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Nothing Is Everything

from Nautilus How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything The key to understanding the origin and fate of the universe may be a more complete understanding of the vacuum. by CHARLIE WOOD Millennia ago, Aristotle asserted that nature abhors a vacuum, reasoning that objects would fly through truly empty space at impossible speeds. In 1277, the French […]

The Bird That Can’t Be Killed

from reason The Failed Campaign To Kill To Kill a Mockingbird Recent moves to censor the book have come from Virginia, Mississippi, and California. by JASON RUSSELL People have been trying to ban Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird since the 1960s. And since the 1960s, they have largely failed. In one early instance, the school board of […]

ICE Sad

from The Atlantic The End of Manual Transmission Stick shifts are dying. When they go, something bigger than driving will be lost. By Ian Bogost I drive a stick shift. It’s a pain, sometimes. Clutching and shifting in bumper-to-bumper traffic wears you out. My wife can’t drive my car, which limits our transit options. And when […]

Meta Sad

from CNBC Mark Cuban: Buying real estate in the metaverse is ‘the dumbest’ idea ever by Cheyenne DeVon Buying digital land in the metaverse may not be the best use of your money, according to billionaire investor Mark Cuban. Although Cuban is a well-documented cryptocurrency enthusiast, he called purchasing virtual real estate in the metaverse “the […]

NFT Sad

from WIRED No One Cares About My Framed NFT Art Some NFTs are frame-worthy, just like any other photo. What you’re actually framing is still a mystery. STEPHEN CURRY WIGGLES his shoulders on my kitchen counter. No one cares, not even the most devout Curry fans. Occasionally a friend asks what it is, this never-ending loop of […]

Andy’s Benz’s

from InsideHook New Exhibit Revisits Andy Warhol’s Mercedes-Benz Collaboration “Andy Warhol: Cars” is on display now at the Petersen Automotive Museum BY TOBIAS CARROLL Art and autos converge in a new museum show. / Petersen Automotive Museum Over the course of his long career in art, Andy Warhol drew inspiration from a number of now-iconic images, […]

When Dead Whales Are Good Whales

from Nautilus Humans Are Overzealous Whale Morticians We hastily dispose of dead whales, ignoring the ecological significance of their carcasses BY BEN GOLDFARB When, at the dawn of the 19th century, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark traversed western North America, they encountered a wondrous bestiary: the “fleet and delicately formed” coyote, the “bear of enormous […]

The Ultimate Sportsman

Olivia Newton John Gone

from TMZ OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHNDEAD AT 73 Olivia Newton-John, who soared to international stardom as both a singer and movie star has died. Olivia hit it big in 1971 with songs like “If Not for You,” and in 1973 “Let Me Be There.” She followed that up with a monster hit, “Have You Never Been Mellow.” […]