This week, investigators searched for the source of the missiles that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
- Old Print Articles: The passing of Oregon trail pioneer Ezra Meeker (1928) + Automated machine may replace typewriter girls (1909) + Scientist wants to use rockets to deliver mail (1935) + Architect foresees American aerotropolises (1929).
- Featured Videos: Elaine Stritch assails David Letterman (1996) + Arnold Schwarzenegger on display at the Whitney Museum (1976) + Young & Rubicam exec Steve Frankfurt was one of the real-life Mad Men (1967) + More Mad Men: David Ogilvy and George Lois (1960s/1974) + K-Tel celebrates Israel’s 25th anniversary (1973).
- Recently Posted On NYC’s Craigslist: I gave Grandma a hug and now I’m covered in blood + Oh, a vegetarian + Or maybe a three-way with Phyllis Diller’s corpse.
- “Weird” Al Yankovic tries to navigate a decentralized, digital world.
- Russia, it would seem, is purposely destroying itself.
- Developers in Dubai are planning a temperature-controlled domed city.
- In the 1970s, former child preacher Marjoe Gortner went Hollywood.
- In 1973, Marjoe reported on the technological nightmare of Maharaj Ji.
- Bill Gates reveals the title of his favorite business book.
- Elon Musk is building a spaceport in Texas.
- Automaker franchises want to pull the plug on Tesla.
- Decades ago, the Dallas Cowboys trusted computers and sold cleavage.
- Economist Sir Partha Dasgupta offers up a dismal view of our future.
- Most creatures on Earth are almost always hungry.
- Several deaths followed Hans Guenther Hauck to his tropical paradise.
- The roots of the Smithsonian Institution aren’t very American.
- Sir Martin Rees discusses Earth’s origins and ETs.
- Carlos Slim calls for a three-day work week.
- The U.S. government once planned to nuke the moon.
- Ron Rosenbaum argues that Hitler succeeded in his mission.
- More than 20 years ago, Bob Guccione funded a cold-fusion project.
- The chips are falling where they may for Atlantic City casinos.
- Cryptocurrency may not currently be your best bet.
- World Cup strategy is driven more and more by technology.
- The FBI has conducted an investigation into driverless cars.
- The General Motors Roundabout had two built-in shopping carts.
- Romantic crushes fail to meet scientific standards.
- Vikram Pandit, ousted Citigroup chairman, is getting into the numbers game.
- Blind chance is sometimes preferable to crunching numbers.
- When it comes to the stock market, computers are far from foolproof.
- The size of American houses continues to grow.
- Cities shouldn’t be a complete mess, but they should be messy.
- A brief note from 1893 about a prizefight.
- A brief note from 1910 about a kissing bandit.
- A brief note from 1910 about the White House cow.
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