BECAUSE WE'RE TERRIBLE PEOPLE
Why We Cheat
Spouses in happy marriages have affairs. What are we all looking for?
TRAINING MACHINES TO PLAY 'GO'
The Electronic Holy War
Ishida, who earned the nickname “the Computer” in the nineteen-seventies because of his exact and calculated playing style, described Crazy Stone as “genius.”
WE'D STILL RATHER HAVE A WAFFLE TACO
The Breakfast Wars Have Begun
McDonald's has devised a simple way to douse Taco Bell's high-profile breakfast roll-out: free coffee.
MARCH MADNESS YEAR ROUND
Why Are College Basketball Coaches So Angry All The Time?
College basketball coaches, as a general rule, could stand to tone it down. Their aggro flourishes are strange enough during relatively inconsequential mid-season rock fights, but the way their perma-peeved demeanors go to 11 during the tourney is particularly at odds with the giddy, carnivalesque atmosphere that pervades it.
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
This Little-Known iOS Feature Will Change The Way We Connect
A new iOS app called FireChat is blowing up in the App Store. But it’s not the app itself that’s causing such a stir, it’s the underlying networking technology it taps into.
BEER AND BABE RUTH
Why The Yankees Triumphed During Prohibition
One of the best beer-and-baseball stories comes from the dry years of Prohibition, 1920-1933, when the New York Yankees made it to seven World Series and won four.
ALCOHOL BY CALORIE
The Ultimate Guide To Efficient Drinking
If you're worried about your figure but still want to drink, we have a chart for you.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO EAT WELL
Why We Got Fatter During The Fat-Free Food Boom
In the 1970s, the U.S. Dietary Goals advised Americans to cut back on fat and eat more carbs to lower the risk of heart disease. But some experts say this high-carb, low-fat diet helped fuel obesity.
GOOD AT EXPLAINING THINGS TO CHILDREN
Bill Nye, The Climate Guy
A TV star for children is liberals' most effective spokesman against right-wing science skeptics.
KNEEJERKS
What We Can Learn From The Embarrassing #CancelColbert Disaster
The first lesson is "everyone calm the f*ck down for a goddamn second."
NOT FOR NORMAL PEOPLE, BUT HEY, WHATEVER
Congress Had An Unusually Productive Day Yesterday
Congress, which has Friday off, finished their work week with an exciting, and unusually productive day of legislating on Thursday.
AND ARTHUR C. CLARKE!
The Rise And Fall Of The Publisher Who Brought 'I, Robot' To The World
In the 1950s, the publishing landscape began to change as magazines folded and book publishers rose to take their place. One such publisher that emerged during this time and would prove to be an influential and telling example of the sci-fi novel industry was Gnome Press.
BRIDGEGATE
Port Authority Chairman Resigns, Christie Announces
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey announced on Friday that the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, David Samson, has resigned, the latest fallout from the scandal surrounding the closing of several traffic lanes at the George Washington Bridge.
A MAN, A VAN: VANAMA
'One Man And His Dog' Is Our New Favorite Sci-Fi Short
This short is the exact midpoint between that "Twilight Zone" episode with the cure for cancer in it and "Pulp Fiction." Really, we couldn't be more tickled by how bonkers this is.
STARVE OUT THE BAD KARMA
Eating Is Bad For Your Soul
Whether it’s because of political or ethical motivations, a concern over health and longevity, some highly questionable sanity, an eating disorder, or the neurotic habits of the modern eater, humans — myself included — are notorious for self-imposing restrictions on what we put into our bodies.
SO LONG OLD FRIEND
Saying Goodbye To Television Without Pity
Fans paused to mourn the passing of an Internet icon — and to marvel at the cultural changes that eventually toppled Television Without Pity, one of the former greats of online pop culture commentary.
THANKS, UNCLE SAM
Why Rich People's Houses Are So Big
Homeowner tax incentives make larger homes more appealing to buyers, adding upwards of 1,000 extra square feet in some cities.
CLARISSA CAN
Why Nate Silver Can’t Explain It All
FiveThirtyEight and other new media projects pretend to offer explanatory journalism but lack self-awareness.
BIDEN VOTES FOR COMIC SANS
Teen Claims He Can Save The Government Millions By Changing Their Fonts
It all started as a science fair project. As a neophyte sixth-grader at Dorseyville Middle School, Suvir Mirchandani noticed he was getting a lot more handouts than he did in elementary school.
COOL
Facebook Has One Billion Mobile Users
Facebook followers could be forgiven for being fixated by the $2 billion deal to acquire the virtual reality company Oculus.
THIS IS WHAT JOY LOOKS LIKE
40-Year-Old Deaf Woman Hears For The First Time
Joe Milne suffers from Usher's syndrome and was deaf from birth. She had bilateral cochlea implants fitted which allowed her to hear for the first ever.
THEY ALL PLAY BY THEIR OWN RULES
The Action Hero Championship Belt
From Steve McQueen to Liam Neeson, Bill Simmons determines who ruled the box office.
VERY ENTERPRISING
George Takei, Living Long And Prospering From Social Media
How the former "Star Trek" star has become Internet’s funny, corny uncle and its moral compass.
CONSOLING HIMSELF WITH JALAPENO POPPERS
The Guy From 'Office Space' Has Lost His Lawsuit Against 'Illegal Flair'
More than a decade later, the cult success of “Office Space” spawned a lawsuit by actor Todd Duffey. He played Brian, a particularly grating member of the Chotchkie’s wait-staff, who was held up as a shining example of the restaurant’s “maximum flair” policy.
GREAT MINDS
Before ‘The Simpsons,’ Matt Groening Drew Cartoons For Apple Computers
Apple’s branding strategy has usually been to flatter those who fancy themselves “outsiders” or “rebels” — basically everyone in the entire world. But with this 1989 attempt to woo Generation Xers, the company took a more subtle approach, with a pamphlet illustrated by Matt Groening.
ACTUALLY, THEY'RE CALLED TOQUES
Why Chefs Wear Silly Hats
“I’ve long wondered how to change the way we wear our cotton hats,” wrote the French chef Antonin Carême in his 1822 manifesto on modern cuisine, “Le Maître d’Hôtel Français.”
CAN'T HURT, RIGHT?
Blackberry Decides To Bring Back The Bold
No, it's not 2011. But the company plans to bring back its most popular phone from that year in an attempt to turn itself around.
3/24 — 3/28
What We Learned This Week
What did you learn this week? We learned what makes McDonald's the king of fast food, what women want (on the dance floor at least) and how to cook our own Four Loko.
HOW WILL THEY CATCH UP ON 'DOG WITH A BLOG'?
Devastated Family Struggling To Cope After Losing Everything On DVR
"You hear stories about people who mismanage their device settings... but you never really think it could happen to you."
GIVE A F*CK
This Ad Wants Danish People To Solve Their Population Crisis... In The Obvious Way
The birth rate in Denmark is at a 27-year low. Travel agency Spies claims that couples have a lot more sex while on vacation, so their solution is for Danes to travel abroad and get it on.
PANNING FOR GOLD IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Inside The Shadowy World Of Data Brokers
Data brokers operate in the shadows of the Internet. Most consumers are unaware or unsure how to put restrictions of their activity. In fact, one U.S. senator called these companies and their practices "the dark underside of American life."
CHEAP TRIPS
Here Are The Cheapest And Most Expensive Places In The World To Get Your Vice On
Where's the cheapest place in the world to buy weed? Who's got the most over-priced cigarettes? Where can I get a beer for a dollar? We attempted to answer these questions and more with this breakdown of things that are bad for us.
ENGINE INFERIORITY COMPLEX
The Exemplary Plane At The Heart Of The MH370 Mystery
With just two engines, the Boeing 777 wasn’t supposed to be safe for long flights over the ocean. Then it proved everyone wrong. Or did it?
NO, WE DIDN'T SAY 'SUICIDE'
Dozens Of New Kurt Cobain Suicide Photos Released
The Seattle Police Department has released 35 never-before-seen pictures from the death investigation of Kurt Cobain, the rock legend and frontman for the band Nirvana who was found dead in his Seattle-area home in April 1994.
EWW
Kimmel's Worst Invention: Spray-On Yoga Pants
After a number of schools banned Lululemon pants for being too revealing, Kimmel decided to up the ante.
MEDAL METAL
Behind The Scenes At The Robot Olympics
A Pentagon-sponsored competition could spur the next stage in robot evolution: the ability to operate in the human world.
OFTEN LIVE ABOVE GROUND
Gamers Aren't Anti-Social 'Basement-Dwellers,' New Study Finds
New research finds that online social behavior isn’t replacing offline social behavior in the gaming community. Instead, online gaming is expanding players’ social lives.
'STAFF RIDING'
The Deadly Art Of Train Surfing In South Africa
There are not many places in the world where you could get away with something like this, but South Africa seems to be one of them. And for too many, the risk is far greater than prison time.
COME ON, PEOPLE
People Who Don't Realize 'The Colbert Report' Is Satire Want It Cancelled Over Asian Joke
Twitter users aimed to get the hashtag #CancelColbert trending on Thursday night after the official Twitter account for "The Colbert Report" posted a joke about Asian stereotypes out of context.
YOUTHANIZE ME!
Colbert Mocks Networks' Attempts To Make Morning News For Millenials
"GMA" and "Today" are both debasing themselves further than previously thought possible. More importantly, this segment features Charlie Rose in a ball pit.
A WORLD LOST TO HISTORY
Color Photographs Of Imperial Russia
At Paris' Zadkine Museum, explore vibrant photos of the pre-Soviet Russian Empire.
THE OPPOSITE OF A MIRROR
Why Selfies Sometimes Look Weird To Their Subjects
It's not your face, it's how your brain works.
SERIOUSLY, WE CAN'T REMEMBER IT
Before The Internet
Life was boring. But, like, a different kind of boring.
KILL THEM WITH KINDNESS
What's The Best Way To Execute Someone?
Doctors say lethal injection is often botched and horrific. Doctors are smart.
ONLY BEEN AROUND SINCE 1965
How 'No Worries' Infected American English
The handy Australianism “no worries” — usually used in place of “you’re welcome” — has been burrowing deeper into the heart of American English
ALONE TIME
These Aren't Couples, They're Photos Of Just One Person
The photo series "Alone Time" pairs people with gender-bent version of themselves, and it's shockingly convincing.
THE TOP WILL STILL BE A MESS THOUGH
A Toothpaste Tube That Gets Every Last Bit Out
Tired of wasting leftover toothpaste, a student invents a new origami-inspired design that leaves nothing behind.
JUST DON'T ALSO TRY TO CHEW GUM
Have Trouble Texting And Walking? Apple Has An Idea
A newly-published Apple patent filing suggests a way to display a video on your iPhone that points out the path ahead of you.