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The Machine Zone: This Is Where You Go When You Just Can't Stop Looking at...
The Machine Zone (Sarah Rich) "People love Facebook. They really love it," Biz Stone wrote earlier this month. "My mother-in-law looks hypnotized when she decides to put in some Facebook time." She is...
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How to Actually Get a Job on Twitter
Tomorrow, my newest hire starts here at The Atlantic. Robinson Meyer is his name, he just finished up school at Northwestern, and he may be the only college kid to actually get a job because of how...
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Behold, the Innards of a Spacesuit
The torso of a U.S. space suit, x-rayed (Mark Avino and Roland H. Cunningham, Smithsonian Institution)Ever wondered what the inside of a spacesuit looks like? Neither had I, really. Last week, however,...
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The Disgusting Side of Space: What Happens to Dead Skin in Microgravity
Warning: if you are looking for a story about the romance of space travel -- the adventure, the wonder, the transcendence of what we know in the name of exploring a great unknown-- this is not that....
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Preserving the Horrors of Hiroshima
Wikimedia CommonsShoso Hirai fishes out an old sepia-toned photograph from his bag. He holds it firmly with both hands before placing it gently on the table in front of him. He takes his wrinkled index...
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408 Hot Air Balloons Just Took Off at the Same Time — Here's Video
Yesterday, something happened that happens every day: hot air balloons fired up and set to the skies. Yesterday, however, something also happened that has never happened before: more than 400 balloons,...
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Why Is Google Using a 'That's What She Said' Joke to Sell the Moto X?
Today, at an event in New York City, Google and Motorola introduced the Moto X: the phone Gizmodo is calling "the first cross-carrier hero phone out of Motorola since it was taken under Google's...
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How the Polar Bear Lost Its Power, and Other Animal Tales
"Gradually, America's management of its wild animals has evolved, or maybe devolved, into a surreal kind of performance art," reflects Jon Mooallem, author of Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly...
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The Google County Times: The Future of Local News?
Coming soon to a Glass headset near you: News from just down the block (AP/Darryl Dyck)Google has hatched a plan to boost the visibility of its existing local news product, and in the process is...
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The Climate Is Set to Change 'Orders of Magnitude' Faster Than at Any Other...
Some of the earliest clues scientists had that Earth's climate has changed over time were mismatches between the fossil record and a current ecosystem. How could this palm tree have grown in Wyoming?...
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Comments on the Web: Engaging Readers or Swamping Journalism?
[carlo cravero]/FlickrOne of the great promises of digital journalism is that it breaks down barriers between publications and readers. Consider print: You publish a story, wait for the reader emails...
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James Baldwin on Television and What You Learn Channel Surfing
James Baldwin, by Boris Chaliapin (National Portrait Gallery)Today, August 2nd, is James Baldwin's birthday. He was born in 1924 in Harlem. A giant of 20th century literature, Baldwin is a spring of...
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12 Reasons Pyrosomes Are My New Favorite Terrifying Sea Creatures
1. They are the Borg of the sea. Pyrosomes are actually colonies composed of hundreds and sometimes thousands of individuals known (reason 1.5 to love pyrosomes) as zooids. The individuals work in...
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It Now Appears Possible to Hack a (Fancy, Japanese) Toilet
This bidet plays music, deodorizes, relaxes, and IT CAN BE HACKED. (LAXIL)O, woe! Beware, you prophets! Beware, you men of ideas, aloft in metropolitan skyscrapers, believing yourself apart, aloof,...
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Fake Birds on Film
Do you ever wonder about those flocks of computer-generated birds flitting across the screens of so many of your favorite shows and films? I do. I'll be watching your average contemporary Hollywood...
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How Much Energy Does the US Use?
Alexis Madrigal explains how energy really works in AmericaRead more We all know the US consumes a massive amount of energy but it's hard to wrap your head around the numbers. How much do we rely on...
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The User's Guide to Energy
Assembling a wind turbine (Mass. Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs) The energy system is vast. How big? It's a $6 trillion dollar market. Trillion! Such a big industry consumes vast amounts...
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The US Energy Picture: A Backgrounder
Coal trains (National Archives)American energy comes from an array of different resources -- the fossil fuels of oil, gas and coal, as well as nuclear and renewables. We can compare these energy...
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Deal or No Deal: $99 for a Lifetime Subscription to Feedly Pro
Travis Goodspeed/FlickrA wise man once said that free services are offered "as is," whereas when customers are charged money, there is a new responsibility to satisfy them. "When people have major...
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How Curiosity Became an Astronaut
The little rover that could (NASA)The most memorable thing was the tears. They were the result, for the most part, of the tensions of the "Seven Minutes of Terror." And of hope. And of anticipation....
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