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America's 12 Scariest Real-Life Haunted Houses

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Akron Ohio the childhood bedroom of one of the most notorious serial killers in American history, Robert Berdella also known as the Butcher of Kansas CityForget about those hokey attractions at amusement parks. There are real haunted houses spread across America. 

We're talking about the true-blue, creepy-as-can-be haunted houses.

The houses where local residents claim they hear voices and where serial killers dumped their victims. The places that carry legends of entire families vanishing into thin air and serve as a backdrop for murders and suicides.

Photographer Seph Lawless braved these stories and dilapidated buildings for his new photo book "13: An American Horror Story" to show us just how creepy these places really are. 

Benjamin Albright accidentally shot and killed his son in 1958 in this house in Youngstown, Ohio. He was so wracked with guilt after the incident that he then killed himself and his wife soon after. The home, called the The Nova House, has stood abandoned ever since with some of Albright's original belongings still inside.



The local sheriff, Donald Caters, shot himself in 1968 after his Buffalo, New York home went into foreclosure. The vacant house has been rumored to now be haunted. Locals claim they hear voices coming from it regularly.



A former Texas bed and breakfast called the Hooley Mansion was turned into a haunted house after it became the site of a few unexplained deaths in the 1970s.



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We Tried The Meatless Burgers And Nuggets Coming To Restaurants Near You

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The meatless movement is on the rise.

Sales of meat alternatives in the US rose to $553 million in 2012, up from $513 million two years earlier, according to market-research firm Mintel.

Meanwhile, Americans' per capita consumption of meat and poultry has declined more than 9%, from 221.6 pounds in 2007 to an estimated 200.8 pounds this year, according to the USDA.

Dozens of well-financed startups are battling each other to capture America's growing population of plant protein-seekers, including Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods and Hampton Creek, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month. 

One of the brands at the head of the pack is five-year-old Gardein, which is based out of Canada.   

Gardein expects to generate retail sales of $100 million this year, the company's founder and president, Yves Potvin, told Business Insider. That makes it one of the top five meatless brands in the country, according to sales estimates by Mintel. 

The company's meatless meatballs, beefless tips, chick'n tenders and two dozen other products are sold at roughly 22,000 grocery stores and restaurants across the country. Gardein's products are also served in the cafeterias of more than 70 college campuses and at the corporate headquarters of Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft and AOL.

Gardein"Restaurants is one of the fastest growing segments for us," Potvin said, noting that Gardein expects to double foodservice sales next year. 

More than a dozen Gardein products are offered at Yard House, a chain of 60 restaurants owned by Olive Garden parent company Darden Restaurants, and Lyfe Kitchen, a fast-growing chain launched by two former McDonald's executives. 

The diner chain Johnny Rockets, which has 300 locations around the world, just launched a test menu with Gardein products and the company is also in talks with Chili's, which has more than 1,500 restaurants, Potvin said.

Surprisingly, vegetarians and vegans don't make up a majority of Gardein's consumers. Most of the company's consumers describe themselves as flexitarians, which means they eat a primarily plant-based diet supplemented by occasional meat consumption. 

"Many people are just incorporating Gardein into their diets to diversify their protein," Potvin said. 

For the purposes of this story, I tried some of Gardein's newest offerings from the frozen aisle. I'm a meat eater and I don't typically eat frozen foods so I didn't have very high expectations.

I ate the Beefless Sliders, the 7-Grain Crispy Chick'n Tenders, and the Golden Fishless Filets. 

Here's a look at the chick'n tenders (left) and the fishless filets (right).

GardeinAfter more than 20 minutes in the oven, the tenders and filets were hot and crispy. I took a bite of each and was shocked at how closely they mimicked the taste and texture of chicken and fish.

Here's a close-up of the fishless filets.

GardeinAfter a couple more bites, the filets and tenders started to taste pretty similar to one another, however, and the chicken tenders started to dry out too much. They were much better with some ketchup. 

In the future, I would add the filets and tenders to a salad instead of eating them alone.

I was more impressed by the beefless sliders. 

Here's a look at the sliders after they have been warmed in a microwave.

GardeinThey don't look particularly appetizing, but they tasted great.

GardeinI could taste onions and seasoning and again, the texture was surprisingly close to meat.

I also liked that I could pronounce all the ingredients listed on the back of every package.

GardeinThe calorie counts and sodium levels are pretty reasonable, as well. 

Every two tenders, for example, is 100 calories and contains 240 milligrams of sodium and 8 grams of protein.

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Here's What I Hate The Most About Getting Catcalled

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Several months ago, I was catcalled.

It's happened nearly every day since, but this particular instance sticks in my mind because I did something some experts advise against: I responded. 

Three of my female friends and I were walking to a comedy show in Chelsea before midnight. For some reason, I lagged behind the group, and as I passed two men on a street corner, they decided to tell me how good I looked — and smelled. 

After a few moments of hesitation, I pivoted on my heels and faced them. Companionship and a few drinks must have made me brave.

"That makes women uncomfortable, you know," I stammered, my heart racing. The last time one of my friends confronted a man on the streets of New York City, he grabbed her arm forcefully. 

The guys muttered some type of explanation but no apology or acknowledgment of my perspective. They just wanted to talk to me, damn.

"I don't exist for you to look at," I persisted. "I'm not an aesthetic." I remember because I wished I had said the same words hundreds of other times. 

"But you put on that dress," the more vocal of the two argued, taking a step toward me. As my friends pulled me farther down the block, I tried to process his logic.

This week, the internet went crazy over a video of a woman walking around New York City for 10 hours. That might not sound like viral material — but men reacted to her in strange and disturbing ways.

The verbal harassment she experienced ranged from "Hey baby" to "God bless you, mami" to one guy walking silently beside her for more than five minutes. That last one put my friends' stomachs in knots.

In the instance that bothered me the most, however, one man chastised her for failing to respond to him. "Somebody is acknowledging you for being beautiful," the anonymous voice said. "You should say thank you more."

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The fear that accompanies street harassment is a real, tangible thing. As I mentioned, a random man grabbed one of my best friend's arms after she didn't respond well to his sidewalk advances. I immediately shoved him off of her, and we started running. You just never know what someone is capable of. 

But people can't let that fear consume them. Not every man or woman who tries to talk to you is a sociopathic rapist or murderer. Although no one should ever have to worry about their safety, the fear isn't what bothers me the most about catcalling.

What I hate most is the sense of entitlement the people committing it must feel. 

The two men before the comedy club that night used my dress as an excuse for making me uncomfortable. That man in the video wanted to be thanked simply for noticing, and commenting on, a woman's appearance. He thought it was flattering. I've heard and read many people defend that perspective.

Based on my experience though, some men feel their "right" to speak to a woman supersedes her desire to just walk, or think, or exist without being bothered. It's unnecessarily invasive and downright sexist.

I'm never afraid when a man tells me to "smile." Usually, older guys, even grandfather types, have said that to me. They probably mean well. But their words aren't any less problematic. I highly doubt a man would ever tell another man to "smile" if he looked upset. 

If any of these guys truly cared about my emotional state, they'd ask me why I wasn't smiling. They'd engage. But they don't care. They want me to smile so I'll look prettier. My furrowed brow ruins the aesthetic. They don't understand one important detail though: I don't exist to look attractive for men.

That false license some men give themselves — thinking they have the "right" to engage verbally, sexually, romantically with a woman — can lead to tragedy. Because when women violate that supposed liberty, when we say "no" or ignore advances, some men kick, punch, strangle, or even worse. That's where my fear creeps in.

As it turns out, my friends and I took a wrong turn on the way to club that night. We had to turn around and pass the two men a second time. I insisted we walk on the other side of the street though. They just laughed as our heels clacked quickly across the pavement.


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Here's The Main Difference Between Harvard And Stanford

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The Harvard Crimson has a great long look at the differences between the Cambridge, Massachusetts Ivy League stalwart and its cross-coast competitor, Stanford University.

What the growing rivalry between the schools might boil down to, though, is a stark difference in educational philosophy.

While Stanford is certainly the hottest school in the country right now — with its engineering prowess leading to a near-domination of Silicon Valley — Harvard is playing catch up, The Crimson reports, and "is positioning itself to be the leader in education and research in the 21st century."

The difference between the two educational juggernauts is fairly simple — Harvard has a focus on intellectual growth, while Stanford seeks to give its students more practical knowledge. As Meg P. Bernhard at The Crimson writes:

Stanford's objective to "qualify its students for personal success, and direct usefulness in life," as stated in its founding grant, differs greatly than that of Harvard, which according to University literature, focuses primarily on the advancement of knowledge.

... Harvard focuses not so much on the application of education, but, as Harvard President Drew G. Faust wrote in an official capital campaign message, on the discovery of knowledge and the education of future leaders. The University remains true to its founding charter from 1650, part of which emphasizes the "advancement and education of youth in all manner of good literature, arts, and sciences."

A Stanford computer science major offers a more real-life example — "We see Harvard as more focused on theory, the softer side ... Even in computer science, there's a lot more focus on how you do things as opposed to Stanford, which focuses a lot more on the practicality," he told The Crimson.

This philosophical difference could be a reason why many Stanford students are finding early prominence in Silicon Valley. According to The Crimson, "at Stanford, the culture of looking forward is amplified by the successes of current students, not just graduates."

As one Stanford history professor told The Crimson, "Every time a Stanford student reads that someone he met at a frat party just sold a startup for $1 million—and that happens a lot here—it dribbles a few more toxic drops into the water ... It shapes students' aspirations."

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A Detailed Look At How Americans Travel Within The US

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New York may have Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty, but it's not the most popular state for tourism. 

That title goes to California, which is home to such iconic tourist attractions as the Golden Gate Bridge, Hollywood, and Disneyland.

HotelsCombined, a hotel booking site, produced an infographic that shows the most popular US states to travel to. They analyzed more than 87,000 hotel bookings that originated in the US to determine which states are the most popular tourism destinations.

After California, Florida (No. 2), Nevada (No. 3), Texas (No. 4), and New York (No. 5) dominated over this list. Hawaii came in at No. 10 and Colorado took No. 16. But very few people want to travel to West Virginia, which came in dead last. 

The site also logged which destinations people from each state are interested in visiting most. New Yorkers book the most hotel rooms in Florida, Texans like to travel to California, and Californians like to travel to Nevada. Ironically, people in Alaska want to visit Hawaii the most—probably for the warm climate change—but no state wants to visit Alaska.

The full infographic is below.

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The 25 Best Universities In The World For Computer Science

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Computer science is far and beyond the most lucrative degree in the country— if you attend the right school.

Deciding among the top universities is tougher than ever, with many schools building out their tech programs in recent years. QS World University Rankings crunched the numbers to make the choice clearer.

QS's annual ranking highlights the best universities in the world for studying computer science and information systems, using data based on academic reputation (measured by a global survey that asked academics to identify the institutions where they believe the best work is currently taking place within their field of expertise) and citations per faculty.

"Generally, the more often a piece of research is cited by others, the more influential it is," QS notes.

You can read its complete methodology here.

 

The top 25 universities around the world for computer science:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)

2. Stanford University (USA)

3. Carnegie Mellon University (USA)

4. University of Cambridge (UK)

5. Harvard University (USA)

6. University of California, Berkeley (USA)

7. University of Oxford (UK)

8. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)

9. National University of Singapore (Singapore)

10. Princeton University (USA)

11. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)

12. University of Edinburgh (UK)

13. Imperial College London (UK)

14. The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

15. The University of Melbourne (Australia)

16. University of California, Los Angeles (USA)

17. The Australian National University (Australia)

18. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

19. University of Toronto (Canada)

20. The University of Tokyo (Japan)

21. Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

22. Cornell University (USA)

22. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland)

24. University of Waterloo (Canada)

25. University of College London (UK)

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Check Out These Award-Winning Images Of Things You Can't Normally See

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Nikon just announced the winning images featured in its 40th annual Small World Photomicrography contest.

These images showcase the minute structures, cells, and living creatures we might come across in our daily lives but never notice. When magnified, however, these tiny things are revealed in all their breathtaking beauty.

The contest is an annual competition that features the work of scientists and photographers from around the world.

First-time first-place winner Rogelio Moreno of Panama won for his image of a miniscule freshwater creature known as the rotifer. Moreno captured the tiny critter with its mouth open — a chance event.

"When you see that movement, you fall in love. I thought, 'Wow, that is amazing. I can't believe what I'm seeing. This is something very, very beautiful,'" Moreno said in a press release. "I hope now it can inspire others as much as it has inspired me – to learn about science, to look closely and notice something truly amazing."

In addition to the top 20 award winners, we've included a selection of honorable mentions and images of distinction.

First-place winner Rogelio Moreno of Panama captured this image of a tiny heart-shaped freshwater creature known as a rotifer as it opens its mouth to sweep food inside. The name rotifer comes from a Latin word meaning ‘wheel-bearer’ — when in motion, their open mouths resemble a spinning wheel (even though they are not in fact spinning). It has been magnified 40 times.



Charles Krebs took this shot of a colorful jewel beetle carapace near the eye, magnified 45 times.



Noah Fram-Schwartz, an American from Greenwich, Conn. captured this shot of a pair of creepy-looking jumping spider eyes, magnified 20 times. Jumping spiders are known to have some of the highest-quality vision among arthropods. Awesome, yet terrifying.



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See Inside A Tiny 86-Square-Foot Paris Apartment With A Bed In The Cupboard

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Micro Living In Paris "Maid rooms" in Paris are usually located on the top level of Haussmann-period buildings and are characterized by their tiny size and lack of aesthetic or function, according to Kitoko Studio

They are so small that no one wants to live in them and most have been abandoned or have become mere storage spaces.

But due to extremely pricey rents in France's capital, one design studio decided to rethink the entire concept of these forgotten rooms.

Kitoko Studio designed a room based on the “concept of a Swiss army knife,” and somehow managed to squeeze all of the amenities of a full apartment into this tiny 86-square-foot space.

Micro Living In Paris All of the features of the apartment are hidden behind floral painted cupboards. The room has a staircase that pulls out of the lower cupboard and leads up to a compartment containing a single bed.

That compartment can then be completely closed with sliding doors, so that you can close out any unwanted daylight. Cue dramatic "goodbye, cruel world" sigh here.

Micro Living In Paris The wardrobe is located in the cabinet next to the bookcase, and can be pulled out when needed. Just don't throw clothes everywhere as you try to find the perfect outfit because there is virtually nowhere to put them. 

Micro Living In Paris There is even a small dining room table that slides out from underneath the bed compartment. Two stools are stored underneath the table and can be easily removed for use.

The room also has a tiny kitchenette with a sink. 

Micro Living In Paris Yet another cabinet has a bookshelf and a boiler for hot water. The designer even managed to fit a full bathroom with a shower into the 86-square-foot space; a luxury that many small studios don't even have. 

Micro Living In Paris Though this apartment is a great idea in theory, whoever lives here would have to be extremely organized to pull it off. 

Micro Living in Paris Watch the full video to see exactly how the space is used. For more information about the design, check out Kitoko Studio's website here.  

Tiny apartment in Paris (8sqm only) from Kitoko Studio on Vimeo.

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13 Things You Never Knew About Halloween

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halloweenHalloween is the spookiest night of the year, when spirits wander the earth freely and children wander the neighborhood seeking candy and causing havoc.

But how much do you really know about Halloween?

We rounded up 13 of the best facts about Halloween, from its history to bizarre laws targeting mischief makers. You might be surprised at what you find.

1. There's a $1,000 fine for using or selling Silly String in Hollywood on Halloween.

The prank product has been banned in Hollywood since 2004 after thousands of bored people would buy it on the streets of Hollywood from illegal vendors and "vandalize" the streets. The city ordinance calls for a maximum $1,000 fine and/or six months in jail for "use, possession, sale or distribution of Silly String in Hollywood from 12:01 AM on October 31 to 12:00 PM on November 1."

2. Dressing up on Halloween comes from the Celts.

Celts believed Samhain was a time when the wall between our world and the paranormal world was porous and spirits could get through. Because of this belief, it was common for the Celts to wear costumes and masks during the festival to ward off or befuddle any evil spirits.

3. The moniker "Halloween" comes from the Catholics.

Hallowmas is a three-day Catholic holiday where saints are honored and people pray for the recently deceased. At the start of the 11th century, it was decreed by the pope that it would last from Oct. 31 (All Hallow's Eve) until Nov. 2, most likely because that was when Samhain was celebrated and the church was trying to convert the pagans.

"All Hallow's Eve" then evolved into "All Hallow's Even," and by the 18th century it was commonly referred to as "Hallowe'en."

4. We should carve turnips, not pumpkins.

The origin of Jack-O-Lanterns comes from a Celtic folk tale of a stingy farmer named Jack who would constantly play tricks on the devil. The devil responded by forcing him to wander purgatory with only a burning lump of coal from hell. Jack took the coal and made a lantern from a turnip, using it to guide his lost soul.

Carved Turnips

The myth was brought over by Irish families fleeing the potato famine in the 1800s, and since turnips were hard to come by in the US, America's pumpkins were used as a substitute to guide lost souls and keep evil spirits like "Jack of the Lantern" away.

5. Halloween symbols aren't random.

Black cats, spiders, and bats are all Halloween symbols because of their spooky history and ties to Wiccans. All three were thought to be the familiars of witches in the middle ages, and are often associated with bad luck.

Bats are even further connected to Halloween by the ancient Samhain ritual of building a bonfire, which drove away insects and attracted bats.

6. Fears of poisoned Halloween candy are unfounded.

One of parents' biggest fears is that their child's Halloween candy is poisoned or contains razor blades.

In reality, this fear is almost entirely unfounded. There are only two known cases of poisoning, and both involved relatives, according to LiveScience. In 1970, a boy died of a heroin overdose. The investigators found it on his candy, but in a twist they later discovered the boy had accidentally consumed some of his uncle's heroin stash, and the family had sprinkled some on the candy to cover up the incident.

Even more horrifically, in 1974 Timothy O'Bryan died after eating a Pixy Stix his father had laced with cyanide to collect on the insurance money, according to Smithsonian Magazine.

And now, parents in Colorado are worried about their children eating candy infused with marijuana. We'll have to wait to see how widespread this problem turns out to be.

7. Halloween and the candy industry supposedly influenced Daylight Savings Time.

Candy makers supposedly lobbied to extend daylight savings time into the beginning of November to get an extra hour of daylight so children could collect even more candy (thus forcing people to purchase more sweets to meet the demand).

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They wanted it so badly that during the 1985 hearings on daylight saving time, they put candy pumpkins on the seat of committee members, according to NPR. (The candy industry disputes this account, according to The New York Times.)

8. Candy Corn was originally known as "chicken feed."

Invented by George Renninger, a candy maker at the Wunderle Candy Company of Philadelphia in the 1880s, Candy Corn was originally called "butter cream candies" and "chicken feed" since back then, corn was commonly used as food for livestock (they even had a rooster on the candy boxes).

It had no association with Halloween or fall, and was sold seasonally from March to November. After World War II, advertisers began marketing it as a special Halloween treat due to its colors and ties to the fall harvest.

9. A full moon on Halloween is extremely rare.

Though a common trope in horror movies and Halloween decorations with witches flying across the full moon, it's actually extremely uncommon for the monthly event to coincide with October 31, or any other date, for that matter.

The next full moon on Halloween won't occur until 2020The most recent Halloween full moon was back in 2001, and before that it was in 1955.

10. Halloween is still the Wiccan New Year.

Halloween originates from a Celtic tradition called Samhain, a festival that marked the end of the Celtic calendar year in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. They believed it was a time that spirits or fairies could enter our world, and the Celts would put out treats and food to placate the spirits — sometimes, a place at the table was even set for the souls of the dead.

Wiccans still celebrate Samhain as a New Year celebration today.

11. Trick-or-treating has been around for a long time.

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Versions of trick-or-treating have existed since medieval times. In the past, it was known as "guising" where children and poor adults went around in costumes during Hallowmas begging for food and money in exchange for songs or prayers. It was also called "souling."

12. Trick-or-treating as we know it was re-popularized by cartoons.

Trick-or-treating was brought to America by the Irish and became popular during the early 20th century, but died out during WWII when sugar was rationed. After the rationing ended in 1947, children's magazine "Jack and Jill," radio program "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," and the "Peanuts" comic strip all helped to re-popularize the tradition of dressing up in costumes and asking for candy from door-to-door.

By 1952, trick-or-treating was hugely popular again.

13. Halloween is the second-most commercial American holiday of the year.

The candy industry in America rakes in an average of $2 billion annually thanks to Halloween (that's 90 million pounds of chocolate).

Americans spend an estimated $6 billion on Halloween annually, including candy, costumes, and decorations, according to History.com. (The most commercial holiday in the US is obviously Christmas.)

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A San Francisco Duo Is Making Test-Tube Milk That 'Tastes Like The Real Thing'

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Milk is popular. It has been for centuries. Whether in a refreshing, cold glass with a chocolate chip cookie, steamed and poured over a morning coffee, or used to make batter for pancakes, milk is a staple in many people's kitchens as well as an important source of nutrients.

There are already many alternatives to milk, of course, from nut-based forms like almond and hazelnut, to coconut, to soya. Many people opt out of the "real thing" not necessarily because of taste but because they are lactose intolerant or have animal welfare or calories in mind.

But for those who are still longing for the taste of the original stuff, a new test-tube milk product called Muufri (pronounced Moo-free) could present a viable option.

Muufri is a "fairly simple mixture," according to its creators, San Francisco-based bioengineers Perumal Gandhi and Ryan Pandya. Both are vegans who believe the dairy industry practices inhumane and unsustainable methods.

Muufri uses the same principles behind beer or rennet. It uses yeast cultures, combining "six key proteins for structure and function" with "eight key fatty acids for flavor and richness," the bioengineers write on the official website. Muufri might also be better for you than real milk, Ghandi and Pandya say, because it contains less "bad" cholesterol and does not have the hormones associated with cow's milk. The lactose can also be left out.

Muufri does it really taste like "real milk"?Importantly, the creators say that Muufri tastes "just like animal-produced milk." Noting that it does not create the "problems associated with industrial animal facilities."

As Forbes recently noted, cow's milk is often produced from heifers that have been forcibly impregnated, where the animal has been "strapped to a rack."

"Nearly every one of them suffers immensely from the results of this experience," Forbes writes.

Muufri could be the answer to feeding our growing global population, set to reach 9 billion by 2050, without the strain on the environment created by raising cows for milk.

This month, the duo announced $2 million of funding for the project. The team now hopes its company will be ready with a marketable product by next summer.

It remains to be seen whether the world agrees that Muufri really does taste like the original. But if the global population continues to drink as much milk as it does, it might not really matter anyway.

World Vegan Day, celebrating all non-animal based alternatives, is on Nov. 1.


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Starbucks Will Start Delivering Coffee And Food

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Starbucks will start delivering food and beverages in select markets next year.

"Imagine the ability to create a standing order that Starbucks delivered hot or iced to your desk daily — that’s our version of ecommerce on steroids," Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz said Thursday on an earnings call with analysts.

Members of Starbucks' loyalty program will be able to request delivery through Starbucks' new mobile order and pay app, which is launching next month in Portland and will be rolled out nationwide next year.

The delivery service will launch in the second half of 2015. 

Shultz said the company is launching the new app and delivery service because customers are demanding more convenience.

"What’s actually occurring is the cultural shift in time allocation away from retail experiences people have felt forced to undertake and towards retail experiences that people want to enjoy with convenience as the key enabler," Shultz said. "Now what you’re going to see in the years ahead will be a rapid acceleration in mobile device purchases and a continued significant migration away from bricks-and-mortar commerce. There is obviously a huge prize there and that’s why we’re seeing so much activity around the payment space from all kinds of companies."

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The 25 Most Powerful Photos From October

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A lot happened in October. 

Conflict raged in Ukraine, Iraq, and Syria. Government protests continued in Hong Kong. Ebola freaked everybody out. Atlantic City fell apart. Comic-Con had some really awesome costumes.

The world's news photographers captured it all.

Here are 25 of the most amazing photos from the past month.

October 5 was the second day of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast day. Festivities start at the end of the Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city of Mecca, pictured here.



Philosopher-activist Cornel West struggles with police during a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, on October 13.



A blindfolded man waits to be interrogated by Free Syrian Army in Aleppo on October 6. He was suspected of giving information to the Syrian government.



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19 Cocktails You've Probably Never Heard Of But Should Start Drinking Immediately

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It's Friday evening. You're out on a date. And you order a Manhattan.

Again.

A classic is always a great choice taste-wise, but variety is the spice of life. Sometimes you should venture out and go for a bolder, lesser-known option — if for no other reason than to impress your date with your cocktail savvy.

And there's a lot to discover here.

Business Insider collected a list of outstanding but relatively unknown drinks that every cocktail enthusiast should try at least once.

So what are you waiting for?

Clover Club

This drink predates Prohibition and was originally created at Philadelphia's Bellevue-Stratford, which at the time was a popular hang out "for literary, legal, financial, and business lights."

Ingredients:

  • Gin
  • Lemon juice
  • Raspberry syrup
  • 1 egg white
  • Sugar


La Paloma

La Paloma is rich, refreshing, and more popular than the margarita in Mexico. Sold. 

Ingredients:

  • Tequila
  • Lime juice
  • Pinch of salt
  • Grapefruit soda


Penicillin

The Penicillin has been dubbed the "best 21st-century cocktail." It was created by Milk and Honey's Sam Ross.

Ingredients:

  • Scotch whisky
  • Fresh lemon juice
  • Honey-ginger syrup
  • Islay single malt Scotch


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Devastating Photos Show Terrible Pollution In India's Rivers

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On Wednesday, the world's Hindus celebrated Chhath, a sacred festival praising the Sun God and giving thanks for sustained life on Earth. The event is especially massive in India, where 80.5% of the population believes in Hinduism.

Part of the celebration involves festival-goers visiting India's rivers, which are held as sacred to Hindus, to bathe and procure holy water. While this has been done for thousands of years, in recent times, visiting India's rivers, such as the large Yamuna (seen above), have become perilous.

With India's population growing at a rapid pace, along with other factors like with a lack of sewage treatment and education about waste, the country has some of the most polluted rivers and bodies of water in the world. Bathing and drinking the water is a serious risk.

The Yamuna River is considered one of the most polluted rivers in the world, especially near the population-dense city of New Delhi, which generates more than 500 million gallons of sewage per day.



It is this sewage and other industrial contaminates that create the foam on the river's surface. The river has been deemed "dead," meaning there is no longer enough oxygen in its waters to sustain fish.



Only recently have efforts begun to educate the populace about water pollution and sewage treatment. Enforcement of environmental laws have been weak as well.



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Google's Halloween Bash Was The Most Outrageous Office Party Ever

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With more than 30,000 employees working at its Mountain View headquarters, Google's company parties are massive affairs.

Costumes, candy, and other sweets make Halloween the perfect time for an over-the-top event at the Googleplex. 

This year, Google threw a Halloween party with an "Alice in Wonderland" theme, and no detail was spared.

A huge grassy lawn outside the Googleplex was decorated to look like Wonderland, complete with all of the wacky characters Alice meets during her adventure.  

 

 

 

Even Alice herself made an appearance.

 There were plenty of fun, Alice-themed activities, like flamingo croquet. 

 

And sumo wrestling.

 

You didn't have to be a kid to go in the bounce house.

Though if you were looking for something a little slower-paced, you could try your hand at a game of chess. 

 

Or take a break at a tea party.

They even brought in some white rabbits to play with.

 

In keeping with the theme, the party had cupcakes and cookies with "Eat Me" tags.

 

They also made cake pops that were decorated to look like mushrooms. 

And for drinks, they created this concoction of blue curacao, lemonade, and vodka.

SEE ALSO: Marissa Mayer Threw A Crazy Halloween Party At The Funeral Home She Bought Last Year

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A Gay UK Politician Thinks Same-Sex Marriage Backers 'Are Like Nazis'

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A British gay politician thinks that same-sex marriages are wrong.

In an interview with the British Huffington Post, David Coburn, who is a member of UK's far-right group UKIP said:

"What you're doing with the gay marriage issue is you're rubbing people's noses in the dirt. Everyone had agreed and been quite happy with the idea of civil partnership, it was all bedded in and people were happy with it, they got used to the idea.

"But when you go across the road to pick a fight with someone of faith, that's not got anything to do with it, that's the equality Nazis trying to give Christianity a jolly good kicking. You know it, I know it, we all know it - it's false bollocks, the lot of it."

He also said that "same-sex marriage makes a mockery of the holy sacrament of marriage."

The United Kingdom passed a law allowing same sex unions in March, a move supported by the center left Labour Party as well as the ruling Conservatives Party. 

UKIP, who is further on the right from the Tories, has always taken a strong stand against gay marriage, a position that, oddly, even homosexual Coburn supports. 

SEE ALSO: Why Apple CEO Tim Cook Came Out As Gay

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How Orson Welles Pulled Off The Scariest Media Hoax Of All Time

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orson wellesSeventy-six years ago Thursday, millions of Americans tuned in to their regular nighttime broadcast and got some rather shocking news. A panicked newscaster informed the masses that Martians had landed in the small town of Grovers Mill, N.J., and 7,000 US soldiers had been deployed to fight off the invaders. 

The broadcast was really actor Orson Welles performing a modern American interpretation of H.G. Wells' novel "War of the Worlds," but most listeners had tuned in too late to hear the play's introductory announcement.

"Within a couple of minutes of the first death and destruction bulletin the telephone calls began pouring in," The New York Daily News reported on Oct. 31, 1938, the day after the broadcast . "Many of the callers seemed on the point of hysteria. One woman said she has relatives in the 'stricken' section of New Jersey and wanted to know if their names were on the casualty lists."

Though the accuracy of its reports has been brought into question, the next day The New York Daily News reported that Newark's St. Michael's Hospital had treated 15 people for shock, while churches throughout the tri-state area filled with people seeking comfort and protection. 

Last year, PBS premiered "War of the Worlds," a documentary presented by "American Experience" that explains the hoax in the context of the late 1930s, an era marked by the crash of the stock market, economic depression, and threats of an upcoming war. 

"I think there’s a concept that maybe people back then weren’t as media savvy, or as smart as we are now, but I hope that this documentary shows that that just wasn’t true," producer and director Cathleen O'Connell told Insider. "The Depression had been wreaking havoc on the economy and on people’s psychology, so people had a lot of anxiety about that."

As there was little information about the possibility of extraterrestrial life at the time, listeners had no reason not to believe the fake report, which featured testimony from fake sources that claimed to be professors at Princeton University or the governor of New Jersey.  

Still, O'Connell noted that the broadcasters had nothing but the best intentions. 

"It wasn’t meant to be a hoax. It was just part of an ongoing CBS program that adapted books for the radio," O'Connell said. "Crafting a play that combined a book from the 1800s and modern news bulletins was certainly edgy and artistic, but I don't think it was part of any plan." 

The broadcast turned out to be a turning point for 23-year-old Welles' acting career, landing him on the front page of newspapers across the country.

"I think Orson Welles was genuinely shocked at the response and concerned that people were hurt," O'Connell said. "But when all of this publicity came his way, he saw the opportunity and made the most of it."  

You can listen to the entire "War of the Worlds" broadcast here:

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