Every day the same again
Street musician hits man with guitar over criticism.
Police searching for suspects after a horse was sexually assaulted on a Suffolk farm.
Drunk man jailed after arguing with bike.
Ohio school tells wrong parents kids are absent. Parents “understandably upset.”
Doubts raised over woman who claims she gave birth to an egg.
Parachutist wants to raise $3 million for a jump without a parachute.
Woman charged for driving with sex toy while watching porn video.
Video game firm sued over addiction. Hawaiian man is claiming he is unable to bathe, dress himself or wake up in the day due to alleged “phenomena of psychological dependence and addiction.”
A UK company offers people to press their ashes in a vinyl recording.
Man Built a Sanctuary for Homeless Cats. [w/ pics]
Many investors have turned their attention intently in the direction of interest rates and housing starts and the pontifications of Ben Bernanke, failing to notice that one of the markets they left behind is now leaving them behind. Over the past decade, while the overall market was weakly limping along, these companies have been steadily growing revenues, adding jobs, and spewing profits. We’re talking about technology, of course.
Why Should Home Prices Stabilize? Fair Value.
Interview with Lee Kuan Yew, 87, first Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore, from 1959 to 1990. The man who defined Singapore.
How to get ahead in advertising. Forty years ago, Charles and Maurice Saatchi founded the advertising agency that was to become one of the most glamorous and influential forces in the land. Their story is a parable for our time.
Why was last winter so cold? And is this a problem for climate change?
“The IQ of the poorest twins appeared to be almost exclusively determined by their socioeconomic status.” Researchers have long overestimated the role our genes play in determining intelligence. Study shows nurture at least as important as nature.
On the Use and Abuse of Pessimism for Life.
How To Tell Who Is Influencing Whom in a Group Discussion.
Prediction of individual brain maturity using fMRI.
Women live longer but in worse condition.
Freud was right: we are attracted to our relatives. A phenomenon known as homogamy.
The life-saving qualities of pizza.
A series of posts revealing the secret history of our condiments, 1.
Why Spacetime on the Tiniest Scale May Be Two-Dimensional.
The new dynamics of book publishing [audio].
Product Placement Discovered in 19th Century British Novels.
From Dark to Cerebral, what kind of media consumer are you?
Google Search Tips: 19 Simple Tricks You Need To Know.
‘Double Rainbow guy hired by Microsoft.
Last month, a 90-second video showing baby sloths in Costa Rica, posted on the same high-definition site, was watched by a million people; then it was copied to YouTube, doubling the number of viewers. Lucy Cooke, the person behind the film, is now in talks with broadcasters to make a full-length feature.
The girls of forensics. [interviews + pics]
How good are we at estimating other people’s drunkenness?
How are dances written down and passed along?
After ten years in New York, she is not sure what she thinks of the city. London is where she shops for records. Many of her songs are modal. Sasha Frere-Jones on Björk.
The most frequent question I get as a cartoonist is “Where do you get your ideas?”
Mark Haddon on Jean Dubuffet. [video]
Demand grows for fake art in China. [video]
Text messaging world record? [video]
Skull Made of Brain Slices. [video]
Eatable ice guns. [Thanks Richard]
Homer Simpson’s doppleganger. [via copyranter]
iPhone 3G King Button, $2,500,000.
Holding in your farts doesn’t make them go away. And: How did he escape the eightsome?
