Ben Richmond
Η Καφρίλα τού να Παραγγέλνεις Φαγητό Μέσα στην Κακοκαιρία
Ένας ειδικός σε θέματα ηθικής, με τη βοήθεια φιλοσόφων, σε βγάζει από τη δύσκολη θέση, ώστε να μην το κάνεις ξανά.
Η Πρώιμη Τέχνη σε Υπολογιστή του Andy Warhol
Πρέπει να το αναγνωρίσετε στον Andy Warhol, o άνθρωπος είχε τάιμινγκ, ακόμα και μετά θάνατο.
The CIA Is Closing the Office That Declassifies Historical Documents
As a result of the sequester-induced budget cuts, the CIA is closing the Historical Collections Division office, which declassifies historical documents, and transferring the division's responsibilities to the office that handles FOIA requests.
The British Library's Wi-Fi Blocked Hamlet, But These 14 Classics Are Way More Violent
Hamlet has a straight-up body count. There’s a murder before the play even begins. There’s a suicide, poisonings, stabbings, and a poisonous stabbing. But that's nothing. Even in the strictest, fustiest canon of literature, Hamlet's level of violence...
The First Manned Mission to Jupiter's Moon Will Be Crowd-Researched
Like so many great leaps for mankind, getting a human to Europa, where extraterrestrial life is deemed most possible, must begin with a small step. And Kristian Von Bengston, the Danish rocketeer behind Objective Europa, is going for it.
Nature Can Clog Oil Rig Fires, But Shouldn't Have To
The environment disrupted the fires and oil leak at the recent Hercules 265 rig burst. But even though nature fills in about a third of accidental leaks, that’s probably not something you want to be counting on.
The 1960s Snowdens: NSA Agents Who Showed Up in Moscow Bearing Secrets
There's precedent for saying "I'm going on vacation" then showing up in Moscow. Fifty-three years ago, two NSA agents told their bosses they were going on vacation, went to Mexico before slipping off to Havana en route to the Soviet Union, where they...
How Many Trees Does It Take to Fill a Mexican Art Space With Printed Websites?
Kenneth Goldsmith, the Museum of Modern Art's poet laureate, wants to print out the entire internet and put it on display in Mexico City's LABOR space. How many trees will have to die for this art? By my count, 56,000.
What's the Deal with Time Passing?
It's been 15 years since "Seinfeld," everyone's favorite non-show, ended. Is anything aging worse than Jerry's jeans?
How the Aquatic Ape Theory Keeps Floating On
While it's never been accepted by the scientific community, the theory that humans evolved from water-dwelling apes lingers in the public's mind's eye. Even science's allies, like Sir David Attenborough, are seduced by its charms.