Martin Shkreli’s Trial Was Just As Bizarre As You Might Expect
Martin Shkreli — best known as the "pharma bro" who jacked up the prices of a life-saving antiparasitic medication from $13.50 to $750 — is on trial for securities fraud…
We Could Have Gone Past The Moon In 2020. But NASA Nixed It
The space agency decided against a manned mission to the moon, but not because of astronaut safety, a summary report concludes. Dan Vergano BuzzFeed News Reporter NASA decided to nix…
Brominated vegetable oil
Too much cola can mess with your brain. The effects of excess brominated vegetable oil explained Ben Valsler You may have heard about sweet, fizzy drinks making people, children in…
3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Presenting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931)
Paul Klee led an artistic life that spanned the 19th and 20th centuries, but he kept his aesthetic sensibility tuned to the future. Because of that, much of the Swiss-German Bauhaus-associated painter’s…
The Divine Within: Aldous Huxley on Mind-Body Integration and How We Become Who We Are
Aldous Huxley (July 26, 1894–November 22, 1963) endures as one of the most visionary and unusual minds of the twentieth century — a man of strong convictions about drugs, democracy,…
Someday This Army Is Going to Leave
Korean farmers face off against the US military's largest overseas base. If you drive about an hour south of Seoul, you will find yourself next to the largest US military…
Lucy Culliton
To give you an idea of Lucy Culliton’s popularity, in 2014 Sydney’s Mosman Art Gallery held a major survey of her work which contained over 100 works. That exhibition attracted…
Grandmothers have the best curse words
two highlights: we hold swear words in a different part of the brain than the rest of language. We often don’t think of the literal meaning of common swear words…
Repackaging the Pill – 99% Invisible
In 1960, a new wonder drug hit the U.S. market. And while lots of new drugs promise dramatic results, this one would actually transform millions of lives and radically shift…
Why Are We So Unwilling to Take Sylvia Plath at Her Word?
New Letters Alleging Abuse are Only Shocking if You Haven't Been Listening {read}