Afflictor: Thinking big, dumb Rush and the GOP may have slightly angered female voters. (Image by Monsterteeth.)
- A Recent Film I Liked Now on Home Video: Project Nim.
- Is the contraception battle the death rattle of sexism?
- Old Print Articles: Judge Roy Bean had an unusual display case in his Texas saloon (1885) + “English Jack” was a rat-catcher of some repute (1884).
- Classic Photograph: Custer, with His Wife, Two Years Before His Last Stand (1874).
- Featured Videos: John Cale performs on an America game show (1963) + Ridley Scott’s TED Talk “from the future” + Philo T. Farnsworth appears on the medium he created (1957) + Eleanor Roosevelt margarine ad (1959) + Andy Warhol and Bianca Jagger interview Steven Spielberg (1979) + Swarmbots pool their talents + Bobby Fischer at 15 years old (1958) + IBM believes quantum computers are close to fruition + Professor David F. James makes liquid flow uphill (1967) + Phyllis Schlafly and Ann Scott debate the ERA (1973) + Marshall McLuhan watches TV + DARPA’s robotic arm can answer the phone.
- Recently Posted on NYC’s Craigslist: Andy Rooney played with dolls + Even my robot dog won’t obey me + Religion still has its place + Dude!
- Computer genius Larry Smarr is leading the quantified-self movement.
- Steve Kordek perfected the pinball machine in 1948.
- James Gleick looks at how information goes viral.
- An essay about Medgar Evers written by his wife, Myrlie, in 1963.
- Charles Duhigg explains why Americans brush their teeth.
- Farhood Manjoo looks at the decline of physical currency.
- Jonathan Chait examines the likely end of the Reagan Revolution.
- Japan is building an elevator into outer space.
- How to make your house levitate to avoid earthquakes.
- An L.A. Times essay about Philip K. Dick’s life in 1970s suburbia.
- Smartphones are changing human evolution, of course.
- Japan has developed a gun that can literally silence voices.
- Victor Gruen invented the shopping mall.
- Bell Labs honcho Mervin Kelly used architecture to inspire creativity.
- Researchers make a breakthrough in the neural-prosthetic interface.
- Why American women are funnier than men right now.
- A brief note from 1901 about that anarchist picnic.
- A brief note from 1895 about a peddler of popped corn.
- Afflictor Nation: Great Britain is dethroned.
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