California’s Gun Medicine
Why we should be treating gun violence as a disease—and why most states can't.
Sinkholes, from Florida to the Middle East
Florida, where the earth recently literally opened up and swallowed a man as he lay sleeping in his…
The Deluge
Rapidly advancing technologies are opening up astonishing sources of oil and gas all over the world. We are entering a new era of fossil fuels that is reshaping global economics and politics—and the planet.
The Law of Averageness
Why do Burger King and McDonald's start to sell the same salad? There's a name for that phenomenon.
The Feminine Tweet-stique
Men are from Mars, women from Venus, and the Twitter feeds they send back to Earth prove it.…
“House of Cards” is Built on Big Data
Netflix’s new hit political drama isn’t just good TV, Salon’s Andrew Leonard explains – it’s a harbinger of…
Manti Te’o’s Fake Girlfriend is a Real Man
Well, that explains a lot. Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the 22-year-old guy who invented football star Manti Te’o’s imaginary lady-love…
Death Penalty Update: Even Hanging Thieves in Public Doesn’t Deter Crime
Such is the latest lesson to be learned from that laboratory of contemporary criminology, the Islamic Republic of…
Smoking Pot May Not Make You Dumber After All
Long-term users of marijuana, for purposes medicinal or mundane, take heart: though a recent study in the Proceedings…