In push for investors to disclose carbon risks, California moves ahead of the pack. The state insurance commissioner unveiled a tool for his charges to assess exposure to investments that will decline as the climate changes and the economy shifts. Insurers, who are required to make low-risk investments, have
They also concluded that the sense of meaning associated with an acid trip is related to seratonin receptors. / Nature “If the Victorians have a reputation for denying or concealing their bodies, it is only because they were obliged to live with them so intensely.” Why Darwin grew a beard (to
The National Security Council is now a political pawn for Trump, Bannon, and Republicans. As Goldman Sachs banker-turned-Hollywood producer-turned-Breitbart neo-Nazi-in-chief Stephen Bannon ascends to the National Security Council—previously an extremely apolitical body meant to advise the President on national security, as well
If the view looks too good to be true, that's because it is. Instead of nabbing the perfect Instagram, the four men who illegally trampled on Yellowstone's Grand Prismatic Spring were fined and two will go to jail. No one was caught for destroying the "
In 2015, the state of Texas tried to buy execution drugs from a “company” run by teenagers in India whose main business was selling party pills online. / BuzzFeed On the Bay Area’s O.G. rapper, E-40: / thefader.com Next week, goalies in the NHL will show off a
On the Bay Area's O.G. rapper, E-40: What he calls his “devastating mouthpiece” fuses form and function, art and commerce. It acts as both the adhesive necessary to piece back together the damage his unorthodox writing style does to music written in 4/4 and as
In case you’re like us and you stayed up late only to fall asleep somewhere in the third set (d’oh), but now you’re too impatient to re-stream the whole thing, here’s a great round-up of highlight clips that tell the story of a remarkable
A policy which closes our doors to over 200 million legitimate travelers in the hopes of preventing a small number of travelers who intend to harm Americans from using the visa system to enter the United States will not achieve its aim of making our country safer. Dozens of diplomats
How Homestar Runner, the internet's best Flash cartoon, got its name. The whole thing came from our friend Jamie who, again, was mimicking a local terrible Atlanta grocery store commercial with one of the Braves in it. He said, like “Homestar runner for the Braves Mike Lemke!” And
In case you’re like us and you stayed up late only to fall asleep somewhere in the third set (d’oh), but now you’re too impatient to re-stream the whole thing, here’s a great round-up of highlight clips that tell the story of a remarkable
