A Brain Implant Brings a Quadriplegic’s Arm Back to Life
A quadriplegic patient can swipe credit cards and play video games thanks to the microchip implanted in his brain two…
People Sure Get Creative With the Space Under Highway Overpasses
For most people, highways and bridges are just a way to get from Point A to Point B. Nobody thinks…
Bernie Sanders Just Scored a Powerful Endorsement in NYC
The Transit Workers Union Local 100 is 42,000-members strong, and they’re feeling the Bern. The post Bernie Sanders Just Scored…
MightyTV Is Like Tinder, Only It Sets You Up With Movies
MightyTV is trying to use machine learning to figure out what you like, and what that means. The post MightyTV…
New York’s MoMA To Shut Down Its Architecture and Design Galleries
The MoMA has curated one of the best design collections of any museum. Now it’s closing those dedicated galleries. The…
Insanely Detailed 3-D Globe of the Moon Shows Every Dimple
Lunar globes already exist, but 3-D, topographically accurate ones do not. These designers say they’ve made the first. The post…
Amazon’s New Kindle Oasis Is the Fanciest-Pantsiest E-Reader Ever
For $289, you get the best thing this side of paperback. The post Amazon’s New Kindle Oasis Is the Fanciest-Pantsiest…
Peek Inside the Fascinating World of the Burglar, Master of Cities
In “A Burglar’s Guide to the City,” Geoff Manaugh explores the ingenious ways that burglars negotiate the built environment. The…
How Tesla Keeps Making the Model S Better and Better—And Pricier
Since the luxury electric sedan hit the market in 2012, it’s changed in lots of ways, and not purely for…
Doctors Strange: The Complete Oral History of Childrens Hospital
As the pioneering Adult Swim comedy draws to a close, we talked to the many, many people who helped make…