aspidoscelis / flickr During the past two weeks, much outrage has arisen over former Heritage Foundation staffer Jason Richwine's Harvard doctoral dissertation, which speculated that IQ differences between "Hispanic" and ...
dinnerseries / flickr PROBLEM: Kidney stones cause the sort of pain that people rate as highly as childbirth. They also cost the U.S. about $2 billion per year, caring for ...
Fried cicadas (Getty Images)
"Spice Up Your Spring Soiree With a Timely, Tasty Treat." Scotch on the rocks? Why not Scotch on the cicadas? And so on.
Over the next ...
moonwaves / flickr PROBLEM: Sometimes a word is on the tip of your tongue, and it's so close a slight breeze would blow it out. But it doesn't come ...
Human genetic material stored at a laboratory in Munich. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (Praeimplantationsdiagnostik) is a technique used to identify genetic defects in embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) before ...
Researchers have discovered the molecular link between the cells in skin that sense itching and the nerve cells that relay the perception of that itch to the brain. Take that ...
The biggest question about Guillermo del Toro's "Kaiju Vs. Giant Robots" movie Pacific Rim has always been: "Why do the giant Jaeger machines require two pilots to move?" And ...
In 1949, the New York Times commissioned mathematician Norbert Wiener to write an essay about the future "ultimate machine age." He wrote a fascinating look ahead at a world where ...
Last December, the NRA's Wayne LaPierre decided to blame Hollywood's "blood-soaked" gun "pornography" for gun violence. But now, the NRA has posted a list of great gun movies ...
There's a long weekend ahead of us, and that means one thing: DVD box sets. You could break out the Firefly and Babylon 5, or you could venture into ...
'The only person I paid was Max B,' French tells 'RapFix Live' of his debut album, Excuse My French.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway
Super-producer celebrated the release of his May 28 album in New York City with a sexy gallery exhibit-themed party on Wednesday.
By Rebecca Thomas
After attorney Scott Leemon calls out NYPD investigation, Fat Joe tells 'RapFix Live' he doesn't suspect foul play.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway
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“Palisades Park,” the new novel by Alan Brennert, belongs to a genre we might call “nostalgia fiction.” Unlike historical fiction, nostalgia fiction gets its retrospective fabric on the cheap, purchasing ...
The subtitle of the “The Fix — How Addiction Is Taking Over Your World” — sounds like lively hyperbole until you crack the cover of this fleet-footed, frighteningly up-to-date tome on all ...
You may have first encountered Hawkeye in last year’s “Avengers” movie, although the team’s dry-witted archer and sharpshooter has been a supporting character in various comic books for ...
In 2009, as the Great Recession was still dragging on, a young man from Baltimore published his first novel, a devastating story about the human costs of industrial ruin. The ...
Nuance is rare on the bestseller list. In most cases, ambiguity is stripped away to appeal to the greatest number and lowest common denominator. So it always renews my faith ...
Certain nations in this world prosper by becoming "tax havens"— by pulling in money from people and entities seeking to avoid taxes in their home countries. They profit as the ...
Scientists have discovered the genetic trait that results in white tigers, something originally only explained by Just So Stories logic. The trait, which caused their fur to have white accents ...
The sudden new craze called "cat bearding" has made us realize that it's always futile to claim the Internet has hit a new low, because as soon as you ...
A would-be contestant on America's Next Top Model has admitted to authorities in Alabama that she faked her own abduction in a poorly conceived effort to win back the ...
Richard Linklater says that he hopes to film Dazed and Confused: The Sequel this fall. It's going to be a "spiritual sequel," most likely set in college, probably to ...
During New York Design Week, I curated an exhibition and popup shop at Bobby Berk Home full of West Coast designer, makers and artists. Entitled East, Meet West!, the idea ...
In recent years, patios have morphed into outdoor rooms, used as essential square footage for living, playing, and entertaining. This is especially true on the West Coast, to the dismay ...
INTRO NY was a side show from the designjunction team featuring a handful of international designs in an all-white space on the edge of Soho.
Resident is a NZ-based company ...
We collaborated with MSN to profile four artists and designers we love who we think embody the same design, content and functional philosophies as the new MSN.com: design with ...
I am pretty smitten by the Mategot Coatrack by Mathieu Matégot for Gubi. The design reminds me of the Eames dot pattern or mid-century jacks (jax) designs.
The coatrack center ...
Life-changing awakening
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Now that the busiest part of our year is over (see you next year, trade shows!), I can dive back into Before & Afters! I’ve been swamped with travel and ...
Okay— what I’m about to say might alienate some aunts, uncles, mothers, fathers, and grandparents out there—but y’all need to cool it with the overly sentimental greeting ...
One of the first things I do when I, or any of my friends, move into a new apartment is look for lighting I can swap out. Most NYC apartments ...
This year’s ICFF was a textile-lover’s paradise. There were thick wool blankets in intensely colorful patterns, soft cushions that looked like they’d been splattered with beautiful paint ...
Maybe it’s the fact that I bought a pink coffee table this year, or that I’ve taken to writing only using pink Le Pens, but I’ve been ...
The scrawny, long haired kid the world once knew as the youngest/eldest Solomon on 3rd Rock From The Sun has grown up to become quite an impressive figure for ...
Horrible Bosses co-stars Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston are back together for We’re The Millers, a New Line comedy due out this August. Operating on the notion that audiences ...
The new Arrested Development episodes premiere in a few days (duh), and that means it’s time for all the Internet’s content producers to cram in all the AD ...
“Sadie, Sadie” (season two, episode one; originally aired 10/9/2001)
A lot of shows enter their second season with caution, maybe trying to integrate new audience members by going ...
All that Daft Punk hype prior to the release of Random Access Memories apparently really worked. Billboard is projecting that the French duo will sell about 300,000 copies of ...
Sure, it was a National Symphony Orchestra concert at the Kennedy Center last night, but a typical NSO concert? Not so much: Guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish let loose with ...
Earlier this week, an employee of U Street Music Hall strolled down 14th Street NW and ducked into Som Records to buy a vinyl copy of the most hyped album ...
Notable recordings from the world of pop music.
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Imagine a Nirvana whose only source of angst came from being constantly compared to Nirvana. There's more fun than fury ...
May 29 marks the 100th anniversary of the wonderfully scandalous premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring,” when a near-riot broke out in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Performances of ...
The U.S. Marine Chamber Orchestra seemed to gather strength and confidence as it worked its way through a program of Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Bizet at the Schlesinger Concert Hall ...
You didn't think Brangelina & Co. would hole up in just any old shack, did you?
Of course not! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie—along with kids Maddox, Pax, Zahara ...
Did you hear the one about Morgan Freeman falling asleep during a TV interview?
Well, it happened. And we've got the video to prove it!
The 75-year-old Oscar winner...
Queen Elizabeth II is just like us!
Just because she's arguably the world's most famous royal doesn't mean she can't enjoy a little public transportation now ...
Now this is a throwback!
A newly revealed snapshot of President Barack Obama from his senior prom night in 1979 was just published in Time magazine.
POTUS is seen wearing ...
The guy with the key wasn't very successful in wooing Desiree Hartsock, but Jimmy Kimmel might be with the tricks up his sleeve!
In this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at ...
Call it a tale of two Justins.
Bill Hader was chatting with Howard Stern on his Sirius XM radio show on Wednesday about his recent departure from Saturday Night Live ...
There are so many things we love about Lauren Conrad. The fact that she is always down for trying new hairdos—no matter how bold—is definitely one of them ...
It's not The Bachelorette without some awkward and uncomfortable interaction between the Bachelorette and a contestant right out of the gate!
In this exclusive clip from the season...
Ron Livingston is a dad!
The Office Space star is going to have to make some crib space now that he and his actress-wife Rosemarie DeWitt are celebrating the birth ...
Not everyone can be a Belieber.
After an incredibly rough month, Justin Bieber continues to receive a serious amount of media criticism for his questionable behavior.
From the...
