Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now’s the Time to Put Aside Our Differences https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/sure-i-voted-for-someone-whose-policies-might-kill-you-but-nows-the-time-to-put-aside-our-differences
Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist Vampire Film, Before the New Remake Arrives This December
Open Culture
Watch the Original Nosferatu, the Classic German Expressionist Vampire Film, Before the New Remake Arrives This December
F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu, far and away the most influential early vampire movie, came out 102 years ago. For about ten of those years, Robert Egge...
‘4 years of Republicans screaming voter fraud goes silent’: MAGA’s biggest lie has suddenly disappeared
The Mary Sue
‘4 years of Republicans screaming voter fraud goes silent’: MAGA’s biggest lie has suddenly disappeared
Are Trump supporters the only ones who can chant "stop the steal" and scream "rigged!" during major political events?
Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad [SATIRE] https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/heres-why-a-second-death-star-wont-be-that-bad
Long before it orbited Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope starred in a famous Superman comic
Scientific American
How Superman Helped Launch the Hubble Space Telescope
Long before it orbited Earth, the Hubble Space Telescope starred in a famous Superman comic
New Prime Number, 41 Million Digits Long, Breaks Math Records
Scientific American
How a Record-Breaking Prime Number with 41 Million Digits Was Discovered
The discovery of a new prime number highlights the rising price of mathematical gold
How the Influential Time-Travel Movie La Jetée Was Made (Almost) Entirely out of Still Photographs
Open Culture
How the Influential Time-Travel Movie La Jetée Was Made (Almost) Entirely out of Still Photographs
In one of his forced journeys into the past, he falls for a strangely familiar-looking woman who convinces him not to return to his own time period...
Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare. The infinite monkey theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much longer than the lifespan of the universe
New Scientist
Chimpanzees will never randomly type the complete works of Shakespeare
The infinite monkey theorem states that illiterate primates could write great literature with enough time, but the amount of time needed is much lo...
A candy engineer explains the science behind the Snickers bar
Ars Technica
A candy engineer explains the science behind the Snickers bar
How the airy nougat and chewy caramel is built.
The Hand: An Anti-Totalitarian Animation, Banned for Two Decades
Open Culture
The Hand: An Anti-Totalitarian Animation, Banned for Two Decades & Now Considered One of the Greatest Animations (1965)
For obvious reasons, most art produced under oppressive regimes comes off as painstakingly inoffensive. For equally obvious reasons, the rare works...