October 1, 2014
- Ebola containment in Nigeria and Senegal appears successful; no new cases have been reported in Nigeria since Aug. 31.
- Elon Musk on Mars colonization: "to safeguard the existence of humanity in the event that something catastrophic were to happen."
- Life in Liberia, before and after the Ebola outbreak, told in numbers and images.
- Why we shouldn't fear a West Africa-style Ebola outbreak in the US: We have a medical infrastructure unravaged by war and poverty.
- Another way climate change threatens the future of humanity: Extreme temperatures cause a decrease in births of male babies.
- In response to the rising ocean levels, Boston may transform some major streets into Venetian-style canals.
- Critiquing the radical critique of the People's Climate March.
- Drone footage offers a sense of the grand scale of the Hong Kong protests.
- Since 2009, slow TV has grown into a Scandinavian phenomenon—don't expect it to reach our shores anytime soon.
- Eighteen months after launching, the BRAIN Initiative announces grant recipients—yes, there will be brain lasers.
- Australia's mandate that cigarettes must be sold in unbranded packaging may have helped spur quitting—France may follow its lead.
- Last year, as a whole, Britons spent about the same amount of money on prostitutes as they did on haircuts.
- Since 1997 a group of Swedish scientists have secretly competed to see who can insert the most Dylan lyrics into scholarly articles.
- "Korean in US Admires Reality of DPRK" and more of 2014's best headlines from Pyongyang's news agency.
- Reddit's latest investors include the usual Silicon Valley suspects, as well as Jared Leto and Snoop Dogg.