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Researchers from Temple University, with funding by Mars Chocolate, Inc., zapped chocolate with an electric field in the manufacturing process to get a lower-fat treat.

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Silicon Valley is throwing its support behind Hillary Clinton.

On Thursday, Clinton's campaign sent out a list of endorsements from the business leaders, including big names from Facebook, Netflix, Airbnb, and Alphabet (Google's parent company), as well as prominent venture capitalists.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings went one step further in his support, and put out a statement in favor of Clinton.

"Trump would destroy much of what is great about America," Hastings said, according to Politico. Читать дальше...

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Burger King will soon be serving up Mac n' Cheetos — creamy mac n' cheese deep fried into Cheeto-shaped sticks and covered with crispy Cheetos flavoring.

While the fast-food chain isn't officially debuting the limited time offering until June 27, the internet has exploded with discussion of the bizarre mashup.

A handful of Burger King locations in New York City already added the item to the menu, so, on Thursday, Business Insider ventured to a Brooklyn location... Читать дальше...

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Seven months after its release, Adele's record-setting album "25" will finally be available for streaming on Spotify at 12:01 a.m. EST on Friday. 

The news was initially confirmed by fans in Australia and New Zealand, where it is already Friday, June 24. 

Adele famously held off on featuring "25" on streaming services upon its release back in November, citing a personal distaste for the medium. 

"I believe music should be an event," Adele told Time in December. Читать дальше...

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I recently asked a bunch of top psychologists to tell me what blows their mind, and one of the responses I received really freaked me out.

According to scientific research, one psychologist told me, human fears are at least partly erasable. All it takes is a single pill.

The latest evidence of that phenomenon comes from a study published in December 2015 by researchers at the University of Amsterdam.

For the study, the researchers recruited 45 women who reported being afraid of spiders. Читать дальше...

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Be honest, straight men: You all want to know what women want.

Luckily, a bunch of scientists have wondered the same thing.

These types of studies are often small, and frequently rely on self-reported feelings in a lab, which may be different from how women truly react in real life. And the participants are often Western college students, who are not an especially a diverse group. So take the results with a grain of salt.

But hey, whatever helps, right?

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The median income of US households is $62,462, the Pew Research Center reports.

However, certain areas are faring much better than the typical US city. Take Washington, DC, where the median household income is 40% above the national average, at $87,611.

Or Midland, Texas, which benefited from a boom in oil prices and led the pack with a median household income of $90,000.

Below, we've highlighted the 10 metro areas with the highest median household incomes... Читать дальше...

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Volkswagen Group's nine-month-long emissions scandal may be coming to a close.

Sources familiar with the negotiations claim that VW Group has agreed to pay $10.2 billion to settle claims in the US, according to Bloomberg. 

In addition, the source indicated that owners of the more than 480,000 affected cars would each receive $1,000 to $7,000,  with an average payout of $5,000.

Further, a portion of the settlement will also be paid to the US government in the form of fines. Читать дальше...

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You're not supposed to believe everything you read, but tack the word "science" to something and many people will take it as fact — no questions asked.

This is why big food companies have percolated into the world of nutrition science. If food marketers can "uncover" a health benefit to consuming a company's products, then those products will sell better. That's not "science," it's reality.

A 2015 report pulled back the curtain on the close relationships between nutrition scientists and food companies. Читать дальше...

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Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson has instantly become $100 million richer because of the huge first-day pop his company saw in its IPO.

Twilio shares soared more than 70% Thursday on its public market debut, going from the $15 per share opening price to more than $25 per share as of 12:50 PM EST.

That means Lawson's ownership stake in Twilio — 8,635,492 shares to be exact — are now worth roughly $220 million, up nearly $100 million from the $129.5 million his shares were worth at open this morning. Читать дальше...

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House Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday blasted the gun control sit-in as a "publicity stunt" and "fundraising scheme," accusing Democrats of setting a "very dangerous precedent" in the House of Representatives.

Democrats staged an unprecedented protest on the House floor Wednesday in an effort to force a vote on gun control legislation that would strengthen background checks on gun buyers and keep people who are on the no-fly list from buying guns.

House... Читать дальше...

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Twilio made its much anticipated public market debut on Thursday, jumping more than 70% from its opening price.

Twilio's IPO is the first Silicon Valley VC-backed IPO of the year, and only the second major tech IPO we've seen in 2016. And to celebrate this milestone, Twilio is celebrating in style — with a live coding session on the NYSE trading floor.

Twilio's Senior Developer Evangelist Rob Spectre, Dropbox's Leah Culver, and longtime Twilio developer David Huerta... Читать дальше...

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A quarter of all adults snore regularly when they sleep. That can be disruptive and frustrating for those who have to listen to it during the night — but it can also be dangerous.

The sound happens when airflow gets obstructed at the back of the mouth and nose. That can disturb a snorer’s sleep cycle, and in more extreme cases also be a symptom of sleep apnea, a disorder in which a person’s upper airway collapses during sleep, causing them to pause ten seconds or more between breaths. Читать дальше...

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Redesigning a logo can be a demanding task — a bad design can leave an indelible mark on how people view your business.

Instagram was one such example: the switch from a retro-style camera icon that was designed in 45 minutes to a more abstract one with a rainbow gradient left many people feeling disappointed.

But other times, aesthetic changes can really hit the mark. Below are nine redesigned logos that deserve kudos, according to designers. For the sake of comparison... Читать дальше...

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As drug makers jockey for an edge in the burgeoning market for biosimilar medicines, a Russian company called Biocad is accusing Roche — one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers — of deliberately setting low prices in Russia and using other allegedly illegal tactics to sabotage competition.

Among the steps Roche took to undercut Biocad was to deliberately drop prices for three cancer medicines — Avastin, Herceptin, and Rituxan/MabThera — in Russia, where the company said it sells biosimilar versions... Читать дальше...

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Landing an internship is exciting. The experience can be the big gateway to your first professional position.

"But there are some pitfalls to avoid in how you communicate during this new opportunity," says Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job."

"You can easily slip up because this is unfamiliar territory, you're new to the workforce, youmay try to over-impress... Читать дальше...

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This one may hurt.

In Dealogic's huge first half round-up of Wall Street banking activity one chart laid out the missed connections that have plagued Wall Street to start 2016.

The value of withdrawn mergers and acquisitions hit its highest level since 2007 according to Dealogic, with $524 billion in deals scuttled in the first half of this year.

While there were actually fewer deals abandoned during the first half than the same time period last year... Читать дальше...

Polarization among US politicians has surged over the last decade.

In a recent report to clients, a Goldman Sachs research team shared a chart of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Partisan Conflict Index, which tracks the degree of political disagreement among US politicians at the federal level based on news articles, to show just how dramatic this spike has been.

Over the course of President Barack Obama's second term in office, the index has averaged 151. By comparison, the index averaged 103 from 1981 to today. Читать дальше...

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Jet.com launched to much hype in 2015 with the ambitious goal of taking on Amazon, the undisputed king of e-commerce in the U.S.

And since its debut, Jet.com has effectively raised awareness among consumers about its existence. The problem, however, is that few people are actually shopping there, according to new data from Prosper Insights.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An oil spill of 700 barrels of crude from a pipeline in Ventura County, California, had emergency crews scrambling Thursday to keep the oil from reaching the nearby coast, a state official said.

The Ventura County Fire Department initially estimated the size of the leak at about 5,000 barrels, but in a message on Twitter it later revised the figure down to 700 barrels.

Crimson Pipeline took responsibility for the spill in a regulatory filing.

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One of the greatest mysteries in American history is the fate of the lost Roanoke Colony.

Founded in present-day North Carolina in 1584, it was the first English settlement in North America. But when the commander John White returned to England for supplies is 1587, he returned in 1590 to find the colony in Roanoke vanished.

The precise fates of those missing settlers remains a mystery.

However, a rare find during a dig at the site of the original colony gives us a clue as to how they lived. Читать дальше...

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President Barack Obama on Thursday called the Supreme Court deadlock that effectively blocked his executive actions on immigration "heartbreaking" for millions of immigrants living in the US illegally.

Speaking from the White House briefing room, Obama said the decision set the country's "broken" immigration system "back even further."

"They're Americans in every way but on paper," he said of those affected by the decision, insisting, however, that the ruling would not lead to their deportation.

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With new Ghostbusters to call on comes a new version of the iconic theme song.

Swapping the '80s pop-and-synthesizer tone of Ray Parker Jr.'s original, Fall Out Boy and Missy Elliott partnered to create a rock-and-hip-hop adaptation of the tune for Paul Feig's upcoming all-female reboot.

Parker's original "Ghostbusters" theme was nominated for an Academy Award for best original song and peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In the new version, the "I... Читать дальше...

The WMTA was forced to shut down the Cleveland Park Metro station after the escalators and stairs turned into waterfalls.