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“The Little Movie That Couldn’t”: ‘Mallrats’ Turns 30. I can’t remember if...

“Today, the only naked bodies that many Americans will likely ever see...

Meet the Aphantasics, Those Who Can’t See Mental Images

Activists are role-playing ICE raids in games like Fortnite & GTA to...

The World Lost the Climate Gamble. Now It Faces a Dangerous New...

The Bad UX World Cup 2025. “Build a date picker with bad...

A Bright Light Has Gone Out

My Pace

Stigler’s law of eponymy: “No scientific discovery is named after its original...

The Librarians

NASA’s Perseverance rover scooped up a rock that might prove there was...

Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the...

“Geothermal is underdeveloped, and its upfront costs can be high, but it’s...

Rainy Day Jazz Vinyl Set. “Plenty of ballads, blues and heart-warming songs...

Can You Drive West to Lengthen the Sunset?

CDC officials confirm that the US is two months away from measles...

The Saudification of America Is Under Way. “Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder...

Making Dark Chocolate Hilarious

Edward O. Wilson in 2009: “The real problem of humanity is the...

The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star. “As af...

The Fascinating History of Tarot Card Decks: From the Renaissance to the...

Mary Beard: Hollywood Lied to You About Ancient Rome. Here’s the Truth.

Raccoons Are Showing Early Signs of Domestication. “City-dwelling raccoons seem to be...

Magnetikpunk: Playing Vintage Reel-to-Reel Tapes as Musical Instruments

The winners of the LIT Lighting Design Awards, encompassing the best work...

A Beloved Clothing Store Closed. A Customer Bought All 4,500 Items. “Ms....

Fantastic and useful little design touch on this website that sells lighting...

Football Stadium Turned Community Garden

How Mira Nair Built the World That Made Zohran Mamdani. “Zohran has...

Stress Is an Ancient Superpower That Is Slowly Killing You

How to Photograph an Active Volcano Without Getting Vaporized. “It’s dangerous and...

Climate Change in America: Is It Too Late to Wake Up?

Clint Smith recently talked to students around the country about the “complexities...

Kevin Kelly shares some essential apps & services for independent travel in...

All the Cats, Explained

They’re making a live-action Legend of Zelda movie?...

The Sagrada Família has become the tallest church in the world, after...

A digital atlas of the Roman Empire’s entire road network (180,000+ miles)....

Skydiving the Sun

“A Personal Business is run by people who are truly into what...

Jett Brunet carves incredibly realistic duck decoys....

This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation. The fungi...

The Farmers’ Almanac, citing a “chaotic media environment”, will cease publication after...

This seems promising: researchers have demonstrated that a “nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively...

After 230 years, the US Mint has ended production of new pennies....

The Northern Lights Put on a Show. “A powerful geomagnetic storm brought...

Put wings on your car. “We call it a private jet for...

Recently discovered 55-million-year-old crocodile eggshells perhaps belong to “drop crocs”, a species...

More women are riding the streets of Tehran on motorbikes, in violation...

Anton Kusters’ Photos of the Yakuza