The best and worst of the Oscars.
Bob Hope opens the 34th Academy Awards in 1962—ranked 13 out of the Oscars' 66 best monologues and opening numbers.
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The Right hates its stars when they're right in the wrong way.
Here's an interview with conservative Mona Charen, who was booed at CPAC (see video) for criticizing Republicans on the Roy Moore endorsement and Trump's history of sexual assault. Right after the conference, Charen wrote an op-ed for the Times detailing her experience: "I’m
"I'm not a bitch, I'm just an Aries."
From a round-up of YouTube vloggers who aren't horrible comes a pretty great (postmodern?) tutorial from Sailor J, that has nothing to do with makeup and a lot to do with rage. If you've got time on your hands, she covers the whole Zodiac.
Ferraris have beautiful births.
Not exactly being car folks, we were surprised by how much we liked this short spot on the construction of a Ferrari.
The mysteries of lipreading.
Based on Rachel Kolb's essay "Seeing at the Speed of Sound," a short film about the challenges of lipreading. See also: a nice roundup of links to share with your kids, "How do birds learn to sing?"
Canada has a noise problem.
The town of Windsor, Ontario, has lately been plagued by a mysterious, obnoxious humming sound, and it's getting worse.
Lueur d’espoir
A brief, musically and visually percussive video by Damien Tran with music by Alix Lhoumeau.
Differences in diabetes reveals a sea change in epidemiology
Diabetes isn't just because of sedentary lifestyles. The evidence suggests that adult diseases are largely related to conditions found very early in life, a body of thought known as epigenetics. For example, when mothers work into their third trimester, their children are liable to be born underweight, putting
A daily test of faith for one Ethiopian priest.
In remote northern Ethiopia, a lone priest makes an 800-foot climb, barefoot and without ropes, to reach a small church carved out from the side of a mountain. "Your mind travels to whatever you choose to focus on. If you read a spiritual book, and understand the secret,
Every ultramarathon starts somewhere.
In case you were wondering: how to run 100 miles (in a row).