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Warming Oceans Are Forcing Marine Animals to the Poles, But They Can't Move Fast Enough
For the past four decades marine animals have been moving poleward at over four miles a year.
Mat McDermott
8.9.13
From the Eye of the Storm

Zeena Schreck Knows a Thing or Two About Vice
Like any moral judgment, attributing vice to an action is subjective. What determines a vice is the intent behind the action. If we had enough awareness, self-control, intelligence, and healthy interactions with others, we wouldn't need organized...
Zeena Schreck
8.9.13
Design

The Best Ways to Visualize the Internet in Real-Time
The internet is incredibly vast, One Second on the Internet tries to help you understand how vast using pictures.
Lex Berko
8.9.13
Stuff

Interviewing the Editor of the Middle East's Version of the 'Onion'
The Pan-Arabia Enquirer is a satire website much like the Onion, but based in the Middle East, a region that isn't traditionally known for being very good at laughing at itself. I got in touch with its editor to find out what it's like running a...
James Tennent
8.9.13
Words

Brackles' Top 7 UK Funky Classics
"UK Funky is over now," he tells me. "But it was great while it lasted."
Jessica Gentile
8.9.13
Friday Thinks With Luke Winkie

The Greatest Summer Jam Since 1980 - Round One
What is the greatest summer song of all time? There's only one way to do this, and that's with brackets.
Luke Winkie
with Illustrations by Meaghan Garvey
8.9.13
This Week in Racism

Oprah Accused a Swiss Person of Racism
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey tried to buy a $40,000 handbag while in Switzerland for Tina Turner's wedding, but was told by a shopkeeper that she "couldn't afford it." Nevermind that Ms. Winfrey made $72 million last year. That ain’t “hood rich.” That’s...
Dave Schilling
8.9.13
the worst things of all time

Attila Just Upped the Awful Metalcore Rap Game, Yo
Congratulations, Attila. You are pushing the boundaries of how many genres can be combined and it still be considered music.
Dan Ozzi
8.9.13
video

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer's Voice Tunnel
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer lines NYC's Park Avenue Tunnel with hundreds of lights and speakers to create an interactive public artwork.
TCP Staff
8.9.13
News

The Demise of Lavabit and Silent Circle Means Your Emails Will Never Be Safe from the Government
This week, two encrypted email providers shut down their services, and that’s very bad news if you’d rather the government didn’t read your emails. Clearly, the right to buy and sell on the free market and the right to privacy only apply to people who...
Patrick McGuire
8.9.13
Noisey Blog

Come to Put Your Sad Down and Help Benjamin from School of Seven Bells Battle T-Cell Lymphoma
Earlier this year Ben was diagnosed with T-Cell Lymphoma. Albert Hammond Jr. and Interpol's Paul Banks, among others, are playing this show to raise funds for his treatment. Get involved.
Kim Taylor Bennett
8.9.13
Motherboard Blog

Lab-Grown Cartilage Is the Latest Step Towards Plug-and-Play Organs
3D printing could be the best thing to happen to transhumanists in years.
Meghan Neal
8.9.13
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