More than 3 billion years ago, Mars was a very different place. 

It wasn’t the rusty, dead seeming world we see today. Instead, lakes, rivers, and deltas likely covered much of the planet’s surface. Thanks to previous NASA research, we know that at least some parts of the planet were, in fact, capable of supporting microscopic life as we understand it. 

But who knows what once lurked within Martian waters. 

Over the years, we’ve sent robotic missions to Mars to try to figure out the answer to this very question, and on Thursday, NASA announced that its Curiosity rover brought us another step closer toward figuring out if life once existed on the red world.  Read more…

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Instagram just added one of its most-requested features to Stories: the ability to re-share a post from friends.

That’s the good news. The bad news is that the feature is limited to posts you’ve been tagged in — you won’t be able to just re-share any Stories posts to your own account.

Still, the feature should be welcome news to Instagram fans who’ve long relied on a various assortment of third-party apps to repurpose other users’ Instagram posts. 

Here’s how the new Stories feature works: When a friend tags you in their Story, you’ll get the same notification you’ve gotten in the past, which lets you view the image or video in your Direct inbox.  Read more…

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A trapper that captured an alligator was knocked out cold with a headbutt from the gator. 

In a video captured by a local NBC affiliate, the alligator was restrained by zip ties. It had been wandering through a central Florida neighborhood, endangering the kids who play outside.

“There’s gators everywhere,” one person in the video can be heard saying. “And they’ll be on the road and I literally have to get off the bike and walk around them.” 

The trapper in the video seemed to tease the gator, whose mouth is taped shut. The trapper smacked the gator’s snout, tapping it as it squirmed away from him. It’s unclear if this is a tactic used to calm the gator, but it did not seem to enjoy the tapping.  Read more…

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In 2016, Kanye West kept fans at the edge of their seats when he continuously updated The Life of Pablo well after the album’s official release date. 

Turns out he’s using the same tactic with his latest project, Ye.

It’s been less than a week since the album dropped, and new lyrics have been added to the clean version of the opening track, “I Thought About Killing You.” 

“Buckwheat ass n****, it’s ‘gon be otay / Sorry, but I chose not to be no slave,” West raps in the updated lyrics. The added line — about choosing not to be a slave — is a reference to West’s controversial comments during his visit to the TMZ offices in May.  Read more…

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The best way to communicate with the president is by meeting him where he’s at: in front of the TV.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Madaleno did exactly that when he paid for a campaign ad during Trump’s favorite show, Fox & Friends. Madaleno kissed his husband in the ad, hoping to incite the president.

The Victory Fund, which supports LGBTQ candidates, believes that this is the first same-sex kiss in televised campaign ad history.

“What’s the number one way I piss off Donald Trump and the Republicans?” Madaleno asks in the clip. He then kisses his husband. “Take that, Trump.” Read more…

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The long, tangled tale of Scott Pruitt — a pile of grift and corruption come to life — as head of the Environmental Protection Agency may finally soon be coming to an end. It won’t be because of a new scandal, but, rather, the fickle feelings of the folks on Fox News.

On Wednesday afternoon, as the nation tried to make sense of the EPA chief enlisting an aide with finding him a used mattress and helping him purchase a Chick-fil-A restaurant for his wife, a Fox News Twitter account blasted out this shot at Pruitt’s ongoing scandals. Read more…

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Spongebob Squarepants: The Broadway Musical has scored 12 Tony nominations, including Best Musical. 

Mashable sat down with Gavin Lee, who plays the infamous Squidward, to discuss the show’s transformation from cartoon to Broadway, his stunning tap number, and his multiple award nominations. Gavin Lee also won the 2018 Drama Desk award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Squidward. Read more…

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Beyoncé and Jay-Z have kicked off their “OTR II” tour, taking their huge joint show to the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales — and it was large.

Opening the show with Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake’s duet “Holy Grail” and ending things with “Young Forever” from The Blueprint 3, the super-hyped debut show marks the start of one of the most anticipated tours in recent history — and one the most expensive.

The tour, which ends in Canada in October, is an extension of their original “On The Run” stadium tour, which they performed back in 2014, and with both artists releasing a flurry of material since then — cough, Lemonade — it was one heck of a setlist (see below). Read more…

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UPDATE: June 6, 2018, 5:30 p.m. PDT Updated with news of Cheif Knowledge Officer Russell Berger’s official termination.

UPDATE: June 6, 2018, 4:26 p.m. PDT Updated with comments from CrossFit CEO Greg Glassman.

A CrossFit executive was fired on Wednesday after calling LGBTQ pride a “sin.” 

Prior to being terminated, he was placed on unpaid leave for a string of homophobic tweets. 

In the now-deleted tweets, CrossFit’s Chief Knowledge Officer Russell Berger congratulated CrossFit Infiltrate, a CrossFit gym in Indianapolis, for canceling their Pride-themed workout. Pride events, including parades and community gatherings, are hosted across the country in June. Read more…

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