DOPAMINE DEALERS
Engineers Of Addiction
Slot machines perfected addictive gaming. Now, tech wants their tricks.
IT'S ALL TRUE
The Story Of Orson Welles's Unfinished Masterpiece
"The Other Side of the Wind" was going to be Orson Welles’s comeback, perhaps even topping "Citizen Kane" — but to this day, it remains unfinished (though that may change soon). In an adaptation from a new book about the 45-year struggle to make the film, Josh Karp reveals why Welles’s last movie is the stuff of legend.
MAKE YOUR FEET LOOK OUT OF THIS WORLD
The Rocket Scientists Making A More Comfortable High Heel
Before reinventing the high heel, Dolly Singh was a recruiter who brought thousands of engineers to places such as Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is building rockets in Los Angeles.
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Vladimir Putin, Man Of Few Words, Gives A Stirring Speech
Mario Wienerroither, most famous for his music-less music videos, has decided to take a jab at the Kremlin. The results are as hilarious as they are deeply uncomfortable.
DIDN'T SOIL HIS RESOLVE
The Day I Swam In Elephant Poop To Get The Shot
How one photographer's dedication led to an award-winning photograph.
ZOMBIE POLITICS
China’s Bizarre, Centuries-Old Tradition: Corpse-Snatching
Sometimes, even today, it's the only way to hold the bad guys accountable.
WARNING: LOTS AND LOTS OF GORE (DUH)
Jason From 'Friday The 13th' Got Added To 'Mortal Kombat X.' Here Are His Fatalities
Can we get a scientist in here? Because he'd like to know how fast you need to be traveling for your arm to literally explode off of your body.
THE BÉARNAISESSITIES
A Sauce Worth Mastering
It tastes like the first sunny day after months of chill. We nap asparagus with it, blanket burgers and steaks and salmon in it, use it as a dip for fried or oven-roasted potatoes. The sauce’s richness improves virtually everything it touches.
USEFUL BODIES
Why Do Giraffes Have Such High Blood Pressure?
And why are toucans' beaks so big? The science behind animal kingdom weirdness.
FT. CHEWBACCA
The Little Device That Can Remove Your Fear Of The Check Engine Light
We are not at all responsible if your car dies on you in the middle of the highway. But if you want to know what your car is trying to tell you, one of these can go a long way.
PUT ON THE BACKBURNER
The Invisible Chefs
Despite their presence in kitchens, black chefs are continually cast aside in food media as an afterthought. What gives?
A FINE ART
Stories Of Sex In Museums
"Alas, and probably for good, museums are now too full, busy, hectic, and overprogrammed. Even if you do manage to find someone inside one, there are precious few places to actually go with them. Or so I thought."
THE PHALLUS IN OUR STARS
The Dicks Of Our Lives
On dick pics, ex-boyfriends, and growing old — but maybe not growing up.
HE'S A BIG METAL FAN
Guy Makes A Cube Inside A Cube Inside A Cube Out Of One Single Block Of Metal
Engineer Bruns makes this unusual bauble using only a lathe and some hot glue. No, it's not magic.
PLEASE NO MORE BALL JOKES
NFL Finds That Tom Brady Probably Knew About Deflated Balls
The NFL has found that it is probable that the New England Patriots deliberately deflated balls during the AFC Championship Game in January and that quarterback Tom Brady was "generally aware" of what was happening.
TAKE THE PILSNER
Bottoms Up: Beer As Medicine
As beer was often seen as a safe alternative for contaminated drinking water, and considering the body of evidence describing the existence of medicated wine and tea, it should follow that there are some methods of brewing medicinal beer.
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
How Big Data Could Reshape The American Workforce
The hope is that, in the nooks and crannies of our lives and economy that surveys do not or cannot measure, lies an aggregate truth.
DON'T PEE IN THE BATHROOM!
Confusing Things About British Homes
Kate Arnell takes us on a tour of the charming quirks of a UK house, like how Brits do laundry in their kitchens.
YOU CHOOSE YOU LOSE
Americans Have Never Had More Choices. And It's Making Us Miserable
Americans have never had more choices. And it's making us miserable.
AND NOW THE INTERNET IS GOING TO FRY HIM
McDonald's Brings Back The Hamburglar
The new Hamburgler is a real person with hopes, dreams and an inescapable desire to steal hamburgers.
SHOCKING
Tesla's New Battery Doesn't Work That Well With Solar
Even Elon Musk's SolarCity, the biggest supplier in the US, isn't ready to install Tesla's home battery for daily users.
CAREER OF A GENIUS
Orson Welles At 100
Born 100 years ago on today, Orson Welles was an incomparable actor and filmmaker who never made the same kind of movie twice. In this video essay, Fandor looks back on his career and how his decisions influenced cinema to this day.
OUT OF BOUNDS
How Using Periscope Got Me Kicked Off Covering The PGA Tour
The consequences of using the live-streaming app are mine to bear, but larger questions about technology and the future of golf remain.
PROFILE SHOTS
The Profiles You'll Never Read In A Magazine Are Happening On Instagram
Jeff Sharlet felt suspicious when he joined Instagram last August. He saw it as a dumping ground for the trivial and the superfluous — cat photos, food porn, selfies; the things important only to an amateur photographer and his or her inner circle.
A DIFFERENT TYPE OF VIRUS
When Your Surgeon Really Is A Hack
There’s been a quiet revolution going on within hospitals, mostly in the United States. In 2013, for example, nearly half-a-million robot surgeries were performed where a doctor remotely manipulated a device performing the operation. And these devices could be prone to security weaknesses. In other words, someone might hack your doctor's robot.
IT'S LIKE THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT PEOPLE?
Millennials Are Very Mixed Up About Sex
A new study shows that while millennials are the most sexually tolerant generation, they’re not into bedding multiple partners. What’s stopping them?
A BATTERY OF RENOVATIONS
We Accidentally Turned The Entire Statue Of Liberty Into A Battery
You probably know that the Statue of Liberty underwent a massive restoration in the 1980s, but you may not know why. Well-meaning attempts to conserve the statue ended up turning it into a battery and ripping it apart.
GRADUATION CAP
Why Are Graduation Rates At Community Colleges So Low?
Professor Tom Bailey explains what "cafeteria colleges" are, why they're bad and weighs in on Obama's plan to make community college free.
DE BLASIO'S NEW YORK
Mayor Bill de Blasio's Crusade
Bill de Blasio is trying to remake America's biggest city — and he doesn't plan to stop there.
SMART, NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT
Woman Held Hostage Escapes Using Pizza Hut App
A quick-thinking Florida woman saved herself and her children from possible harm when she ordered an online pizza with a secret message saying she was being held hostage.
A CALL FOR REFORM
Baltimore Mayor Seeks Federal Investigation Of Police Department
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Wednesday called on the US Department of Justice to conduct a full-scale investigation into the "pattern and practices" of the city police department — a probe that would target excessive force, discriminatory harassment, false arrests, and unlawful stops, searches or arrests.
WHY=MX+B
What Killed The Infographic?
If you've seen fewer experimental data visualizations lately, it's only because the medium has grown up and gotten a job.
DOES SHE GIVE YOU A REASONABLE CHUB?
Is Amy Schumer Hot Enough For Television?
This clip from Amy Schumer's episode-long parody of "12 Angry Men" shows *exactly* how TV executives decide if a woman is hot enough for TV.
THEY HAVE A POINT
Knives Are The New Guns In Lawmakers' Second-Amendment Expansion
US legislatures that relaxed laws after the gun lobby’s decades-long push are now loosening restrictions on switchblades, dirks, daggers and poignards.
SKY STILL BLUE, WATER STILL WET
Rich Hedge Fund Managers Are Still Rich
If you have billions of dollars at the beginning of the year, and you invest your money, and the market goes up, then at the end of the year you'll have made hundreds of millions of dollars. This is very obvious, but here is your annual reminder of it, dressed up as overpaid hedge fund managers.
WHERE ARE ALL THE ALIENS?
Explaining The Fermi Paradox In Six Minutes
The universe is unbelievably big — trillions of stars and even more planets. So… there just has to be life out there, right? But where is it? And more importantly, what does this tell us about our own fate in this gigantic and scary universe?
PRETTY FLY FOR A WHEEL, GUY
Tiny Toy Demonstrates How Much Power Is Stored In A Flywheel
Rotational inertia: the force that keeps on giving.
THE STUDIO GHIBLI OF CYLING
The Master Of The Disc Wheel
Campagnolo's legendary disc wheel is made by one craftsman, Franco Rigolan.
CAN TAKE IT, BUT CAN'T DISH IT OUT
What This Crazy 'SmartPlate' Doesn't Understand About Food
The plate, which was unveiled on Kickstarter on Monday with a goal of getting $100,000 in backing, is billed as "the world’s first Wi-Fi- and Bluetooth-enabled hardware device that instantly tracks and analyzes what you eat with the support of a mobile application," which is quite a mouthful.
SOB SPACE
Where Japanese Men Go To Cry
Japan’s newest trend involves people getting together in groups to have a good cry: it’s called Rui-katsu, or “tear-seeking”.
WHAT THE HUCK?
The Last Culture Warrior
Why Mike Huckabee will lose, and what it means for evangelicals.
NO NEED TO DUST OFF YOUR NOKIA
Creator Of 'Snake' Returns With A Modern Sequel
Everything old is new again, including that damn Nokia "Snake."
ALMOST READY FOR DRAGON RIDERS
SpaceX Successfully Tests The Crew Dragon Spaceship
Its dummy was no worse for wear in the short Pad Abort Test.
IN THEIR FINAL HOUR
The Twilight Of One-Hour Photo, America’s Fastest-Fading Business
No other business over the past 15 years has died off with the near-totality of the all-American photo shop. There are now just 190 left.
STEAL THIS KICKER
The Science Of Joke-Stealing And 'Accidental' Plagiarism
Over the past 20 years, attempts have been made to understand through experimentation a phenomenon known as “cryptomnesia,” whereby you arrive at an apparently original idea that you later turn out to have heard from someone else or to have read somewhere.
STILL AFLOAT IN A SINKING CITY
A Short History Of The World’s Most Important Art Exhibition, The Venice Biennale
What would the world be like without the Venice Biennale? A chorus of art-world insiders and Venice locals respond with insights and stories, helping us navigate the cultural influence of this somewhat enigmatic, 120-year-old tradition.
'I AM TIRED, JIMMY'
Sofia Vergara Had No Desire To Play 'Catchphrase' On 'Fallon' Last Night
Also, James Marsden has possibly never heard "Gangnam Style," which we did not think is possible.
VR NOW A REALITY
Oculus Rift Release Date Announced: Q1 2016
The Oculus Rift will hit online stores as early as next year, the groundbreaking VR company announced on Wednesday, with the option to pre-order coming later this year.
YOU'LL EAT ALLIUM UP
Grill The Scallion
Scallions are easily my favorite vegetable to grill. Aside from being easy and cheap, they taste outrageously good, their sugars caramelizing quickly and matching perfectly with the charred flavor of the grill.
JUST HATES TWITTER IN GENERAL
Joss Whedon Did Not Leave Twitter Because Of Feminists
“I just thought, wait a minute, if I’m going to start writing again, I have to go to the quiet place, and this is the least quiet place I’ve ever been in my life,” Whedon told BuzzFeed News.
PLAYSTATION JUST CAN'T DECIDE
How The Logos Of Tech Companies Have Evolved
Technology changes so fast that even the largest tech companies have to constantly change itself to stay alive. That means they often have to revamp their logos to create a fresher look and image.
THANK MR. SKELTAL
Authorities Find Fake Skeletons In Underwater Lawn Chairs
A man snorkeling in the Colorado River near the Arizona and California border was terrified — and later embarrassed — when he came across two fake skeletons sitting in lawn chairs about 40 feet underwater.
MORE DETAILS EMERGE
Germanwings Co-Pilot Lubitz 'Practiced Rapid Descent' On Previous Flight
The co-pilot of the Germanwings plane which crashed in the French Alps in March may have practiced a rapid descent on a previous flight, a report by French investigators said.
LIVING LEGEND
Jon Stewart Interviews Willie Nelson
According to Willie he started writing at age 7. He's 82 now and has barely taken a day off to stop touring.
'PATTERN OF INTIMIDATION AND VIOLENCE'
Freddie Gray Officer Threatened To Kill Himself And Ex-Partner's Husband
Baltimore lieutenant Brian Rice, who has been charged with manslaughter over Gray’s death, was disciplined over incidents and twice had guns confiscated.
THE SAME OLD SONG
When A Mom Steals From Her Kid
One of the hardest things about being a seven-year-old with a drug-addicted mother was realizing why everything from piles of pennies to my most prized possessions slowly went missing.
THE DARK WEB
The Identity Underground
Welcome to the places where criminals barter for your Social Security number and the most intimate details of your personal life.
THEIR OPTIONS ARE DRYING UP
California Regulators Approve Unprecedented Water Cutbacks
California water regulators adopted sweeping, unprecedented restrictions on how people, governments and businesses can use water amid the state's ongoing drought, hoping to push reluctant residents to deeper conservation.
RAPE, PILLAGE, SAUTE
Vikings Were Great Cooks Long Before Anyone Else
"As a Scandinavian chef, I’ve immersed myself into our history to figure out how people have pulled through our freezing winters. When the Viking had down time from chopping peoples heads off, they lived in a way that’s on par with modern culinary standards."
GETTING THE MESSAGE
The Dangerous Myths Surrounding Charlie Hebdo
Critics don't seem to understand that the magazine specializes in attacking ideas, not people.
