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While on a remote mountainside in Tibet, Dave Asprey started to feel "really, really crappy."

In the mid-2000s, the cloud computing executive-turned-biohacking guru trekked to Mount Kailash, considered one of the most sacred places on Earth, because he wanted to learn to meditate from the Buddhist pilgrims who take ritual walks around the base. Temperatures dipped 10 degrees below, freezing his CamelBak. The altitude left him in a brain fog. Читать дальше...

President Donald Trump swept into office with no government experience, few policy positions, and a team of iconoclastic outsiders who echoed his desire to put America first in all things.

As a devout "Rick & Morty" superfan, I'm often an evangelist. "You haven't seen 'Rick &Morty'? How lucky you are to get to experience it for the first time, totally fresh!" I might say.

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In interviews over the past week, President Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether or not his administration will fund a key provision of the Affordable Care Act that helps offset costs for insurers.

The uncertainty Trump is sowing over the payments — known as cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments — has left insurers jittery and contemplating leaving the individual insurance exchanges created by the law known as Obamacare.

Trump has put CSR payments... Читать дальше...

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Technology is changing the way we drive.

This is a story we're told seemingly every day. The main characters are Tesla, Uber, Lyft, and lately, even the major automakers, who are pushing the envelope on electric cars and autonomous vehicles. The plot goes like this: In a few decades, driving a car will be to the 21st century what riding a horse was the 20th.

It's a compelling narrative. But then again, there are still some people who want to ride horses.

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Private equity has come a long way.

What is now a $2.5 trillion industry managing money on behalf of public pensions and the like started as a hodgepodge of so-called leveraged buyout firms, popularized in the 1980s. Some historians would quibble and say the industry's origins date back much further, though not in any stance like today.

Business Insider recently sat down with Sandra Horbach, the cohead of US buyouts at the $158 billion Carlyle Group, to get a sense of how the industry has changed. Читать дальше...

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(Priceonomics) — Many details about an apartment can impact monthly rent, other than the amount of space and location. For example, units that seem similar could be priced differently if one has a balcony. This price differential could be even greater in newer luxury apartments which offer things like concierge service, furnished rooftops, and fitness centers.

So what kinds of features could increase your rent? And by how much? Using thousands of apartment... Читать дальше...

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We’ve all been there: painfully, yet politely, sitting through someone telling a mediocre story at a party, screaming internally, “Get to the point!”

If only they could hear themselves drone on. It’s like watching an amateur comedian bomb onstage.

When I was a comedy scout in New York, I got to see plenty of this public masochism, and learned more about storytelling from people who bombed than people who killed.

The great comics make it look easy, hiding the mechanics of the craft. Читать дальше...

Melissa McCarthy returned to "Saturday Night Live" as White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer, this time dressed as the Easter Bunny.

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Sugar is undergoing a makeover in food labs as the not-so-sweet science increasingly shows eating too much sugar can pose serious health risks, from diabetes to heart disease. Sugar is already prevalent in foods ranging from cereal and spaghetti sauce to soda and sweets.

A redesign of sugar involves tinkering with the shape of sugar molecules to deliver the same sweetness but with a lower amount of actual sugar. Nestlé is one of the few companies that has publicly... Читать дальше...

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ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Votes for constitutional change to hand President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping powers held a narrow lead with almost all ballot boxes opened on Sunday, but Turkey's three largest cities and the mainly Kurdish southeast looked set to vote "No".

"Yes" votes stood at 51.3 percent after 98.2 percent of ballots had been opened for counting, state-run Anadolu news agency said, though a lag between opening and counting them could see the lead tighten further in the final stages. Читать дальше...

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Sleep is hard, especially in a world where people spend their time busy and stressed.

But not sleeping, in addition to making you less efficient and more stressed, is terrible for your health.

Americans currently average 6.8 hours of sleep per night, down an hour from 1942. Four in 10 Americans don't even get the minimum of seven hours of sleep doctors recommend. That's a public health emergency. Fatigue leads to short and long term problems with mental and physical health. Читать дальше...

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Imagine that the unthinkable has happened.

A massive asteroid impact triggers a “nuclear winter” effect, or one of the world’s most dangerous supervolcanoes erupts. Maybe Donald Trump gets in an epic Twitter feud with Kim Jong-Un that initiates World War 3.

Either way, things are going sideways, and the fate of human civilization itself is at stake. Will everything be lost?

Enter the 'Doomsday Vault'

Well, besides the fact that the world’s cities have been replaced by smoking craters... Читать дальше...

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It's been a rough week for United Airlines.

That deluge didn't let up on Sunday, when KHOU reported that a couple had been kicked off their United flight as they were headed from Houston to Costa Rica for their wedding.

Michael Hohl and Amber Maxwell had allegedly boarded their flight on Saturday and were about to take their seats when they said they saw a passenger napping across the row they were assigned to.

Hohl said that instead of waking up the man who was sleeping... Читать дальше...

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Ray Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund firm, Bridgewater Associates, says he's worried about what the economy will be like in two to three years.

"I'm worried about what the next downturn might look like," Dalio said.

He made the comments in an interview with Business Insider's global editor-in-chief, Henry Blodget, on "The Bottom Line," Business Insider's new weekly business news show. You can watch the full interview here.

"All of these tensions will be exacerbated," Dalio added.

United Flight 3411 was scheduled to leave Chicago for Louisville on Sunday evening, April 9.

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Snapchat maker Snap Inc. is denying that its CEO, Evan Spiegel, once said the app is "only for rich people" and that he doesn't "want to expand into poor countries like India and Spain."

The quote, which Snap is calling "ridiculous," came from a recently unredacted court complaint by Anthony Pompliano, who served as the company's growth lead for a few weeks in 2015. In the complaint, Pompliano recounts the exchange from a September 2015 meeting he had with Spiegel about the app's international growth plans. Читать дальше...

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German police say they intercepted 847 pounds of what they believe is cocaine in a shipment of bananas over the weekend.

A worker at a wholesale company in Leverkusen, just north of Cologne in western Germany, reported the suspected drugs to authorities on Saturday, according to the Associated Press.

Police found the drugs stored in hundreds of 1 kilogram packets hidden inside 26 cases of bananas that had arrived from Ecuador via the German port city of Hamburg. Читать дальше...

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Everyone makes mistakes – but as the adage goes, it's often what you learn from them that counts.

Business Insider recently sat down with Sandra Horbach, the cohead of US buyouts at the $158 billion private equity firm, Carlyle Group.

Horbach is one of the industry's most senior women, and has been described as a trailblazer. She got her start in the fledgling industry in the 1980s, just out of business school. 

Horbach's industry typically involves buying up companies... Читать дальше...

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Samumed is a $12 billion private biotech startup you've probably never heard of.

The San Diego-based company has attracted $300 million in funding and a heady valuation thanks to a pipeline of what could be revolutionary treatments to regenerate hair, skin, bones, and joints.

It offers the promise of reversing conditions related to aging by regrowing hair on balding heads, smoothing out wrinkles, and regenerating cartilage... Читать дальше...

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The white working class surprised many pundits and social scientists by supporting Donald Trump, leading some to describe the election results as a "whitelash."

The fact that the president-elect successfully mobilized this population was far from inevitable. After all, a fair number of Trump supporters once voted for Obama.

A good many of them, when questioned, explained that they "didn’t really like either candidate," or that they "wanted a change." History... Читать дальше...

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Please welcome today, a good blogging bud of mine, ESI from ESIMoney.com. He recently retired at 52 and gained a whole new appreciation for what life has to offer.

And spoiler alert: it doesn't involve money or a high-powered career! Both of which he retired from once he realized enough was enough (his "enough," btw? $3 million) Take it away, ESI!

When I retired last fall at 52, I thought I knew exactly what retirement would be like. Many of the expectations I had did come true... Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON/PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The United States, its allies and China are working together on a range of responses to North Korea's latest attempted ballistic missile test, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser said on Sunday, citing what he called an international consensus to act.

"We are working together with our allies and partners and with the Chinese leadership to develop a range of options," national security adviser H.R. McMaster said on ABC's "This Week" program. Читать дальше...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser H. R. McMaster said on Sunday it was time for tough talks with Russia over its support for Syria's government and its "subversive" actions in Europe.

Speaking on ABC News' "This Week" program, McMaster said Russia's backing of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has perpetuated a civil war and created a crisis that has bled over into Iraq, neighboring countries and Europe.

"So Russia's support for that kind of horrible regime... Читать дальше...

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I'm under no illusion that I can easily convince someone who has never watched "Girls" to tune in now that the HBO show is about to air its series finale on Sunday.

But I know the show has lost some viewers over the years — and I get why — and this is my appeal to those viewers to come back on board for season six.

Every season, I approach "Girls" having prepared myself to be annoyed by Hannah (Lena Dunham) and her similarly self-obsessed friends. There's clueless Marnie (Allison Williams)... Читать дальше...