brexit, or porn . Everyone is playing it, or will soon be playing it. It is easy to assume it will be with us forever. And yet the nature of popular things, such as Walkmen, waterbeds, and American democracy, is to lose their popularity. Pokémon Go may not have even yet reached the zenith of its hype cycle. It hasn’t launched in Japan, its ancestral homeland, yet. It will eventually unveil new features like trading, battling, and in-game events. And it will certainly live on in memes for some time to come. But Pokémon Go has eight serious problems that may make the gam...

Today, there are sixty two million girls who are out of school. That is, sixty two million minds’ potential is left untapped. Sixty two million children unjustifiably facing an elevated risk of early marriage, sexually transmitted disease, and gender-based violence. Education has the power to broaden perspectives and to transform communities into stages of prosperity. One girl at a time, the world can become a better place. Education acts as an axe to ignorance, igniting love in the hearts of those taught only to hate. According to UNICEF, an educated girl is more likely to stand up for her rights, have children at a later age, and have healthier children. However, she is often seen as a dangerous threat to the pre-existing social structure of power. Her voice is ignored, and when she speaks louder it is repressed. Girl Rising is an international campaign for girls’ education. They utilize storytelling to share the straightforward notion that putting girls in scho...

Three hundred and twenty light years away, there is a giant planet with three suns. Artist’s impression of the triple-star system. ESO/ L. Calçada It’s called HD 131399Ab, and it’s been spotted by the European Southern Observatory (ESO)’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. The resulting study has been published in Science . It’s the first time an exoplanet – a planet outside our solar system – has been seen in a three-star system. It’s a massive world, about four times the size of Jupiter, the biggest planet in our system. It’s also very young, by planets’ standards – about 16 million years – and relatively cool, about 500°C on its surface. It’s also unusual because there’s an actual photo. We know about the existence of about 3,400 exoplanets, but almost all of them have been detected by indirect means. ...

Gerald Herbert / AP Cameron Sterling, son of Alton Sterling , is comforted by a crowd at a vigil outside the Triple S convenience store in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Alton Sterling, age 37, was shot and killed by Baton Rouge police outside the store where he was selling CDs. Spencer Platt / Getty Images Dallas Police Chief David Brown pauses at a prayer vigil following the deaths of five police officers last night during a Black Live Matter march in Dallas, Texas. Five police officers were killed and twelve others were injured at a anti-police brutality demonstration in Dallas. Investigators are saying the suspect is 25-year-old Micah Xavier Johnson of Mesquite, Texas. This is the deadliest incident for U.S. law enforcement since September 11. ...

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