Is neuroscience getting closer to explaining evil behaviour?
With Syndrome E, Fried identified a cluster of 10 neuropsychological symptoms that are often present when evil acts are committed – when, as he puts it, ‘groups of previously nonviolent individuals’ turn ‘into repetitive killers of defenceless members of society’.
Cranes mate for life. This one chose a human — and that’s where the story gets complicated.
A rare, white-naped crane (rumored to have killed two potential suitors) had struggled to produce chicks. Then she fell in love with her keeper.
The Battle of Vienna was not a fight between cross and crescent.
John III Sobieski (1629-96), the king of the multilingual and multi-religious Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, might not have won the battle were it not for the help of his country’s Sunni Muslim Tatars, known as the Lipka Tatars.
The commas that cost companies millions.
“The Parties have a right to, and should, promote sustainable development.”
— vs —
“The Parties have a right to, and should promote, sustainable development.”
Some countries weren’t happy with the original wording because they didn’t necessarily want to be locked into promoting sustainable development. Moving the comma kept the naysayers happy while placating those who wanted stronger action.
Web Typography Resources for Web Designers and Web Developers.
Relevant: Texter is a little javascript experiment that lets you explore your creativity by drawing with words.
Donald E. Knuth’s Metafont dream going crazy.
Weird things variable fonts can do.
The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage.
The World Economy Runs on GPS. It Needs a Backup Plan.
The small satellite network, which keeps global computer systems from freaking out, is shockingly vulnerable to all kinds of interference.
The Bullshit Web.
Bullshit — in the form of CPU-sucking surveillance, unnecessarily-interruptive elements, and behaviours that nobody responsible for a website would themselves find appealing as a visitor — is unwelcome and intolerable.