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This Blind Test of Whether People Prefer the Taste of Real Meat or Fake Meat Might Surprise You

Futurism

In a blind taste test, thousands of self-professed "omnivores and flexitarians" were given meat substitutes alongside the real thing and asked to rate which was better and their responses were pretty telling. Experts who spoke to Vox iterated that when it comes to food, mind truly is over matter. Were very conformist by nature."

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How an L.A. community of wildfire survivors is getting insurance to pay for contamination testing

Fast Company Tech

Many worried that smoke from the Eaton wildfire that destroyed more than 9,000 structures and killed 18 people may have carried toxins , including lead, asbestos and heavy metals, into their homes. But they struggled to convince their insurers to test their properties to ensure it was safe to return.

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6 Ways to Prepare Your Communications for Successful End-of-Year Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. As summer fades into fall, end-of-year fundraising season is top-of-mind for nonprofits. 6) Don’t Forget A/B Testing. We frequently talk about A/B testing as a digital tactic—and it is!

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Netflix is letting people watch things faster or slower with new playback speed controls

The Verge

Netflix is letting people choose the speed at which they want to watch something on their phone or tablet with new playback controls. Those are slightly fewer options than YouTube, which allows people to slow all the way down to 0.25x speeds, and speed up by twice the normal playback speed. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Inside Facebook’s struggle to keep young people

The Verge

While it famously started as a networking site for college students, employees have predicted that the aging up of the app’s audience — now nearly 2 billion daily users — has the potential to further alienate young people, cutting off future generations and putting a ceiling on future growth. But there was still cause for concern.

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People in Florida Say Dense, Mysterious Fog With Chemical Smell Is Making Them Sick

Futurism

Down in Florida, residents have been haunted by a strange specter: alingering and super-dense fog that allegedly smells like chemicalsand is making people sick. So that is likely what people are seeing." In response, many are turning to conspiracy theories to explain the strange happenings surrounding them.

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Best 65-inch+ TVs for watching in dark and bright rooms

Mashable Tech

TV specs are notoriously confusing to people who don't test them for a living. Luckily, we happen to know someone who actually does test TVs for a living. Ty Pendlebury is a tech journalist who tests a ton of top TVs for CNET, which is owned by Mashable's publisher, Ziff Davis. How do I choose my new TV? at Best Buy $999.99

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