ALEX PASTERNACK
Space Jumper
After ascending to about 23 miles, or 120,000 feet, he’ll step out of his capsule and, one hopes, be the first human to break the sound barrier all on his own.
"i" Is for Interns
A report in the Shanghai Daily says that hundreds of students in the city of Huai’an were recently forced to help fulfill iPhone 5 orders.
YouTube, We Have a Problem
NASA’s livestream coverage of the Curiosity rover’s landing on Mars was practically as flawless as the landing itself, a refreshing alternative to all that troubled Olympics coverage. All that can stop the Curiosity rover now are Martians—and weird...
Mourning the Moon Men: A Memorandum
The Presidential PR of things in the case of an Apollo XI failure.
NYC's Wasteland of Windfalls
Extracting energy and getting exercise at Staten Island's Fresh Kills Landfill.
The Future of New York City's Trash Sucks
You can practically smell the benefits of turning trash collection over to a giant vacuum.
I Went to the "Anti-Internet" Rally with a Hasid Named Sruly
Keeping the web kosher is serious business.
The Kosher Web
What 60,000 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men railing against the Internet could possibly mean.