As Iran edges ever closer to building a working nuke, violence escalates in Syria, and the simmering culture war here + more
As Iran edges ever closer to building a working nuke, violence escalates in Syria, and the simmering culture war here + more
An alert reader going by the nom de guerre “Chef Curtis” sent us this photo from a gas station near + more
Dan Cohen wants to strip distractions from reading while Alan Jacobs shows that a little cognitive friction might actually be + more
Thanks to Google, pretty much everyone knows it’s Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday today. To celebrate, consider purchasing a copy of + more
Sure, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says that this is a 1926 chromolithograph of the human digestive and respiratory + more
Of all the diversions you face today, I guarantee none will be more worthy of your time than reading this + more
Take a gander at a short film made by Charles and Ray Eames of their home—Case Study House No. 8—in + more
Courtesy of NASA, here’s a link to an 8000 x 8000 HD image of Earth, shot January 4. Enjoy.
The comma has a way of bedeviling even the most careful of writers, particularly when grammarians can’t come to an + more
It pains me to admit it, but words aren’t always necessary to deliver a compelling message.
If the entries in our Stupidest Song Ever contest are any indicator, the last word has precisely three readers. The + more
Scientists from Skynet Case Western Reserve University have created an army of cyborg cockroaches.
The somewhat less-than-overwhelming response to yesterday’s post can only mean that a compelling case for the use of “ask” as + more
I’m being serious here, folks. At what point in our history did someone say to himself, “Hey, you know what + more