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Old Man's Journey

‘Old Man’s Journey’ Meant a Lot to This Not-Particularly-Old Woman

He has a long way to go, this old man.
Danielle Riendeau
5.23.17
Science Solved It

Doctors Didn’t Know How Cholera Spread Until One Genius Drew a Map

In the midst of a deadly cholera outbreak in London, a local anesthetist figured out how the disease was spreading using data visualization.
Kaleigh Rogers
5.23.17
Animation

Mesmerizing Video Showcases All the Weird Shit You Can Do With a Body Scan

Kouhei Nakama’s new video transforms the human form into rubbery geometric abstractions.
Nathaniel Ainley
5.23.17
New music

Crust Supergroup Tau Cross Drop Video for "Deep State" and Reveal New Album

The time for crust is now.
Phil Witmer
5.23.17
Film

Richard Kelly’s ‘Southland Tales’ Was Exactly Ten Years Ahead of Its Time

The messy follow-up to cult favorite 'Donnie Darko' imagined the Rock’s presidential ambitions over a decade ago.
Frederick Blichert
5.23.17
Dating

The Most Annoying Thing About Being Perpetually Single

Running into the same people over and over and over and over and...
Kari Paul
5.23.17
You're Smarter Than That

There's a Formula for Detecting Bullshit

And it's worked for more than 3,000 years.
Jay Heinrichs
5.23.17
Photography

The First Female Photographer Spent 10 Years Making This 300+ Page Book

Anna Atkins' rare book "Photographs of British Algae" goes on display at the Rijksmuseum this summer.
Beckett Mufson
5.23.17
Pregnancy

Pregnant Women Are Being Arrested for Crimes They Didn't Know They Committed

In the United States, state-level legislation is being used to prosecute pregnant women who use drugs—violating their civil rights and making it impossible for them to get the help they need.
Kimberly Lawson
5.23.17
terrorism

Survivors struggle to come to terms with Manchester terror attack

"It was aimed at children."
Tim Hume
5.23.17
Technology

Uber underpaid drivers in New York for more than two years

Noah Kulwin
5.23.17
Manchester Attack

The Simple Problems with the Right's Response to the Manchester Attack

Calling bullshit on "virtue signaling," snowflakes, and misleading memes.
Simon Childs
5.23.17
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