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Mimi O’Donnell on Philip Seymour Hoffman

from Vogue Mimi O’Donnell Reflects on the Loss of Philip Seymour Hoffman and the Devastation of Addiction by MIMI O’DONNELL AS TOLD TO ADAM GREEN The exceptional leading man Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose death in 2014 dealt a heartbreaking blow to American cultural life. Photographed by Anton Corbijn, 2012 The first time I met Phil, there […]

Earth Hum

from CBS News Earth’s mysterious hum recorded underwater for 1st time By MINDY WEISBERGER This photo from NASA’s Suomi NPP satellite shows the Eastern Hemisphere of Earth in “Blue Marble” view. NASA/NOAA Far from the blaring cacophony of cities, towns and suburbs, there are far quieter soundtracks to be found — the murmurs of wind […]

U2 Not Dead

from RealClearLife Rock’n’Roll Won’t Die, No Matter What U2 Says The music industry as we knew is gone, but rock will survive. By Tim Sommer Very recently, I saw some respectable men in their late fifties prancing around on TV. They were sitting shiva for rock’n’roll. I generally give U2 the benefit of the doubt […]

Snip-snip

from McClatchy Here’s how to shut down the internet: Snip undersea fiber-optic cables BY TIM JOHNSON A crewman pulls on undersea cable that will be laid in the Caribbean in this 2001 photo from the Port of Miami. The crewman stands in a cable well holding 120 miles of cable. Charles Trainor Jr. Miami Herald […]

Massive Penis-shaped Space Rock Befuddles

from The Atlantic Astronomers to Check Mysterious Interstellar Object for Signs of Technology Russian billionaire Yuri Milner says if the space rock ‘Oumuamua is giving off radio signals, his team will be able to detect them—and they may get the results within days. by MARINA KOREN An artist’s impression of the interstellar asteroid ‘OumuamuaESO / M. […]

ED Reality

Half of us are in, at least.

from Reuters via Yahoo! News Are Earthlings alone? Half of humans believe in alien life AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Nearly half of humans believe in alien life and want to make contact, a survey in 24 countries has found, in what researchers said helps to explain the lasting popularity of the “Star Wars” franchise 40 years […]

Damien Freed

from The New Yorker The False Narrative of Damien Hirst’s Rise and Fall By Felix Salmon Photograph by Francesco Guidicini / The Sunday Times / News Syndication / Redux The artist Damien Hirst is fundamentally a maker of luxury goods, and that is why he confounds the expectations of art-world cynics and romantics alike. The […]

We Aren’t Going To See Them Coming At First

from The Daily Star Asteroid that could’ve obliterated NYC skimmed past Earth – and NASA didn’t notice A MASSIVE asteroid that could have destroyed New York City skimmed past Earth – and NASA had no clue. By Rachel O’Donoghue The large space rock – dubbed 2017 VL2 – passed the planet on November 9 at […]

Chip Hack

from The Telegraph Employee used crisp packet as ‘Faraday cage’ to hide his whereabouts during work by Jonathan Pearlman A man in Australia was sacked after he relied on a 180-year-old scientific discovery to help prevent his colleagues discovering his whereabouts while he played golf during work hours. Tom Colella, a 60-year-old  electrician in Perth, lost […]