Courts are increasingly turning to Urban Dictionary to clarify modern slang language
By Nathan Ingraham, theverge.comSure, the Oxford English Dictionary tries to stay on top of current trends by adding new words every year (GIF was its word of the year for 2012), but there’s still a vast vocabulary of strange internet slang — that’s where Urban Dictiona…
Somebody doesn’t seem impressed with his own reflection.
A 75-Year Harvard Study Finds What It Takes To Live A Happy Life
Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, businessinsider.comIn June 2009, The Atlantic published a cover story on the Grant Study, one of the longest-running longitudinal studies of human development.
The project, which began in 1938, has followed 268 Harvard undergraduate men for 75…
Figures: They Speak For Themselves (mildly NSFW) | Indistinguishable From Magic
dresdencodak, tumblr.comContinued from the last article about costume design, today we’re going to talk about those wacky things you hide underneath clothing. Figure drawing is a pivotal tool to any artist, but bein …
Canada Sells Out Science
Phil Plait, slate.com
Over the past few years, the Canadian government has been lurching into antiscience territory. For example, they’ve been muzzling scientists, essentially censoring them from talking about their research. Scientists have fought back against this,…
Cleverly Hilarious WTF Posters By Estudio Minga
inspirationfeed.comMay 07, 2012 0 Comments
Estudio Minga is a creative studio based in Argentina. They started a project called WTF and with gaining popularity they had to come up with WTF2 as well. What makes …
The Ultimate Wine-Pairing Infographic
By Mark Wilson, fastcodesign.comRed with beef. White with fish. But what do we do about Malvasia and brussel sprouts?
I’ve never understood brussel sprouts. Oh, they’re delicious, roasted in a cast iron pan with big hunks of garlic. But I’ve tried reds, and I’ve tried…
International Space Station switches from Windows to Linux, for improved reliability
Sebastian Anthony, extremetech.comThe United Space Alliance, which manages the computers aboard the International Space Station in association with NASA, has announced that the Windows XP computers aboard the ISS have been switched to Linux. “We migrated key functions from Windows…
One reason H&M’s swimsuit model might have a “little tummy”
Jeff Yang, qz.comThis post has been updated to reflect comment from H&M.
In March, images of a set of retail mannequins—purportedly discovered at a flagship location of Swedish fast-fashion giant H&M—cascaded across the social web, receiving…
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