Last night, protesters tore down a Confederate statue in Durham, NC (video here). "The president is being advised by people who don't know what's going on." Emboldened by Charlottesville, white supremacists plan more marches. A reminder: Why it's the duty of every
When it comes to planning, ravens are on par with apes and four-year old children, according to a paper published this July in Science.
What might have been said by the man who's quick to criticize Gold Star families, Kristen Stewart, the cast of Hamilton, Diet Coke, etc.
For any friends of yours planning to drop acid at a bachelor/ette party this weekend: A study finds that hallucinations occur when your brain's internal fact-checking system fails—a finding that may someday help clinicians predict cases of schizophrenia.
A reporter digs into why the government discourages putting conditioner in your hair after a nuclear disaster. / Racked Sessions says the car attack in Charlottesville was “domestic terrorism”—a symbolic term that still provokes debate. / The New York Times Worth noting: USA Today recently used a photo of the wrong
The swimming commuter in this video is fricking delightful. And an even better Monday morning treat is this brief Rebecca Schuman essay where we discovered our swimmer, plus other Germans who doggy-paddle to work; Schuman's thoughts on the awfulness of traveling to the office; and "a
Ahead of today's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., torch-carrying marchers clashed with counter-protesters last night on the UVA campus. Trump's pugilism feeds North Korea's ongoing narrative that, as the victim of American bullying, it needs a nuclear program. “If Trump or
You probably missed this one, but here, John Oliver makes the succinct, convincing case—in a rare moment of Oliver aligning himself with Vladimir Putin—that geese are nothing more than "asshole ducks who got really into CrossFit." Some people may not know that Oliver, pre-HBO stardom,
Google cancelled an all-hands meant to address the controversial diversity memo, after employees voiced concerns they might be harassed online for asking questions during the meeting. Long before CRISPR gives your descendants superhuman abilities, it could be used to edit pigs' DNA to grow human-ready replacement organs.
In 2016, 50.2 percent of Americans chose cremation in lieu of burial; the projected rate for 2035 is 78.8 percent. / National Funeral Directors Association Because there’s nothing quite like waking up to a new tweet from Mr. Trump telling rogue states that we’re locked and loaded
