Ross Anderson writes about how scientific empires, from the ancient Sumerians to the Nazis to the Soviet Union in the 1950s, have ...

From Alan Taylor at The Atlantic, whose curatorial eye I’ve always admired, “a grab bag of curious and interesting ...

An article about The Quintessential Urban Design of ‘Sesame Street’ with a bunch of photos? This is extremely up my ...

A perfect game in Tetris is defined as achieving the max score (999,999) in the least amount of time possible, meaning you need ...

I bought a 15” Apple Macbook Air M4 a few months ago and I love it. Of course, I loved my previous computer (an M1 Macbook ...

Meet Jackson Goldstone. He’s 6 years old, lives in British Columbia, and is already ripping it up on his bike. Here’s ...

Over the weekend, I added a new feature to the site that, for now, is only accessible from the front page of the site, right ...

Last week, I linked to a video mashup by Bill McClintock of several metal songs, saying “although the video was posted a day or two before Ozzy Osbourne died, it feels like a fitting tribute to one of ...

Last week, I linked to a video mashup by Bill McClintock of several metal songs, saying “although the video was posted a day ...

I stumbled across this July 2019 article by Arthur C. Brooks about professional decline and it gave me lots to think about: ...

Last week, I linked to a video mashup by Bill McClintock of several metal songs, saying “although the video was posted a day or two before Ozzy Osbourne died, it feels like a fitting tribute to one of ...

From MinuteEarth, a quick tour of all the different kinds of dogs in the world, wild & domesticated, and how they are related ...