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We Are Manipulating the Weather Every Day

Throughout most of human history, the weather has resisted humanity’s desire to change it . For thousands of years, we have sacrificed children, sung songs and danced, brewed alchemical concoctions, chanted prayers, fired cannons, and made many other futile efforts in the

USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps

Every so often, the US Postal Service reissues old stamps. This time around, they polled the public about which past stamp they’d like to see reissued and the results were decisive: the people love Mister Rogers . The Mister Rogers stamp, originally released in 2018, is new

The Fugitive Childhood of a Cocaine Smuggler’s Daughters

"When their parents ripped two young sisters from their privileged lives, gave them fake names, and took them on the lam, they thought it was because their father was in trouble with the IRS. It would be years before they learned the truth about his life of crime."

Transparency and trust

In simple situations with obvious metrics, transparency earns trust. Voting, for example, benefits from audit trails and inspectability. But transparency can also undermine trust. Walking through the typical restaurant kitchen on the way to dinner probably won’t increase the

Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to...

Can you go 82-0? “The objective of 82-0 is to construct a historical NBA roster capable of achieving a perfect undefeated season.” You get to “draft” 5 players from randomly chosen teams & decades, then that team plays a simulated season.

Early Live Performance by Talking Heads (1976)

In March 1976, Talking Heads played a show at The Kitchen in NYC; you can watch the entire show recorded from two angles in this video . The band had formed the year before and was more than a year away from recording and releasing their debut album. It’s a great insight as to