Speed Kills

Development of hypersonics is moving so quickly that it threatens to outpace any real discussion about the potential perils of such weapons, including how they may disrupt efforts to avoid accidental conflict, especially during crises.

Bodies in Seats

"A sweatshop in America"

Narratively | Substack

Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity. Click to read Narratively, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

The Surprising Reason that There Are So Many Thai Restaurants in America

You may have noticed that the ratio of Thai restaurants to Thai people in the US is high—and it's no coincidence.

Remembering Dr. John

Mac Rebennack devoted himself to New Orleans culture.

Do You Trust Your People?

Leadership Now is a leading source for leadership development and analysis. We believe that anyone can make a difference by leading from where they are.

The real Goldfinger: the London banker who broke the world

The true story of how the City of London invented offshore banking – and set the rich free

Pitt and CMU To Create Autonomous Robotic Trauma Care System

CMU and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have received funding from the U.S. Department of Defense to create an autonomous trauma care system that fits in a backpack — or, as shown here, a folded stretcher.

Someone Donated His Frostbitten Toe to a Canadian Bar

The legend of the Sourtoe Cocktail continues.

The Illuminating Geometry of Viruses | Quanta Magazine

Mathematical insights into how RNA helps viruses pull together their protein shells could guide future studies of viral behavior and function.

An Orbit Map of the Solar System

A map of over 18,000 asteroids in the Solar System.

The Curse of the Ship of Gold

How a brilliant scientist went from discovering a mother lode of treasure at the bottom of the sea to fleeing from authorities with suitcases full of cash.

3 Reasons Why Brand-Specific Rituals Are So Powerful

Brand marketers encourage ritualistic behaviors involving their products to increase customer loyalty and to gain advantage over competitors.

RAMBleed

The Math Trick Behind MP3s, JPEGs, and Homer Simpson’s Face - Facts So Roma

This theoretical physicist’s idea has an astounding legacy.

Sky HISTORY TV Channel

Find out more about the shows on Sky HISTORY's TV channel, with plenty to read and watch on your favourite historical topics.

How Legalization Changed Humboldt County Marijuana

In an isolated Northern California community, the last remnants of the counterculture are confronting the future of cannabis.

Elixir Makes Testing Hard Things Easy

32K subscribers in the elixir community. Subreddit for the Elixir programming language, a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable…

Meet the Product Designer Who Made Mid-Century America Look Clean and Styli

From refrigerators to cars to Air Force One, Raymond Loewy's distinctive "cleanlining" sold products

Why I Traveled the World Hunting for Mutant Bugs - Issue 73: Play

A researcher who works through painting tells her story.

Zdog · Round, flat, designer-friendly pseudo-3D engine for canvas and SVG

Round, flat, designer-friendly pseudo-3D engine for canvas and SVG

Meet the Carousing Texan Who Won a Nobel Prize

Jim Allison is an iconoclastic scientist who toiled in obscurity for years. Then he helped crack a mystery that may save millions of lives: Why doesn’t the immune system attack cancer?

Why Would Anyone Choose to Run 100 Miles Through the Desert?

The Oman Desert Marathon was my first ultra marathon. It was just over 100 miles (165km) across the baking sand. I didn’t really want to do it. It only came up as an idea when an editor from The Fi…

The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s' Most Decadent College

Bennington College in the 1980s was a hothouse of sex, drugs, and future literary stars--among them, Donna Tartt, Bret Easton Ellis, and Jonathan Lethem. Return to a campus and an era like no other.

Outlaw Country — The Atavist Magazine

Klamath County, Oregon, is the perfect place to go if you don't want to be found—and the worst place to be if someone threatens your life.

https://www.cooper.com/journal/2017/7/people-dont-buy-your-product-they-buy-your-story?fbclid=IwAR1rUFitdD2nini8CDh8aNepkqFEOBCQ5yy1gJoMO-XR…

A student in Boston wrote ‘I am from Hong Kong.’ An onslaught of Chinese anger followed.

As China tightens its hold on Hong Kong, battles flare over identity and the special status of the former British colony.

Antonio Salieri’s Revenge

He was falsely cast as Mozart’s murderer and music’s sorest loser. Now he’s getting a fresh hearing.

The inherent value of identifiable store traffic

Many attributes of the customer journey are very predictable and can be planned for to create and convert inbound store footfall.

Dynamic pricing: Using digital and analytics to take value pricing in the c

Rapid, customer-tailored dynamic pricing adjustments being made possible by new digital and advanced-analytics capabilities can generate substantial margin improvement for chemical companies.

Thai cave rescue: Inside the near-impossible mission to save the 12 trapped boys

The inside story of an improbable team of divers, a near-impossible plan and the rescue of a Thai junior football team from a cave in Thailand

The Undercover Fascist

A young Englishman got mixed up in a white-supremacist movement. Then he learned of a plot to kill a politician.

Airstream launches millennial-friendly e-commerce shop

The iconic brand is digging deep to provide local intel and gear marketed to a younger fan base.

Shovel, Knife, Story, Ax

When you live with animals, you collect killing stories.

The Wealth Detective Who Finds the Hidden Money of the Super Rich - Bloombe

Thirty-two-year-old French economist Gabriel Zucman scours spreadsheets to find secret offshore accounts.

Kinds of truth

“Gravity’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.” A truth is a useful, reliable statement of how the world is. You can ignore it, but it will cost you, because the world won&#…

A Memory Called Empire is a brilliant blend of cyberpunk, space opera, and

Keikai Blog

A collection of spreadsheet examples for turning Excel to web, editing online and building spreadsheet applications using Keikai.

Milk Carton - ImageChef

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Feature Extraction

168 votes, 13 comments. 2.2M subscribers in the datascience community. A space for data science professionals to engage in discussions and debates on…

30 Days Timelapse at Sea | 4K | Through Thunderstorms, Torrential Rain & Busy Traffic

Follow my adventures on Instagram! http://instagram.com/Jeffrey.hk Dropped new timelapse! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JBMpzW_B58 Hi all, i built a 24K resolution 360 camera specifically for upcoming 360 timelapse project. Check it out…

I Played Meat Bingo at a Century-Old Oregon Dive Bar

Founded in 1926 by Russian socialists, Workers Tavern is the perfect place to win bratwursts and talk to whiskey-swilling grandmas.

Cython

Build software that combines Python’s expressivity with the performance and control of C (and C++). It’s possible with Cython, the compiler and hybrid programming language used by foundational packages such … - Selection from Cython [Book]

World's Oldest Terrarium / Sealed Bottle Ecosystem by David Latimer

Checkout one of the oldest terrarium gardens in the world! Read the story of David Latimer's sealed bottle ecosystem from the 1960's.

Nothing But Solitude | Lapham’s Quarterly

When Renaissance explorers went north, they found a lunar landscape here on earth.

The Chinese village that kept a courtesan’s secret for centuries

One of China’s great beauties, Chen Yuanyuan was born to a peasant family, orphaned and sold as a prostitute, later becoming the consort of general and despised traitor, Wu Sangui. What eventually became of her was never known, until now.

I Entered the World’s Longest, Loneliest Horse Race on a Whim, and I Won

Somehow, implausibly, against all the odds, I became the youngest person and first woman ever to win the Mongol Derby. What made me so sure I was ready, when I was totally unprepared?

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Feature design checklist – UX Collective

Questions that ensure you consider e̶v̶e̶r̶y̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ a few things when designing a new feature.

Joe Exotic

A dark journey Into the world of a man gone wild.