Here’s some of the coolest science news to ever be reported: the DNA of weed has been mapped out (both Sativa and Indica). Bubble-bubble. A company called Medicinal Genomics published the raw data, but will now have to assemble the 131 billion bases of cannabis sequence into a usable model. Read more »
A new public art installation by the Spanish collective mmmm… and the Times Square Alliance has strangers hopping into Meeting Bowls — gently-rocking, cage-like sitting booths that fit eight visitors — or less, if they’re from Mississippi. The month long project aims to foster “intimate” communication “in this enormous and often anonymous public setting.” You want that? Bring back the sex booths! Read more »
A few TrustoCorp fake-ads popped up in the city recently, with this one in the Lower East Side commenting on a deadly entertainment phenomena. (Photo: SMKjr/Flickr)
While US is mourning the death of NASA’s shuttle program, Russia is building a swanky space hotel, set to open its cabin doors within five years… and it’s nicer and cheaper than the $60 million a-pop missions American astronauts will be hitching with the Russians from now on. Read more »
As officials continue to detect news cases of West Nile virus in areas all across the state, New York’s Health Commissioner, Nirav R. Shah, says residents “should take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites over the remainder of the summer and through the fall.” Read more »
Check the careful bureaucrat speak in this 1965 letter from Andy Warhol‘s landlord about the the loud, dirty, suspicious, off-hours activities at the Factory on 47th street. “We feel that a congregation of the number of people such as you have had may be contrary to various applicable governmental rules and regulations,” tsssk tsssk. Read more »
Frederick Wiseman’s doc film goes into the swanky, touristy cabaret club Crazy Horse and lets you gawk at all the slim half-nude ladies with their grueling rehearsal schedule shimmy shimmy and perfectionist choreography shake shake shake. NSFW. Read more »
There’s no denying that Brooklyn DA Charlie Hynes has nothing but the best intentions in mind with the launch of “Safe Stop,” his new initiative that aims to prevent another Leiby Kletzky tragedy by having participating neighborhood businesses post this sticker in their windows and agree to help lost children. But does it really have any chance of being effective? It’s also somewhat ironic that none of the 70 or so stores to have signed up are in Borough Park, where the actual crime took place.
Oh-so-much-more-than-a-Talking-Head David Byrne created this series of fantasy smart phone apps for the upcoming social media-themed show at Pace Gallery. I know they’re meant to be faux-widget funnies, but someone get me that Weaselface. “Adds snark and satire to any written text” and comes with a “Libel Check?” Just imagine the clever shit you could reading! Read more »
As being reported everywhere, ‘Late Show’ antique David Letterman’s life could be in danger. How do they know this? Because a single commenter on a website said so. Read more »
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