Sea level rise is threatening coastal cities around the world.

If you live in a city like Miami, New York City, or Charleston, the evidence is apparent if you head to the right neighborhood during high tides — especially those known as king tides. These are the highest tides of the year, and they coincide with full moons during spring and fall.

King tides themselves aren't caused by sea level rise, but as the highest tides of the year, they show how sea level has already risen over the past century — the neighborhoods they flood on sunny days now didn't flood like this decades ago, even during high tides.

More importantly, high and king tides are a preview of what's to come as seas continue to rise. What happens during particularly high tides now will happen on a regular basis in the future.

As sea level rises, waters come back up through storm drains and wash over barricades. They flood houses and roads. And in many cases, they may be full of bacteria and potential pathogens.

Most cities recognize the situation at this point and are doing everything they can to try to beat back the rising tides. But seas will continue to rise as warmer oceans expand and glaciers melt. It's likely that neighborhoods and even some cities will be uninhabitable far sooner than many think.

SEE ALSO: Miami is racing against time to keep up with sea-level rise

Annapolis, Maryland: Sea level is rising faster along the East Coast than in many places. In Annapolis, tides can cause the Chesapeake Bay to flood the city.

Seattle, Washington: King tides sometimes cause Puget Sound to rise to discomforting levels in Seattle, as is shown here in 2011.

Miami, Florida: Miami and other cities in Florida are experiencing some of the most severe sea level rise and tidal flooding.

Husband and wife Neha and Sid Khattri were on the final leg of a four-week vacation when they found themselves in an inconvenient predicament: The Khattris had plans to visit LA's beaches before their flight home to New York, but had nowhere to leave their bags for the day. 

Saddled with a month's worth of luggage, they decided to find a place to ditch their three oversized suitcases before heading to the beach. However, this quickly turned into what Neha Khattri described as a "mad scramble." Their Airbnb host declined to watch the bags for a few extra hours. The airline wouldn't take the bags early, either.

"It ruined our day," Neha told Business Insider.

In a moment of desperation, they decided to ask a local shopkeeper if they wouldn't mind watching the bags for a few hours in exchange for quick cash. They agreed — for the price of $20 per bag. $60 later, the Khattris had solved their problem, but were somehow more upset than ever.

The couple decided to vent their frustrations into an entrepreneurial endeavor. Two years later, they launched Vertoe, the short-term luggage solution that the Khattris wish would have existed when they took their getaway.

Vertoe has a booking process similar to that of Airbnb: The company connects shopkeepers with extra space to travelers in need of a short term storage spot. You can book your bags on Vertoe from anything between one hour to one month. (The company offers discounts for anyone storing their belongings for longer than a week.)

Vertoe's daily rate is $6 per bag, whether you leave your luggage for two hours or for the entire 24. "We didn't want to make bookings in hourly segments because we thought people would find it too stressful," said Neha. 

The only catch is that you're leaving your belongings with people you don't know. Most of the businesses that use Vertoe are mom and pop shops located in high-traffic neighborhoods, or stores in areas close to bus stations and airports with a little extra space to spare. However, Neha said that Vertoe has a strict vetting process that includes interviewing each shopkeeper, an inspection of the store, and a two week probation period.  Since Vertoe's launch in 2016, Neha said that they've only had to remove one shopkeeper. "He wasn't very nice to people," she said. 

As another precautionary measure, Vertoe requires security cameras to be installed at each business's location and covers up to $3000 per bag in insurance costs. So far, Vertoe is only available in New York, but the company has plans to expand to more cities throughout the US. 

Here's how Vertoe works: 

To book your bags on Vertoe, go to the company's website and select a time and location when you'd like to drop off your bags. As a trial run, I made a booking for the earliest time available, which turned out to be 30 minutes out. I set my location for JFK Airport and said that I needed storage for only one hour.

While most of the last minute options near JFK were about 10 miles away, there was one option that was less than a mile and a half away from the airport.

Vertoe keeps the name of the business private until you book and enter you credit card information. But as you can see here, the site does tell you how close that business is to your destination.

For every Peyton Manning or Von Miller in the NFL Draft, there is another former top prospect who didn't pan out.

Whether they failed because of injuries, substance abuse, or just poor play, all of these players provide fascinating case studies of the NFL's demanding environment and the fleeting nature of athletic success.

Below, read all about the 26 most notorious draft busts from recent NFL history. The group includes seven quarterbacks, 11 players taken among the first five picks, and 24 players who never made a Pro Bowl.

Sam Belden contributed to this post.

26. Maurice Clarett, RB

School: Ohio State

Selected: 101st overall, 2005 draft, Denver Broncos

Played for: N/A

Pro Bowls: 0

Seasons as primary starter: 0

One thing to know: This Ohio native was never the most coveted prospect out there, but his bizarre story makes him a noteworthy disappointment. After a futile attempt to enter the 2004 draft as a sophomore and the loss his NCAA eligibility for that fall, Clarett should have arrived at the 2005 combine with a chip on his shoulder. Instead, he posted lackluster times of 4.72 and 4.82 seconds in the 40-yard dash. Undeterred, the Broncos still made a ridiculous reach to get him in the third round, but they got their just desserts when he washed out of training camp and never appeared in an NFL game.

25. Phillip Dorsett, WR

School: Miami

Selected: 29th overall, 2015 draft, Indianapolis Colts

Played for: Indianapolis Colts, New England Patriots

Pro Bowls: 0

Seasons as primary starter: 0

One thing to know: This Fort Lauderdale native still has time to turn things around, but at 25 years old, his leash is starting to tighten. He caught just 12 passes in 2017 after being traded to the Patriots. Bill Belichick has resurrected careers before, but in this case, he hasn't been able to work his magic.

24. Johnny Manziel, QB

School: Texas A&M

Selected: 22nd overall, 2014 draft, Cleveland Browns

Played for: Cleveland Browns

Pro Bowls: 0

Seasons as primary starter: 0

One thing to know: Cleveland took Manziel after the 2012 Heisman winner sent a text instructing Browns quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains to "hurry up and draft me because I want to be there." Alas, the Texan had a rocky tenure in the Buckeye State. In less than two years, he had checked himself into rehab, was accused of assaulting his girlfriend, and was ultimately released after throwing just 258 passes as a professional. He is now working on a comeback but will likely have to show he has grown up in the CFL.

• There's gridlock in the US equity market, with intra-stock correlations sitting close to their highest level on record.
• Goldman Sachs has identified 14 stocks that are operating with a mind of their own and seem to offer a big upside.

Stocks in the US market are increasingly following the herd, and it has created a huge dilemma for investors who prove their bona fides picking single companies.

Goldman Sachs finds that stock correlations within the benchmark S&P 500 have surged into the 95th percentile since 1980. In addition, average three-month correlations have spiked by 43 percentage points since January, which is the fastest and biggest increase since the 1987 market crash.

To put it in the simplest terms, this indicates that the US equity market is mired in a traffic jam in which almost everyone is stuck moving in the same direction. This makes it exceedingly difficult to generate returns when a broad move transpires, simply because there are so few outliers. Stock pickers loathe this correlation for these reasons.

So how did we get here? For one, the rapid rise of exchange-traded funds and passive investing has resulted in traders buying and selling large swaths of the market at once, leaving little room for single-stock fluctuations. Goldman also notes that large pullbacks in stocks have been driven largely by valuation concerns, rather than individual company earnings.

The firm knows it has become a difficult environment, and it's here to help. Its chief US equity strategist, David Kostin, has calculated a so-called dispersion score for each S&P 500 company, for which he factors in (1) the proportion of returns driven by company-specific factors and (2) Goldman's forecast of the volatility associated with the proportion of return attributable to those micro factors.

"Stocks with high dispersion scores are more likely to have heightened responses to idiosyncratic news and present the best alpha generation opportunities," Kostin wrote in a recent client note.

Goldman then takes its analysis a step further and identifies the companies within the high-dispersion universe that have the biggest upside to the firm's price target.

Without further ado, here are the 14 high-dispersion stocks, arranged in increasing order of which ones have the biggest upside to current trading levels:

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14. Take-Two Interactive

Ticker: TTWO

Industry: Information technology

Market cap: $11 billion

Dispersion score: 2.7

Upside to Goldman target: 37%

13. Tyson Foods

Ticker: TSN

Industry: Consumer staples

Market cap: $21 billion

Dispersion score: 1.8

Upside to Goldman target: 37%

12. Broadcom

Ticker: AVGO

Industry: Information technology

Market cap: $99 billion

Dispersion score: 2.5

Upside to Goldman target: 40%

The world's sea levels are rising at faster and faster rates as waters warm and ice sheets melt.

Researchers led by Steve Nerem, a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, looked at satellite data dating back to 1993 to track sea-level rise.

Their findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, show that sea levels aren't just rising, but that the rate has been accelerating over the past 25 years.

Even small increases can have huge consequences, experts on climate say. If the worst climate-change predictions come true, coastal US cities from New York to New Orleans will be devastated by flooding and greater exposure to storm surges by 2100.

The research group Climate Central has created a plug-in for Google Earth to illustrate how catastrophic an "extreme" sea-level-rise scenario would be if the flooding happened today, based on projections in a 2017 report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

You can install the plug-in and see what might become of major US cities.

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In a worst-case scenario, flooding caused by polar melting and ice-sheet collapses could cause a sea-level rise of 10 to 12 feet by 2100, NOAA reported in January 2017.

Here's Washington, DC, today, with the Potomac River running through it.

And here's what Washington, DC, might look like in 2100, as seen on Climate Central's plug-in for Google Earth. Rising sea levels could cause the river to overflow.

• This Earth Day, we take a look back at how bad things used to be.
• Before the Environmental Protection Agency started regulating what we polluted into the nation's air, water, and land, things were dire. These photos show how bad it was.
• Luckily, we've made immeasurable progress since then. But there's still a lot of work to do.

As the story goes, on June 22, 1969, the chemical-filled Cuyahoga River in Cleveland burst into flames, possibly ignited by a spark from a passing train.

That had happened at least dozen times before on the Cuyahoga. Additional fires were known to blaze up on rivers in Detroit, Baltimore, Buffalo, and in other cities.

River fires were far from the only environmental disasters in the US at the time. A spill from an offshore oil rig in California coated the coast in oil and pollutants. Smog and car exhaust choked cities around the country.

In the late 60s, Americans were growing more aware of the fact that unregulated pollution and chemical use were endangering the country and the people in it. People were ready for a change. 

In his 1970 State of the Union address, President Richard Nixon said: "We still think of air as free. But clean air is not free, and neither is clean water. The price tag on pollution control is high. Through our years of past carelessness we incurred a debt to nature, and now that debt is being called."

Nixon followed that up with a list of requests to Congress and later that year announced the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA.

Soon after it was founded, the EPA began a photo project called Documerica that captured more than 81,000 images showing what the US looked like from 1971 to 1977. More than 20,000 photos were archived, and at least 15,000 have been digitized by the National Archives.

The EPA's role since then has varied from administration to administration. Right now, administrator Scott Pruitt is working to roll back a number of rules that were previously put in place to protect air and water. Pruitt has announced plans to kill the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration's main initiative to fight climate change by lowering emissions.

Under Pruitt, the EPA has also reversed a ban on a pesticide that can harm children's brains and moved to rescind the Clean Water Rule, which clarified the Clean Water Act to prohibit industries from dumping pollutants into streams and wetlands.

Many reports suggest that Pruitt's primary aim is to eliminate most environmental protections and dismantle parts of the regulatory agency.

But as a reminder of what the US looked like before many of the EPA's policies were in place, here's a selection of the Documerica photos from the 1970s.

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Many of these photos show life in America at the time, but several also document concerning environmental issues.

Smog, seen here obscuring the George Washington Bridge in New York, was a far bigger problem.

Smog was common, as this shot of Louisville and the Ohio River from 1972 shows.

Coachella may be having its greatest year on record.

Fans are losing their minds over one jaw-dropping show after the next at the annual music-and-arts festival hosted in Indio, California.

Many on Twitter are even calling it "Beychella" after Beyoncé delivered not one but two headliner performances of a lifetime on consecutive Saturday nights.

Here's what you're missing at Coachella 2018:

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Let's just jump right in: Beyoncé slayed Coachella better than any artist in history.

Read more: Beyoncé's Coachella set was the most-viewed live performance on YouTube in the festival's history

Queen Bey brought out Destiny's Child, Solange, and Jay-Z for a truly inspired set.

Read more: Beyoncé and Solange fell onstage at Coachella and recovered like pros

It took no few than 100 backup performers, three months of rehearsals, and five costume changes. Critics and entertainers are calling it the GOAT Coachella show.

Read more: Beyoncé gave what fans are calling the greatest show in history at Coachella — here's what happened

Director Ryan Koo got himself the golden ticket when his directorial debut “Amateur” was bought by Netflix in the script stage to be one of its original movies. But the journey the movie took to get to the streaming giant’s millions of viewers was a challenging one.

It’s a struggle to make every movie, but Koo can make the argument that he took on obstacles that most first-time filmmakers don’t.

In “Amateur” (currently available on Netflix) we get a look inside what young basketball phenoms go through to get the attention of a big-time Division I NCAA school. Main character 14-year-old Terron Forte is a star on his school basketball team, but to get to the next level his family enrolls him in a shady prep-school. In doing so, we see firsthand the corruption behind youth athletics where the kids no longer play for the coach, or to get into college, or even the NBA — they play for the brands.

To capture that authentic feel, Koo cast 15-year-old actor Michael Rainey Jr. in the role of Terron. And as he explained to Business Insider, what came with that decision were a lot of restrictions that, if navigated incorrectly, could have crippled the entire movie.

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The frustrations behind finding a lead actor

Koo said a big reason why it took years for “Amateur” to get made was because of his insistence on having a real teen for the lead role.

Not only would that mean that there would be production restrictions laid on him because he was working with a minor (more on that below), but he would have to find a kid who wasn’t just skilled at basketball, but had top acting skills to carry a feature film.

“In basketball films you are working with an actor who probably had to learn how to play the sport for the role rather than come from a starting point of being a great basketball player themselves,” Koo said. “So I always assumed I was going to need to cast a basketball player who had never acted before.”

The problem Koo found in his research is a skilled high school basketball player could potentially play in college. If he were to pay that person for being in the movie that person would lose his eligibility to play basketball in college, according to the rules by the NCAA which does not allow its student athletes to be paid.

“You're talking about a weeks-long movie shoot as a full time job, which you can't pay your lead actor,” Koo said. “So we were on the phone with the NCAA a few times about this to try to figure out what we could and couldn't do and who we could cast.”

Eventually Koo got extremely lucky and found an actor who had been a talented basketball player for years.

Michael Rainey Jr. had been a working actor since 8 years old, starring along side Common in the 2012 movie “Luv” and the son of Sophia Burset in “Orange is the New Black.” But Koo learned that he had also played basketball as well, even running point on an AAU team.

Rainey got the part and Koo teamed him with a basketball trainer to hone the moves he would show off in the movie.

But things didn’t get easier for Koo going into production.

The crew’s worst nightmare: Shooting a movie in “splits”

It’s a term that gives movie crews the chills — splits. That’s when a production’s shooting day is split up between a daytime block and a night block. The “Amateur” production had to do this because it was shooting a movie with a minor, so he could only work 8-and-a-half hours per day with production required to stop at 12:30 am. And because high-school basketball games are played in the evening, there would be a lot of evening scenes.

“That gives you very little flexibility to swap things,” Koo said. “You have to make the first half of your day because you're racing daylight, and we had a hard out every night at 12:30.”

So most days would start with the production getting set up at noon on its Denver set, Rainey would show up on set at 3 p.m. and they would immediately begin shooting. They would break for lunch at 8 p.m., wait until it got dark, and then shoot the evening scenes until Rainey had to wrap at 12:30.

And because Koo and his production were racing the clock daily, the “Amateur” production never had a company move (meaning packing everything up and moving to another location). That's a rarity for any movie.

“We had no time,” Koo said. “So what we ended up doing was finding locations that we could use for many locations. In the movie it looks like Terron goes from this less well-off public school to a much nicer, posh private school. There's one school I used for at least four schools. In the gym we did painting and made it into different colors to make it look like they played in different gyms.”

A 15 year old’s remarkable poise during the drama to get the movie’s final shot

“Amateur” ends with a powerful scene where Terron breaks down and cries after thinking back on the experience he’s just gone through and what the future may bring.

For the scene, Koo wanted Rainey to show real emotion and not have him do it with fake tears. Rainey was up for it, and everyone was set up to start the scene once he gave the sign to Koo that he was ready. Koo said all was going according to plan and he thought the scene was perfect when he said “cut.” However, there was one problem.

“Our cameras didn’t work,” he said.

They tried another take, and again, the cameras didn’t work. Though Koo said both he and Rainey were upset about what was happening, the director commends his young lead actor’s composure.

“We got it on the third take,” Koo said.

Looking back Koo can’t believe they pulled it off with all the restrictions against them. But he admits he would absolutely work with a teen as the lead in his movie again.

“There is no substitute for the very real, very unique, emotions of youth,” he said. “I think that's why audiences respond to coming-of-age stories — we are aware, especially later in life, of how fleeting those moments were. We'll never be the same age again and we'll never get those feelings back. When I look at Michael in the film I feel privileged to have captured, and preserved, those emotions on-screen.”

• Startup founders get gobs of cash, but little guidance.
• Three former executives with experience working at companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, and Foursquare are providing a mentorship program that's tailored to the startup set, called Oceans.
• Here, they break down the most common mistakes they see founders making. 

In the past few years, startups have received an unprecedented influx of capital.

While entrepreneurs might have an easier time getting funding, they're often confronted by problems that aren't solved by money. Indeed, so much interest from investors can actually cause more problems. 

One new program called Oceans is hoping to guide startup founders in building successful companies. Founded by three tech veterans, who between them have experience working early on at companies like Facebook, Google, Apple, and Foursquare, Oceans is attempting to help entrepreneurs steer clear of common mistakes.

In an interview with Business Insider, Oceans co-founders Josh Rahn and Steven Rosenblatt outlined the errors that they see entrepreneurs making most often.

Here's the top eight mistakes they said they see the most:

They're chasing high valuations instead of building real businesses.

"This is a really slippery slope," said Josh Rahn, a former group agency lead at Facebook. Rahn said that most  of the founders he speaks with are focused on solving funding problems, rather than fixing the flaws within their companies. 

They try to do too many things at once.

While being an entrepreneur can often require dabbling in many different roles, Rahn said that founders should always play to their strengths. "It's not about being mediocre at three things, it's about gaining expertise in really individual areas of focus," said Rahn. "When you do that and you scale that, you can conquer just about anything."

They hire the wrong people.

Rahn said that entrepreneurs should never underestimate the importance of putting the right person in the right role. Rahn, who said he's hired close to two hundred people in his former position at Facebook, said that bringing mediocre people onboard can destroy a product, even if that product is inherently great. However, said Rahn, this works the other way, as well: "The best people on the best teams can still make a mediocre product spectacular." 

A small island smack in the middle of the South Pacific has never been inhabited by people — and yet, its white sand beaches are home to more than 37 million pieces of junk.

Every day on Henderson Island — one of the most remote places on Earth — trash from every continent except Antarctica washes up its shores. Fishing nets and floats, water bottles, and plastics break into small particles against the rocks and sand.

In 2015, Jennifer Lavers, a researcher at the University of Tasmania, traveled to Henderson in an effort to document the extent of plastics pollution. Her research paper has since gone viral.

Lavers shared images from her trip with us. 

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Jennifer Lavers first saw Henderson Island in Google Street View. She's been documenting islands-turned-junkyards for years. Henderson was the epitome of the phenomenon.

Few humans have set foot on the island, which lies halfway between New Zealand and South America, 71 miles away from the nearest settlement. To get there, Lavers joined a freight ship traveling from New Zealand and asked it to change course for Henderson.

When she arrived, it felt "a bit like being the first to land on the moon," Lavers told Business Insider. It became immediately clear that something on Henderson was awry.

Apple announced three new iPhones last year: the iPhone 8, the iPhone 8 Plus, and the high-end iPhone X.

Those three phones start at $700, $800, and $1,000, respectively.

The most expensive iPhone model, the iPhone X, in many ways represents the future of the iPhone. But it's not for everyone.

Here are 9 reasons it's worth considering an iPhone 8 or iPhone 8 Plus instead of the iPhone X:

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1. The iPhone X is more expensive than the iPhone 8.

This might be the most important factor for many people.

The iPhone 8 starts at $700, while the larger iPhone 8 Plus starts at $800.

The iPhone X, on the other hand, starts at $1,000.

Simply, you can save at least $200 by going with an iPhone 8, which, keep in mind, is still a brand-new phone from Apple, with most of the same features as the iPhone X.

2. The iPhone 8 and the 8 Plus are powered by the same brains as the iPhone X.

From a functional standpoint, the iPhone 8 and the 8 Plus are identical to the iPhone X.

Each phone is powered by Apple's new A11 Bionic chip, a neural engine, and the M11 motion coprocessor. The only difference is how the phones use these features: The iPhone X uses the A11 chip and neural engine for its new face-detection system, Face ID, which the iPhone 8 does not have.

And all are also running iOS 11, which means you're getting the same great apps and ecosystem in the iPhone 8 as the iPhone X.

3. Touch ID is faster than Face ID, and superior in some notable ways.

Touch ID, which is used to unlock the device and pay for goods via Apple Pay, is a known, proven entity. I own an iPhone X, and Face ID works well most of the time — but as my colleague Tony points out, Face ID is less reliable than Touch ID, and not as fast.

Face ID is very good. Apple says it's less prone to being tricked than Touch ID, and can work in most situations where you think it wouldn't: in the dark, if you add hats or glasses, or if you make actual changes to your face. Still, Touch ID is comfortable to use, works almost instantaneously, and doesn't require you physically look at the phone.

Face ID has a ton of potential, but Touch ID is still the gold standard.

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• The easiest and cheapest way to make a TV smarter is to buy a media streamer, and two of the best options are Amazon's Fire TV Stick and Roku's Streaming Stick.
• Both are fine choices, and have their own set of pros and cons, but the Fire TV Stick won out overall.
• The biggest deciding factors were that it can be used for non-video activities and has Alexa.

Whether you're looking to make an older TV smart, or want to stop using the built-in streaming apps that came bundled with your current set, you're going to want a media streaming stick.

They're small, relatively inexpensive, packed with features, and pretty easy to understand and set up. But that begs the question: Which one should you get? Two of the most popular options are Amazon's Fire TV Stick and Roku's Streaming Stick, and we've compared them below to help you make the best choice. 

Some of it will come down to the other tech in your life, but the good news is there's no real bad choice. That said, read on to figure out the right streaming stick for you.

Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote, $39.99, available at Amazon

Roku Streaming Stick, $46.50, available at Amazon

SEE ALSO: 50 must-have tech accessories under $50

The basic tech specs

Winner: This round goes to Amazon, since the Fire TV Stick has more memory and internal storage.

At first glance, the Fire TV Stick and Roku Streaming Stick seem to be very similar, but that's not the case under the hood. 

They do both connect to your TV via HDMI, support the latest Wi-Fi standard (802.11AC), tap out at 1080P video output, and get their power via a Micro USB cable, but that's where the similarities end. 

The Fire TV Stick has 8GB of internal storage and 1GB of memory, whereas Roku's Streaming Stick only has 256MB of storage and 512MB of memory. If you're only going to stream video from a couple of sources, the internal storage won't be a major issue, but having less memory is a distinct disadvantage for Roku.

I can't directly compare the processors in both because Roku doesn't list the clock speed or number of cores for the Streaming Stick, but the startup has been pretty good at keeping up with the pace of technology with its hardware revisions. 

That said, this round goes to Amazon, since the additional storage and memory make it more adaptable should your needs change.

Content

Winner: If you're only looking to stream video, either streaming stick will work, but games and Alexa skills give the Fire TV Stick the edge.

Roku has built its reputation on being the top platform for streaming video. Because it doesn't focus any resources on making content, the startup has charged full force into making sure everybody else's videos are available on its platform. With over 5,000 "channels," you're bound to find everything from top-tier streaming services to niche broadcasting. 

On the other hand, the Fire TV Stick has access to fewer video services — though every one I searched for was available — but can play games and use other apps, like Facebook. To be fair, I don't think the Facebook experience would be exceptional on a TV, but it's nice that the option is there if you want it.

In both cases, you'll get access to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vimeo, HBO Go, and Spotify, so really it'll come down to non-media apps.

Games made the bigger difference here, since it makes the Fire TV Stick a little more versatile. You may be able to get away with using this as a game system for casual players or kids. On top of that, you can use thousands of Alexa skills, since it's built right into the remote.

The interface

Winner: Roku won this round thanks to its more fun and approachable interface.

I have some experience with both interfaces, and this round is going to the Roku Streaming Stick. The Fire TV Stick's interface isn't bad, but it's a little clunkier to navigate and easier to get a little lost in. 

Roku's look is distinctly more "fun," which might be off putting to people who take their media very seriously, but is ultimately a win for less tech-savvy folks. I know this first-hand, since my mom has been using a Roku TV for nearly two years and hasn't complained about how it works once. 

If you're more tech-focused, you may appreciated the sleek look of the Fire TV Stick's interface, but it's a bit unfriendly. Roku's, on the other hand, is just as powerful and a little more inviting, which is what made the difference this round.

• There are plenty of English words and phrases that sound made up or incorrect, but are actually valid.
• They include alternative meanings for "literally" and idioms like "you've got another think coming."
• Those examples have hundreds of years of history on their side — and so do these other ones.

When it comes to language, much of what we learn in school is at odds with how language actually works.

There are plenty of words and phrases people use that grammarians would roll their eyes at, and likewise, there are tons of wrong-sounding phrases that are surprisingly acceptable.

For example, you might cringe every time you hear a teenager use the word "literally" in a figurative sense — without realizing that authors from Mark Twain to Vladimir Nabokov have been doing so for hundreds of years.

Here are nine examples of English words and phrases that sound wrong, but simply aren't.

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Literally

One of the most widely held language peeves is use of the word "literally" in any sense other than "exactly according to definition." In recent years, the meaning has shifted from its original meaning to one that means "figuratively"— essentially, the exact opposite meaning.

But it turns out that development isn't nearly as recent as most people think. "Literally" has been used to exaggerate for hundreds of years in English, including by esteemed authors like Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and James Joyce. 

According to Merriam-Webster, the practice dates back to at least 1789, and in 1909, the dictionary noted that the word is "often used hyperbolically; as, 'he literally flew.'"

So there's nothing wrong, uneducated, or even new about using "literally" for hyperbolic effect — people have been doing it for centuries, and many of them are some of our greatest English minds.

Another think coming

If you think the common expression is "you've got another thing coming," well, you've got another think coming.

That's right, the popular expression actually uses the word "think," not "thing." That's according to the Oxford English Dictionary, and NPR, which tracked down some early uses of the idiom from the 19th century.

"Chicago thinks it wants a new charter. Chicago has another think coming,"one example cited by NPR read. Similar examples involved a subject needing to rethink something.

"Think" eventually changed to "thing" due to enough people misinterpreting the expression, and today "thing" is the more likely word to appear in print.

Home in

If you're getting close a particular target or objective, you might say you're "honing in" on something.

Such an idiom would make a language expert cringe — the standard expression is to "home" in, not to "hone." As a verb, "home" means to return to one's place of origin from a far distance, like the aptly-named homing pigeon.

People began using "home in" in a figurative sense in the 1950s, according to Merriam-Webster, and within 10 years people were already swapping out the "home" for "hone." But "home in" remains the more popular variant of the expression, and the dictionary advises you use it if you want to avoid criticism.

Warning: Huge spoilers for "Westworld" season two. If you aren't caught up on the series, read at your own risk.

"Westworld" aired its season one finale in 2016, and for the last year and a half fans have been trying to answer a lot of questions. Some of them got answered in the season two premiere Sunday night, but as always with "Westworld," the show raised even more.

The season two premiere, called "Journey Into Night," is a bit slow-paced as it does more set-up than a typical episode of "Westworld." But it still throws in some action and promises some excellent (if confusing) storylines for season two.

The premiere sets up some exciting pairings (like Maeve and Lee Sizemore), introduces new characters, and opens the possibility of showing off other parks beyond Westworld.

Here's our recap of the the season 2 premiere of "Westworld":

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We still can’t trust a "Westworld" timeline.

This episode might seem straightforward, but most scenes are told from Dolores or Bernard’s perspective. Since they’re both hosts, we might think we know what we’re seeing (or more importantly, when), but we can’t be too sure based on what the show pulled on us in season one.

The premiere picks up right where season one left off: after the host massacre Ford initiated.

According to Karl Strand, a new character and the Head of Operations, the parks within Delos Destinations lost communication for about two weeks. 

We get an idea of where Westworld and the other parks are located.

If you watched closely, you’d know that Delos has jurisdiction over an entire island. When Bernard is observing Strand talking to a man in a military uniform, Strand tells the man that Delos has “authority over this entire island.” This gives us a better idea of where and what exactly this land of expansive parks is.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for the season two premiere of "Westworld."

HBO's "Westworld" kicked off its second season with an extra-long episode full of new revelations, as well as callbacks to themes and scenes from the series' premiere season. From an important conversation between William and Ford to the surprising new pairing of Maeve and Lee Sizemore, there was plenty for fans to love. 

We're here to bring you the most important moments of Sunday's episode that you might have overlooked (especially if you didn't rewatch the whole first season again in recent months).

Keep reading for a look at 11 details you might have missed on the second season premiere of "Westworld."

The opening scene shows Dolores speaking to Arnold.

Arnold – one of the co-creators of the Westworld park — had conversations with Dolores in this exact room setting and while wearing these exact clothes. We saw many flashbacks to those talks on season one.

But is this really Arnold? Or could it be Bernard, the host Ford built in Arnold's image? There's also the possibility this is Dolores having a conversation with her subconscious, the way she did throughout the first season. But for now we're pretty sure it's Arnold. 

And the dream he discusses with Dolores is eerily prophetic to how the episode ends. 

At the end of the episode, Bernard is standing at the edge of a sea and looking out on a swath of drowned hosts.

This final shot implies that in the two weeks between the start of the rebellion (aka the final moments of season one) and when the Delos security team arrives at the park, Bernard came to the decision to "kill all of them" (the hosts).

In the opening scene, Arnold (or Bernard?) told Dolores about a dream he had.

"I dreamt I was on an ocean, with you and the others on the distant shore," he said.

"Were you with us?" Dolores asked.

"No. You'd left me behind," he replied. "And the waters were rising around me."

Which brings us to the recurring idea of "The Valley Beyond."

This phrase first came up when the Delos security detail pulled the video footage from the dead Native American host. The video log showed Dolores shooting and killing the host after saying, "I told you friend, not all of us deserve to make it to the Valley Beyond."

This phrase came up several times on this episode, and it's likely connected to the ocean of dead hosts seen at the end.

In case you were wondering, the Galaxy S9 Plus housed inside the $30 Incipio Dualpro case, can survive the weight of a Subaru Outback.

You don't need to know how it happened. It was a simple example of human error. All you need to know is that I accidentally ran over the Business Insider office's Galaxy S9 review unit with a front tire – and then a rear tire – and it suffered absolutely no damage whatsoever. 

There was so little damage, that when I was using it later, I actually managed to temporarily forget that it was run over by a car. Twice, technically, if you count each tire. 

I don't know if the Galaxy S9 on its own – without a case – could have survived its unexpected durability trial. That seems unlikely considering the drop tests conducted by SquareTrade, where the S9's screen cracks pretty easily from a six-foot drop.

And I don't know whether other cases from Incipio or other case makers could protect the Galaxy S9 as well. All I know is that the Galaxy S9 display is made of strong glass, and the Incipio Dualpro is a good case. 

Actually, there was one thing that happened when I ran over the phone with my car. The music I was playing to a Bluetooth speaker was paused. I pressed the play button after wiping the screen from the dusty tire marks and the music resumed. 

Check out what a Galaxy S9 looks like after being run over by a car:

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I found the phone with the screen facing up. This means I ran straight over the Galaxy S9's screen and it didn't crack.

I'm actually not that surprised that the Galaxy S9's screen didn't crack. A phone's screen is most prone to cracking when there's a lot of shock all in one spot — like when you drop it. However, my car's tire would have applied the pressure mostly evenly, and so it survived.

What was surprising is that the screen didn't scratch at all.

I didn't use a screen protector of the Galaxy S9, and yet it didn't suffer any scratches. Any blemish you see on the screen is dust, or a reflection of the sun. 

The Galaxy S9's display uses Gorilla Glass 5, which is tough and scratch-resistant glass. Gorilla Glass 5 is also used in other high-end smartphones from Google, LG, HTC, and even less expensive phones from OnePlus. With that in mind, you could say that other phones with Gorilla Glass 5 would escape the car treatment without a scratch. But I wasn't willing to place more phones under my car's tires to test the theory.

Apple's latest iPhones – including the iPhone 8 and iPhone X – could also potentially fare just as well as the Galaxy S9, if not better. According to 9to5Mac, Apple worked with Gorilla Glass to make its own tough glass that's even tougher than Gorilla Glass 5. 

The glass on the back and the camera were unscathed.

I was worried that the glass on the back of the Galaxy S9 could have cracked while inside the case, but I was relieved to find that nothing happened to BI's Galaxy S9 review unit — it probably would have meant answering some awkward questions. 

You've probably heard of the typical suspects for making extra cash: babysitting, taking online surveys, or driving for Uber or Lyft.

But there are some side hustles you definitely haven't thought of before.

On Reddit, nearly 200 people answered the question, "What side hustle do you have for extra cash?"

Many of the answers are surprising and some will make you wonder why you didn't come up with that genius idea first.

Here are 17 side hustles — which involve everything from painting your entire body gold to making party banners — that Reddit users say they do to bring in some extra income.

Trivia hosting

"I host trivia once a week. It's fun and I get a good chunk of change. I host at a bar. The bar pays me and gives out the prizes. I work for a small local trivia company so my boss gets a small cut and I get the rest." - Reddit user KittenImmaculate

Selling your dirty socks

"Not me but I have a friend who sells her dirty socks to a foot fetishist and has made a LOT of money. Both are happy and no one gets hurt but I wish I could find something like that." - Reddit user ZedasiriaDeRazz

Monetizing those gym selfies

"I do online coaching for fitness clients via Instagram. What looks like just a bunch of vain gym selfies actually pays for the cost of my and my husband's gym membership, our monthly supplements, new workout gear, and enough to contribute to my own coach and competing." - Reddit user lostatsea93

The beauty world is currently obsessed with skin care, which can be both a good and bad thing. It's a positive because skin care is, obviously, very important. Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and protecting and taking care of it is about more than just looking ageless or pore-less — it's about staying healthy.

The popularity of skin care can be a negative thing because the influx of advice and tips from just about anyone can easily lead many of us to make some pretty big skin-care mistakes without even realizing it.

Although some of these mishaps can be totally harmless, and will probably just be ineffective, others can lead to irritation, breakouts, and maybe even a trip to the dermatologist.

Here are a few skin-care mistakes most people make without realizing it.

Not applying moisturizer/product quickly enough after cleansing

If you aren't applying your moisturizer within one minute after cleansing, you aren't applying it at the right time. Your skin can get dehydrated that quickly after cleansing, so it's imperative to apply moisturizer immediately, as it is still damp. Applying moisturizer immediately will eliminate that tight, dry feeling you might get after a shower or after washing your face.

You're washing with bar soap

If you're refusing to purchase a pricier cleanser, and you're still using bar soap to wash your face every day, you're probably doing more harm than good. According to esthetician Renee Rouleau, when you wash your face with bar soap, you "immediately strip your skin of all its water." This leads to a buildup of dead skin cells.

Applying moisturizer is then rendered kind of pointless, as all it's doing is fixing the damage you just did. Bar soap also apparently reverses the benefits of any exfoliant you used, whether it's a scrub or a chemical exfoliant. You're better off biting the bullet and spending a little more on a much more hydrating cleanser. I recommend Youth To The People Age Prevention Superfood Cleanser, which is very gentle and made with great ingredients.

You're rubbing product into your skin

You might assume that in order to see the effects of a certain skin-care product, you need to really, really rub it in there. This actually isn't true. According to Dermatologic surgeon Sejal Shah, M.D., rubbing can irritate your skin, and you should "always use light, gentle upward strokes when applying products to the face and neck."

• Airstream recently introduced a new trailer, its first-ever production fiberglass model.
• The product came from a 2016 acquisition of an Oregon-based startup.
• The Nest by Airstream can be towed by relatively modest vehicles.
• It sells for $49,500, and it weighs 3,400 pounds.

Airstream is famous for its iconic aluminum trailers. 

But last week,  the company launched its first-ever fiberglass production model: Nest by Airstream. 

Nest, which can be towed by a compact SUV, makes an attractive investment for both younger buyers looking to get into the outdoor life and for those who want to take to the road without the need of hotels and motels along the way. 

Here's a closer look.

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If you know anything about Airstream trailers, it's probably the silver-bullet aluminum models you've seen.

The 85-year-old company manufactures, in the USA, the all-American trailer at its best, crafted from shimmering aluminum and exuding timeless cool.

But Airstream has been shaking up its designs of late. Its modest Basecamp rolled out in 2016.

The Basecamp was a shiny Airstream that evoked the brand's image. The recently launched Nest by Airstream is a different story.

In 2016, under CEO Bob Wheeler (who joined in 2005), Airstream acquired NEST Caravan, an Oregon startup that had produced a prototype trailer that caught Airstream's eye.

• Sean Hannity is one of the biggest stars on Fox News.
• The Fox New host is also the previously unnamed third client of US President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
• After getting his start in radio, he was brought on to co-host a program on Fox News.
• A report from the Guardian also found that Hannity has acquired a previously undisclosed "property empire" over the years.
• He's now one of the most prominent and polarizing conservative voices out there.
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Sean Hannity isn't just commenting on the news at the moment — he is the news.

The Fox News star was the mysterious third client of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, several news outlets reported Monday.

It's not the first time the close relationship between the political pundit and the president sparked controversy. In 2016, Hannity told the New York Times, "I never claimed to be a journalist" in response to questions about his role advising Trump.

Hannity may argue that he's not a journalist, but his media career has been something to behold.

The former college radio host is one of the last remaining members of the original 1996 Fox News lineup, the New York Times reports. And Hannity is now considered one of the president's closest unofficial media advisers.

Here's a look back at Hannity's career:

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Born to a family-court officer and a corrections officer, Sean Hannity grew up in Nassau County and was the youngest of four siblings. Growing up, Hannity told The New York Times, "I just wasn't that interested in school. It bored me to tears."

Source: The New York Times

After high school, Hannity attended New York University, Adelphi University, and UC Santa Barbara for a time. He dropped out of all three.

Source: The Washington Post, Liberty University

In 2005, Liberty University chancellor Jerry Falwell awarded the Fox News host an honorary degree.

Source: The Washington Post, Liberty University