The Secret of the Crazy-Tough Water Bear, Finally Revealed
Researchers claim to have found a protein that makes the water bear so insanely tough. The post The Secret of…
Why Instagram Is Suddenly the Place for Sports Highlights
Meet Omar Raja, the 22-year-old who runs House of Highlights. The post Why Instagram Is Suddenly the Place for Sports…
From Logan to Get Out, You’re in A+ Times for B Movies
The idea of “genre” has gone from scuzzy to buzzy, thanks to some great mid-budget films. The post From Logan…
At SXSW, Tech Reckons With the Problems It Helped Create
This year’s SXSW felt less like a celebration than it did a hangover. The post At SXSW, Tech Reckons With…
Rebooting The Matrix? Yeah, That’s Not How Nostalgia Works
Can we maybe try to wait a few decades before resuscitating a still-great movie? The post Rebooting The Matrix? Yeah,…
Holy Shucking Fit: You’re Opening Oysters Wrong
Learn a hinge-first technique for popping bivalves open with a formal beauty that recalls the tango. The post Holy Shucking…
The Workers Who Snap Selfies Dangling From Skyscrapers
They hang from ropes hundreds of feet in the air, washing windows and cleaning wind turbines. And they post it…
It Begins: Bots Are Learning to Chat in Their Own Language
Machines learn to talk out of necessity. The post It Begins: Bots Are Learning to Chat in Their Own Language…
The Initial Coin Offering, the Bitcoin-y Stock That’s Not Stock—But Definitely a Big Deal
Next month, Blockchain Capital will build a new venture capital fund using a bitcoin-like digital token instead of dollars The…
6 Ways to Sneak Subversive Design Into Trump’s Border Wall
Architect and researcher Ronald Rael ‘s forthcoming book, <em>Borderwall as Architecture</em>, investigates the history of the wall and proposes ideas…