home
The New Aesthetic
Schneier on Security
STAT
- When a Nobel Prize brings a shower of hype: the roller coaster ride of RNAi
- Pregnant women urged to consider avoiding Southeast Asia because of Zika
- Former Insys sales manager is arrested in opioid kickback scheme
- Can DNA testing making nutritional supplements safer? Some tests might not be up to snuff
- European regulators appeal rulings that prevent release of drug data
- Feds slam Mylan for misclassifying EpiPen, with ‘financial consequences’ to Medicaid
- Why fentanyl is deadlier than heroin, in a single photo
- Opposition stirring to Kuwaiti law mandating DNA tests for all residents
- Senate effort to increase access to experimental drugs is blocked
- To fight Zika and other global diseases, developing countries need better clinical laboratories
- Pharmalot, Pharmalittle: Novo Nordisk cutting 1,000 jobs amid diabetes drug price war
- Gene-engineered gut bacteria successfully treat sick mice — and could treat humans someday
- How Trump was named ‘Grand Benefactor’ for a Dana-Farber gala without donating a penny
- LISTEN: To make big profits, drug companies turn to monopoly shenanigans
- Medical students need to learn the potent medicine of empathy
- Most Americans believe prescription drug prices are unreasonable
Revolutions
Scientific Method – Ars Technica
- Rosetta finishes slow descent to comet’s surface Friday morning [Updated]
- NASA officials mulling the possibility of purchasing Soyuz seats for 2019
- House Science Committee now wants to see SEC’s e-mails, too
- Going to Mars is (relatively) easy; coming back is where it gets tricky
- Feds go after Mylan for scamming Medicaid out of millions on EpiPen pricing
- Molecular muscles can stretch and contract in three dimensions
Neil Mitchell's Haskell Blog
Food and Drug Administration--Press Releases
NPR Fresh Air
- Film director Andrea Arnold didn’t want to tell Terry the exact...
- The Great Hall during the exhibition “Polish Painting of the...
- In ‘You’re The Worst,’ Even The Most Flawed...
- Old West Gunslinging Meets Futuristic Androids In HBO’s...
The Presurfer
- Patience
- 10 Of The World's Rarest Gemstones
- Debunking The Myth Of The 'Real' Robinson Crusoe
- Surveillance Photography Is Way Older Than You Think
- Coral Colors
- SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System
- 10 Insanely Difficult Languages To Master
Futurity
Dinosaur Comics!
Main Feed - Environmental Defense
- Is Mainstream Corporate America Jumping on the Clean Energy Bandwagon?
- Is mainstream corporate America jumping on the clean energy bandwagon?
- Which Came First: Clean Trucks at Ports or a Port Clean Truck Program?
Modern FarmerModern Farmer
- The National Farmers Union’s Roger Johnson on Consolidation, Politics & More
- Heroes of the Heartland: A Chat with Author Miriam Horn
- What $395,000 Buys You in Illinois: Pike County Farmstead
WebUrbanist
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Committee Probes SEC’s Investigation of Exxon
- Letter to SEC Chair Mary Jo White re: Exxon investigation
- Research and Technology Subcommittee Hearing - Academic Research Regulatory Relief: A Review of New Recommendations
swissmiss
- How Boeing Builds a 737 in Just Nine Days
- 101 small ways you can improve your city
- Know Your Font
- Drywall
- Leather Wrist Ruler
- Present
Root Simple
Internet Archive Blogs
Mattias Inks
In Custodia Legis: Law Librarians of Congress
Dilbert Daily Strip
CreativeApplications.Net
- Deltu by Alexia Léchot – iPad as a ‘mirror interface’ between humans and robots
- Scribb by Mylène Dreyer – Pen-Paper-Mouse Interface
OET Experimental Licensing Branch Recent Grants
- File Number: 0044-EX-CR-2016, Callsign: KA2XAC
- File Number: 0048-EX-CN-2016, Callsign: WI2XNI
- File Number: 0017-EX-CM-2016, Callsign: WG2XGA
- File Number: 0484-EX-PL-2016, Callsign: WI2XMG
- File Number: 1138-EX-ST-2016, Callsign: WK9XEP
- File Number: 0127-EX-ML-2016, Callsign: WI2XFB
CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
- Adults with One or More Functional Disabilities — United States, 2011–2014
- Influenza Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — United States, 2015–16 Influenza Season
- Local Mosquito-Borne Transmission of Zika Virus — Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida, June–August 2016
- Notes from the Field: Measles Outbreak of Unknown Source — Shelby County, Tennessee, April–May 2016
- Announcement: Final 2015–16 Influenza Vaccination Coverage Estimates for Selected Local Areas, States, and the United States Available Online
- Erratum: Vol. 65, No. 36
- QuickStats: Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Adults Aged 50–75 Years, by Race/Ethnicity — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2000–2015
- Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables
GOOD
- California Ends Statute Of Limitations For Rape And Child Molestation Cases
- This College Hockey Team's Secret Weapon Is An Autistic Defenseman
- Boys HS Soccer Team Refuses To Play Against Co-Ed Squad, Citing ‘Religious Beliefs’
- People Are Mesmerized By This Strange Optical Illusion
- Here’s Why You Really Need To Prepare Like A Survivalist Right Now
- Tecate Proposed A ‘Beer Wall’ During The Presidential Debate
- This Father and Daughter’s Beautiful Morning Mantra Is Attracting Attention From All Over The World
- Grandpa Plays Hairdresser In Grandma’s Sweet Selfie
- This App Will Tell You How Long It Will Take To Burn Off All That Junk Food
- Student Surprises Caring Teacher With The Sneakers He’s Wanted Since Childhood
- The Case For A New National Holiday: Election Day
- Cocky Muscle-Man Tries To Show Off In Front of the Wrong Woman
Grist
- EPA is breaking its own rules about protecting communities of color
- Here’s another source of greenhouse gases you should be worrying about: hydropower.
- Police in military gear arrest 21 people gathered near the Dakota Access site.
- Lawmakers finally agreed on Flint aid, 363 days after residents were told to stop drinking their water.
- Weed might make you feel chill, but its impact on the climate is anything but.
- Help! There’s pesticide on my houseplant
- 7 signs that China is serious about combating climate change
- If you like food that tastes good, oh well!
- She studies underwater methane-eating microbes that keep our planet in balance. Genius!
- What do solar panels and tomatoes have in common? Living space.
Eurostat News releases
McSweeney’s
- Why You Are Single: Let’s Do the Math
- Monologue: I Wish I Had More Than Eight Minutes With a Patient to Show Him I Don’t Care If He Lives or Dies
- Key Ring Chronicles: Beaded Bracelet
- List: Uber Reviews of Literary Journeys
13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
xkcd.com
Features – FiveThirtyEight
- Election Update: Even A Small Post-Debate Bounce Could Make A Big Difference For Clinton
- ‘Missing’ White Voters Could Elect Trump. But First They Need To Register.
- Significant Digits For Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016
- Some Like It Bot
Design Milk
- A Fold-Up Bookshelf You Can Reconfigure
- Fresh From The Dairy: in4mation x Society6 Snapback Hats
- 10 Modern Religious Buildings
- Heckler TV Stand Helps Take the TV Off the Wall
- The Poster Child for Luxe Minimalism: The Thin Gold Line
- Upholstered Seating with Pinched Cushions
- Kaspar Weyrer Strasse by Snøhetta
kottke.org
- Man films annual personal report from 1977 to 2011
- Finding yourself in fashion
- Olly Moss designed the covers for the Harry Potter ebooks
- 100 greatest TV shows of all time
- Data analysis of The Simpsons
National Geographic News
- Watch: Rosetta Spacecraft Crashing Into a Comet
- The World Is Finally Getting Serious About Tiger Farms
- One Tiny Wasp Turns a Fig Tree Into a 150-Foot-High Eden
- Intimate Photos Show the Power of the African American Museum
someecards.com
- The mortifying moment a man proposing to his girlfriend at a baseball game loses the ring.
- Someone asked Tim Burton about the lack of diversity in his new movie. His answer was pretty bad.
- Ariel Winter calls out Hollywood's 'disgusting' sexism because she speaks truth.
- 7 things you should at least pretend to know today.
- Hodor's own mother made an ice-cold joke about his 'Game of Thrones' fate.
- Zayn Malik's new look has single-handedly redeemed the soul patch.
- Deli serves up hilarious, honest kids' menu that your kid could easily order from.
- Trevor Noah aired some creepy old clips of Donald Trump being gross.
- World's unluckiest penis bitten by poisonous spider for the second time.
- Kate McKinnon's love for her cat Nino will make you love her even more.
- We asked women what qualities they honestly look for in men.
- Here's a clip of Donald Trump calling a pregnant Kim Kardashian 'large' apropos of nothing.
- Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris are apparently friends again for a very specific reason.
- This picture of a baby meeting a ballerina is the happiest thing you'll see on the internet today.
- 1 in 4 young women has mental health problems and it's all social media's fault.
- Blac Chyna outs Rob Kardashian for once having a crush on his own sister. Gross.
- Police are searching for a woman who had sex with a headless T-Rex at a children's theme park.
- Trump campaign manager slips up and uses the accurate word for Trump's treatment of women.
- Apparently there is a best time of day to shave your legs. Who knew?
- Woman who tossed her husband's lunch off the balcony and through his sunroof is the Michael Jordan of wives.
- Samantha Bee's female staff members joined her in giving Trump the finger for his attitude toward women.
- Husband put wedding ring on his penis to prove his loyalty. It's safe to say he regretted it.
- Miley Cyrus ends peacetime in Hollywood by starting feud with Mariah Carey.
- Miley Cyrus filled in for a sick Ellen and immediately made a drug joke.
- Tinder for sperm donors lets you swipe your way to a baby daddy.
- Woman doesn't know what to do when coworker demands everyone refer to her boyfriend as her 'master.'
- Rob Kardashian dashes Blac Chyna breakup rumors by Snapchatting her bump.
- Londoners can't stop laughing at this suggestive new statue.
- Freshman turns her roommate's subtweets into a glorious collage of hatred, drama ensues.
- Woman calls teachers 'lazy' for clocking out at 3 p.m., teachers are not pleased.
- For every season, turn turn turn, there is another topless Kim Kardashian photo.
- Out of it.
- The 11 most annoying children’s TV show theme songs, ranked.
Planet Haskell
- Neil Mitchell: Full-time Haskell jobs in London, at Barclays
- Don Stewart (dons): Haskell dev roles with Strats @ Standard Chartered
Colossal
- Artist Leon Tarasewicz Covers the Poland National Gallery’s Great Hall Staircase in Splatter Paint
- New Lace Street Art Created with Ceramic, Textile, and Spray Paint by NeSpoon
- A Macro Timelapse Highlights the Micro Movements of Spectacularly Colored Coral