Discover magazine’s Bad Astronomy blog has picked the year’s best astronomy photos. Among the more interesting is a remarkable close-up + more
Discover magazine’s Bad Astronomy blog has picked the year’s best astronomy photos. Among the more interesting is a remarkable close-up + more
You can have your wassail, your Yule log, your figgy pudding; around here, nothing says “Christmas” quite like a little + more
Alas, it won’t be in time for Christmas, but it appears that a U.S. importer is set to bring haggis-flavored + more
Which came first, Coke or Pepsi? Wal-Mart or Kmart? Take the quiz over at Mental Floss—some of the answers may + more
Courtesy of the inestimable Mike Miller—who might very well be The Smartest Person Alive— the last word now has an + more
So let me set the scene. It was the happy hour portion of AMD’s holiday gathering last week. We were + more
WalletPop takes a look at what happened when nine smart brands made dumb decisions—and how those companies ultimately caved to + more
Pieces of art labeled “degenerate” by the Nazis and seized from German museums in the 1930s—and missing ever since—turned up + more
Alex Ross poses an interesting question: We have embraced the avant-garde in other art forms; why not music? For a + more
Hollywood writer and producer Rob Long has a hilarious take on the creative process, courtesy of KCRW. You can subscribe + more
There’s a lot of talk this time of year about how to properly cook a turkey, how to ensure a + more
Research suggests that a habitual marijuana habit impedes cognitive function. Who knew?
I find this sort of exercise irresistible. My moral consistency score (100%) suggests that I am “admirably consistent in the + more
Just to poke another finger in the eye of those whose literary lives consist entirely of summer reading lists, I + more