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Why a Judge Asserting That Privacy Is Not a Right Is Bad News for the Internet
Posner in 2009, via Wikipedia This week, the honorable Richard Posner, a presiding judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and outspoken privacy humbug, came to the defense of New York City Mayor...
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After 13 Years of Fruitless Searching, Taiwan's Clouded Leopard Remains Extinct
A clouded leopard of a different subspecies, via Mehgan Murphy/ Smithsonian's National Zoo The Formosan clouded leopard, a subspecies of the beautiful clouded leopard endemic to Taiwan, has been...
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Watch a Badass Helicopter Pilot Land on a Narrow Guard Rail to Drop Off a Doctor
This incredibly fancy bit of flying comes from Norway where van reportedly crashed on a narrow road. According to local news reports, the driver was able to walk away from the crash, but it's unclear...
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Of Course Obama Appointed a Former Telecom Lobbyist to Run the FCC
Image via Flickr / White House Any minute now, Obama is expected to name long-time lobbyist and venture capitalist Tom Wheeler as the new head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). (Update:...
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Canadians Don't Recognize the Space Station on Their New $5 Bill
Canadians, it seems, just aren't that into space. They're certainly not too wild about the International Space Station, which the nation happens to play a rather significant role in operating—Canada...
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Why Are Women in Old Science Fiction Always Stuck in Tubes?
Science fiction and retrofuturist visions alike are rooted in a deep pragmatism. Whether it's spheroid, rolling homes, a giant dam to melt the Arctic, or even a dystopian wasteland, future minded...
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It Will Be at Least Four Years Before NASA Can Do Another Domestic Launch
Image: A Soyuz transportation flight that American astronauts will soon be aboard. Wikimedia. "It is unacceptable that we don't currently have an American capability to launch our own astronauts,"...
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Facebook Is Still Rich
Image via Flickr / Andrew Feinberg The loathe worthy circle jerk that happens when Facebook releases its quarterly earnings report is getting worse. The social network released its stats from the...
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This Long-Lost Homebrew Space Opera Is Mental
"It looks we'll have to turn up the juice. Initiate the MENTAL program now." So says the protagonist (I think) of this short homebrew film to his computer (maybe calculator) counterpart right as this...
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Farewell Ray LaHood, and Thanks For All the Trains
If you missed it, NPR's Morning Edition earlier this week hosted a most impressive lovefest for outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Featured was Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx, LaHood's...
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Wikipedia Can't Escape Its Gender Problem
"All the female books go here, and all the male books go here." Via c_l_b/Flickr There’s an old riddle: The cops raid a house looking for a murderer named Robert. They break in and find a firefighter,...
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Autonomous Robots Are Playing Dodgeball in Colorado
Since 2002, the University of Colorado has offered a class in Mechatronics. What might the dedicated student learn in Mechatronics? How to build a giant human-shaped robot capable of doing battle with...
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The FDA Is on the Verge of Approving the First Drug Treatment for Radiation...
Checking for radiation exposure, via the Air Force On Friday, the FDA will discuss whether it is comfortable recommending a blood-boosting drug to treat people who survive a nuclear meltdown or atomic...
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Sonic Space Jams: Shabazz Palaces Remix Animal Collective's "New Town Burnout"
Image via Domino Everyone's favorite shamanistic, avant-pop band, Animal Collective, is releasing a remix EP of their 2012 album Centipede Hz. The 12" record will include remixes by audio weirdos like...
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Now That Google Glass Can Be Easily Hacked, Is It the Spy Cam of Choice?
Image via Flickr Yesterday, Android and iOS hacker Jay Freeman (aka Saurik) posted an article on his blog, noting that he 'rooted' his personal pair of Google Glass, which has the same operating...
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Grocery Delivery Is More Efficient Than Driving, But It's Still Not the Best...
Photo: Andy Roberts/Flickr FreshDirect has touted the environmental benefits of getting your groceries delivered for a while now. The logic goes that it uses less energy to put everything on trucks...
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I Signed Up for Infowars' Dating Site for Conspiracy Theorists
In the “Dating Freedom Lovers” group on Infowars, Alex Jones’ “news site,” nearly 6,000 men and women are looking to meet somebody special. Their profiles usually indicate interests (firearms and...
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We Are Avatars: Our Online Psyches Are Leaking into Meatspace
As I begin writing this, I’m sitting at an Applebee’s in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a neighborhood known informally as the Harlem of Brooklyn. The Knicks are in the NBA playoffs, playing Boston. The Knicks...
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To Study Our Toxic Oceans, Scientists Are Turning to Polluted Birds
A rhinoceros auklet, a species which was part of a recent study on shorebird pollution. Via the NPS Olympic National Park site. Scientists have finally found a better use for a bird's feather than...
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Shut Up and Behold the Deafening Song of the 17-Year Cicada
via Flickr / Vox Efx Last time the untold billions of alien-looking cicadas comprising the Brood II periodical swarm came crawling up from the Earth below, OJ Simpson was on trial, Bill Clinton was...
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