Extraordinary Popular Enthusiasms and Funding from Crowds
On the Good.is website right now is an appeal from Tyler Alterman, a matriculating neuroscientist and self-described scientific…
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It’s Still Really Hard to Build a Mosque in Europe
Like a prayer? European governments’ considerable image problems can now add the unfortunate case of Lleida, an agricultural…
Happy Anniversary, Dude: The Big Lebowski Turns 15
Wednesday marks the 15th anniversary of the release of The Big Lebowski, Joel and Ethan Cohen’s brilliant, semi-absurdist…
Was Chávez’s Political Base What It Seemed?
A Caracas, Venezuela neighborhood From Who Votes for Chavismo? a 2010 study of voting patterns in Hugo Chávez’s…
What We Talk About When We Talk About Donuts
Sweet. The University of Illinois’ Robert Rushing has waded into the fight over sugar—but he’s not a scientist.…
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…
Until the Adjectives Change, Expect Gridlock
Yesterday Chuck Hagel won confirmation as the new U.S. Secretary of Defense after running the gantlet of hearings…
Could Simulcasts be Hurting the Metropolitan Opera After All?
The top takeaway from the interview with Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb in this morning’s New York…