Drink every time a news anchor cites FBI crime stats
The case for calling bullshit every time a news anchor cites "FBI crime statistics"—that data is voluntarily supplied by police departments and is often (if not always) incomplete.
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The White House released an app
When we hear "White House" and "augmented reality," we know what's coming, we steer the other way, we're still raw. Except this isn't about Trump: the Obama White House just released an app. If users open it and point the
A short film about David Cerny's twitchy Kafka head
A very short film about David Cerny's twitchy 2014 monument to Franz Kafka's head—more relevant in the Trump era than ever before.
Faltering barrier reef
A series by the Sydney Morning Herald examines the various pressures, man-made and otherwise, contributing to the deterioration of the Great Barrier Reef.
Using a drone to film fighters results in beliefs being reaffirmed
Using a drone to film fighters with Somalia's al-Shabbab—which has declared allegience with ISIS—results in beliefs being reaffirmed. "So, this is how the Americans see things? You can't recognise anyone from this," one fighter said. "No wonder they bomb the
Earth's history played out on a football field
In case you needed to feel a little more inconsequential this Monday: a football field is used to map out Earth's past (and humanity's tiny moment in it).
A puzzle without boundaries
You'll never solve this one: The inventors of the Infinity Puzzle used the concept of the Klein bottle—a topological object with no inside or outside—to invent a puzzle without boundaries.
Medal of Freedom winners include two pioneering female computer scientists
Among the movie stars, athletes, and philanthropists awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom this week were two pioneering female computer scientists: Margaret Hamilton, who wrote the software that allowed the Apollo 11 mission to land safely on the moon, and Rear Admiral "Amazing" Grace Hopper, who invented the
Mark Morris meets Westworld
Mark Morris meets Westworld? A "cybernetic dance performance" to take you into the evening.
Kubrick's daughter made a film about making The Shining
A short film by Vivian Kubrick, Stanley Kubrick's daughter, Making the Shining. Though really it's about Jack Nicholson's onscreen wattage. Starts at about 02:38.