Christopher Shea takes a look at what a group of social scientists and evolutionary theorists—along with the Google Books team—have + more
Christopher Shea takes a look at what a group of social scientists and evolutionary theorists—along with the Google Books team—have + more
From Good Report comes this story of the first dual living organ donor who’s walking across America to inspire others + more
Friday, March 16, near High Drive and 31st. If I’d been thinking—instead of distracted by the pretty sunset—I would have + more
Charles Murray’s latest book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960–2010, has been getting a lot of attention of + more
File this story under “Duh.” The European Chess Union, in what surely is a calculated response to this stunning turn + more
It’s somehow fitting that today, Pi Day (3.14—get it?), we write our 400th blog post. Why? Because 400 is both + more
Lowercase or capital letter after a colon? Depends. When it’s used within a sentence, the first word following the colon + more
Shot with an iPhone the evening of Friday, March 9, from the alley between Second and Third Avenues, just east + more
An alert reader sent in this item today: We breathlessly await confirmation of its authenticity.
Here’s a welcome dose of common sense regarding phone protection. Best line: “Our fear drives us to insane lengths to + more
We’re a little late to this story. Apparently, the AeroShot has been on college campuses (where else?) since January. And + more
Retronaut has quite the collection of Soviet space posters. Do stop by and take a look.
What do fact-checkers and anesthesiologists have in common? It’s not a joke. David Zweig explains. In a rather long (11,000 + more
Not only did photographer Timothy Allen trek to the Bulgarian Balkans in the dead of winter, he was kind enough + more
The good news: the New York Times is sharing its photography archive via a Tumblr page called “The Lively Morgue.” + more