* Mafia expert says London's financiers make the UK the world's most corrupted country. * Summers: No wonder Americans don't trust the government—it can't even fix a bridge. * The Mexican Army kills eight enemies for every one it wounds. * Former attorney general Holder
The theremin is one of the oldest electronic musical instruments in history. The “theremini,” its new little brother, is flat-out adorable. See also: Archival video of Leon Theremin playing his own instrument.
* Round-up of errors and hype about the “nightmare” “superbug” that's circulating in the news right now. * The "folk theory" of democracy says Sanders supporters vote for his policies—a fallacy the media can't resist. * Stanford economist surveys the relationship between newspapers, ads, bias,
Budapest’s giant music box, one of the largest in the world, plays the Harry Potter theme song when humans walk in its hamster wheel. From the official description: “The contraption plays music from six different genres depending on audience preference, here in this video you can hear the Harry
William Klein’s mesmerizing, rarely seen documentary The French goes behind the scenes at Rolland Garros in 1981.
* Two years into the US-led air war against the Islamic State, we're only now hitting significant targets. * NASA calls off today's plan to inflate the International Space Station's new experimental habitat module. * France's 19 nuclear plants go on strike. * Across government,
* Obama aims to transfer a quarter of the remaining Guantánamo detainees to other countries by the end of his term. * The world often forgets Nagasaki. Based on his itinerary, so did Obama. * The media stopped covering racial justice, favoring presidential campaigns—because journalism is overwhelmingly white. * Libertarians have a Trump-
* The GOP has a beef with the IRS, and now Congress is considering impeaching the agency head. * "Of all the things that Congress could be truculent about, fighting an epidemic is the worst." * Campaign finance reform that strips away recent rulings would still have to deal with entrenched
“The high bidder at an auction has paid more money for a work than anyone else in the world thinks it’s worth at that point in time.” via Artsy
Edward Hardy is 93, lives in a nursing home, and suffers from dementia and depression. Sam Kinsella, one of Mr. Hardy’s care givers and the narrator of this video, learns of Edward’s prior life as a jazz pianist. After Sam arranges for a keyboard to be brought in,
