* FDA approval of the first powdered alcohol, Palcohol, might have been made in error. * Putin signed recently two bills: one making it harder for non-Russian speakers to gain citizenship and the other expediting the process for Russian speakers. * LeBron James, the NFL, quarterbacks, and the Yankees: the most popular
Large-scale abstract paintings that recall networks, maps, and schematic diagrams—and with each subsequent viewing can become anything at all.
* Columbine, 15 years later. * Three of the 10 US metro areas where residents feel the least safe have violent crime rates below the national rate. * Almost 100 people were killed in the last five years by members of the white supremacist forum Stormfront. * UK's soaring melanoma rates linked
* Planet Kepler 186f, made of iron, rock, ice, and liquid water, is "potentially the most Earth-like planet we’ve yet found." * Of the 2,028 days in Beijing between April 2008 and March 2014, only 25 had air considered “good” by US standards. * Turkey's Ottoman
* Ukrainian citizens on the ground, as of last month, found to be divided, cynical, and angry. * Primer on what's happening where in Ukraine. * Thousands of zoo animals starving in Ukraine, though it's barely a worsening of their situation, long affected by corruption. * Pakistan Taliban ends its
The present-day lust for ruins is nothing new. In fact, it’s nearly as old as any ruins themselves. From a flattened Louvre to Percy Bysshe Shelley, a journey to the dawn of ruin porn.
* The UN/African Union mission purposefully misled the public about the worsening situation in Darfur. * Prominent female Republican argues increasing men's job prospects is the best way to ensure women's economic—and marital—happiness. * The landscape of hate groups and hate crimes in the US. * India
Twice a year, a group of friends gathered in a coal-mining pocket of Pennsylvania—friends in their twenties with fragile identities, who didn’t know yet what would happen.
* Tension high in Ukraine as authorities announce an "anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Russian separatists. * If you live in Russia and you think Crimea now belongs to the motherland, this map tells you that you're right. * California contract killer "Mano Negra" busted after a
Photographs of life inside a mining boom, from Montana to Texas, that’s producing a new, modern version of the Wild West.
