There’s a chapter in Leszek Kołakowski’s wonderful Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing? 23 Questions from Great Philosophers (Basic Books, 2007) entitled + more
There’s a chapter in Leszek Kołakowski’s wonderful Why Is There Something Rather than Nothing? 23 Questions from Great Philosophers (Basic Books, 2007) entitled + more
So this guy went out and captured 10 terabytes (!) of raw data last summer with a $110,000 Phantom Flex4K high-speed + more
Hey kids! Are you “surrounded by fools and non-entities, by people with bad taste and silly desires, by boring people + more
Got any plans for Wednesday, November 29? Yes. Yes, you do: You’re going to go see the encore presentation of + more
In Germany, police detain a man with a python in his pants. Meanwhile, 400 miles south in the Austrian Alps… + more
“What you take away from standing in front of the dark, musty expanse is what you bring to it.” And + more
“Anthropomorphic pumpkins, mirror divination, and space-traveling witches”: a collection of vintage Halloween cards. In addition to my annual plea to + more
If you’re looking to watch a scary movie on Halloween but are unsure where to start, there’s no shortage of + more
This suffix, applied to nuclear physics, modern biology, and early AI—and even a certain carnival ride—was “a totem of high + more
Entering the 17th and final race of the 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship, held October 26 at Jerez, Spain, + more
“A smart person who is given a five-hour job by their boss at four o’clock in the afternoon will get + more
Based on this interactive map from the good folks at candystore.com, Utah is a terrible place to spend your childhood. + more
I saw Blade Runner in 1982 at the Liberty Theater in Lewiston, Idaho. (Apparently, there weren’t that many of us + more
Back in 2001 when I was writing music criticism for the Local Planet, my editor gave me a copy of + more
“The initial thought behind Baileys Irish Cream took about 30 seconds,” writes David Gluckman in the Irish Times. “In another 45 + more