mistakes
Mistakes, Meaning, And March Madness
The madness of March has a way of washing away everything that's dirty, flubby, and bad about college basketball. Who would really want it any other way?
How Curiosity, Luck, and the Flip of a Switch Saved the Moon Program
Lightning never strikes the same place twice, until it does, and you're in a rocket to the moon.
3D-Printed Mistakes Are Inspiring a New Kind of Glitch Art
From accidental masterpieces to 'Doctor Who' special effects, 3D-printed glitches are the biggest thing since 3D printing.
3D-Printed Mistakes Are Inspiring a New Kind of Glitch Art
From accidental masterpieces to 'Doctor Who' special effects, 3D-printed glitches are the biggest thing since 3D printing.
Sometimes a Typo Means You Need to Blow Up Your Own Spacecraft
Mariner I, a bit of missing mathematical notation, and why more doom by tiny mistakes is in our future.
How Challenger Exploded, and Other Mistakes Were Made
Torrents of big data can't stop mistakes—sometimes they make them more likely. The tragedy of Challenger, as with G.M. and others, was that some people had tried to stop it.
A Woman in Alabama Tried to Get TP Off Her House by Setting It on Fire
Cheryl Crausewell of Dora, Alabama, attempted, with the help of her son, to clean up her toilet-papered house on Monday afternoon. A persistent piece of toilet paper was stuck in a magnolia tree, so they tried a little of nature's Hoover: fire.
When You've Got a 3D Printer, Everything Looks Like a Gun
In a recent raid, Manchester police either seized parts of a gun or parts of a printer—at this point, both can be made from the same stuff in the same place.
What Are Republicans For?
A right-wing pundit who nearly became "the bro version of Ann Coulter" before stopping himself has some advice for Republicans: Stop looking for your party's soul because it isn't there.
What Kids Say About Regrets
"I did evil things, but I didn’t learn anything, and I don’t regret them."
The Story Behind Drake's Best Headline Yet
You know a tattoo is truly great when half the people you show it to screw their faces up and look like they're about to keel over and puke, and the other half flat-out cry "fake."