Comfortably numb.
A year after Aylan Kurdi’s tragic death, the world is still numb to the Syrian refugee crisis.
Inside the Federal Bureau Of Way Too Many Guns.
There's no telling how many guns we have in America—and when one gets used in a crime, no way for the cops to connect it to its owner. The only place the police can turn for help is a Kafkaesque agency in West Virginia, where, thanks to the gun lobby, computers are illegal and detective work is absurdly antiquated. On purpose. Thing is, the geniuses who work there are quietly inventing ways to do the impossible.
Rich, white, libertarian, burning man.
So sad. It obviously does not matter how mankind satisfies its insatiable voracity for energy: lives are taken plentifully.
This Mojave Desert solar plant kills 6,000 birds a year. Here's why that won't change any time soon.
A macabre fireworks show unfolds each day along I-15 west of Las Vegas, as birds fly into concentrated beams of sunlight and are instantly incinerated, leaving wisps of white smoke against the blue desert sky.
Ivanpah... continues to operate as though there’s an endless supply of birds to burn.
At a time of religious zealotry, Spinoza’s fearless defence of intellectual freedom is more timely than ever.
What’s our vector, Victor?
The language of the cockpit is technical, obscure – and irresistibly romantic.
How to Keep a Zibaldone, the 14th Century's Answer to Tumblr.
After their invention by Venetian merchants, forms of these books were kept by everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Thomas Jefferson.
It started working again and I have no idea why.
Software Engineer Cheat Sheet.
The Next Great Platform is the One That We Already Have.
Hardly can second that motion strongly enough.
This is how adults make email introductions.