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The Sublime, Thoroughly 2010s-y Emoji Video for 'Drunk in Love'
This earthly veil can be harsh and brutal, but sometimes it offers us weary souls a respite. Why despair completely when we have emoji? When we have Beyoncé? When we have both at the same time?...
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The Only Woman in the Computer Science Department
Irene Greif always thought she'd be a teacher. "For one thing," she told me, "I'd been told by my mother that it was good to be a teacher because you just worked the hours your kids were in school and...
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Uber in Europe
1. Brussels officials are not messing around with Uber. "Briggte Grouwels, Brussels’ minister of public works and transport, already made it clear that it wouldn’t be allowing Uber to operate any of...
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The Diving Bell and the Exoskeleton: An Excursion into the Depths
A search for a photo of a miniature submarine took me to a government website, and as I browsed the tiny thumbnails, I saw something better than a tiny sub in the water. I found a picture of a man...
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Are Stonehenge's Boulders Actually Big Bells?
Not every neolithic site can claim its own ’70s pop classic, but, hey: That’s Stonehenge. Countless theories and tools have attempted to make sense of the set of raised stones and earthworks in the...
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Fun With Cannons
What is it about a huge barrel that makes you want to climb in or on it? I don't know, but let me tell you, you're not the first human to experience the feeling, according to a great set of photos...
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This 13-Year-Old Just Became the Youngest Person Ever to Build a...
It started with the Internet. "One day," Jamie Edwards recalls, "I was looking on the Internet for radiation or other aspects of nuclear energy." (As one does.) Through that search, he came across the...
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The Gospel of Buzzfeed
Today, Lent begins. Christians enter a time of spiritual reflection, some giving up an indulgence like meat or sugar in the spirit of emulating the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert before his death....
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Architecture and Your Microbiome
1. The architecture that surrounds you probably changes the microorganisms inside you. "The interactions between building design, microbial diversity, and health might be stronger in other types of...
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Why Getty Going Free Is Such a Big Deal, Explained in Getty Images
Heres's one of the quirks of the Internet: It can make illegal activity so simple to engage in that you can forget it's against the law. Take image-sharing. If you find a photo, via Google Image...
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The NASA Rocket That Hovers Like a Helicopter (But Could Land on Mars)
Yesterday, a NASA test vehicle lifted off from the ground in Florida, flew freely through the air, and landed about 650 feet away. It landed, crucially, in the same position it launched—upright—and...
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Goldman: There Will Be as Much Mobile Commerce in 2018 as E-Commerce in 2013
Imagine all the people sitting at their computers buying stuff. Amazon purchases of garbage bags and Canon 5Ds, felted animals on Etsy, Ikea rugs, trampolines from Walmart.com, diapers from...
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What It Looks Like When One Wingsuit Jumper Films Another
Wingsuits! They’re amazing! They’re like those jetpacks everyone wanted, but they work with physics! And we’re fans of them here at The Atlantic. We’ve covered documentaries about them, stunt Chinese...
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There's No Real Difference Between Online Espionage and Online Attack
Back when we first started getting reports of the Chinese breaking into U.S. computer networks for espionage purposes, we described it in some very strong language. We called the Chinese actions...
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Doxing: An Etymology
Today, as it made its return as a print publication, Newsweek published a blockbuster story: It unveiled the identity of the founder of Bitcoin. This was a big deal. That founder, after all, had long...
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Do You Have Computer Vision Syndrome?
Those of us who spend two or more continuous hours at a computer most days are, the American Optometric Association says, at risk for eye problems. Here are some things to do to avoid that.
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The Encyclopedia of Dead Malls
1. DeadMalls.com: Delightfully detailed profiles of retail agglomerations in decline, like the Duck Creek Plaza in Bettendorf, Iowa. "With the Duck Creek Plaza roster reduced to Marshalls, Walgreens,...
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Meet 'Ask Zelda,' the Advice Column for NSA Workers
The NSA is, on top of everything else, a workplace. Which means that NSA workers have to deal with things like: that supervisor who doesn't respond to emails. And that guy down the hall who's a...
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Discovering the Roots of Memory
As a 95-year-old psychologist, Brenda Milner still remembers the “bad old days” of frontal lobotomies as a treatment for psychosis. In fact, her research provided some of the first evidence showing why...
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The Sacrifical Landscape of True Detective
True Detective is a compelling show. People love the acting and are thrilled by the mystery. No arguments there. But two recent interviews with people who worked on it highlight another reason the show...
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