Month: August 2014
Neuroscientists are hard at work figuring out how our brains interpret emoticons, which have become somewhat integral to modern communication. In past experiments like those conducted at Tokyo Denki University, scientists determined that the right inferior frontal gyrus (the part of our brain which processes emotions) is activated by a smiley or frowny face. However, emoticons would do […]
According to a review of city-wide summons data by the Daily News, “broken windows” policing shows glaring racial disparity. Implemented in the 1990s, the theory that aggressive policing of minor “quality-of-life offenses” deters serious crime has come under fire since the death of Eric Garner, who died from being placed in a chokehold during his arrest for […]
NASA’s next rover to Mars, launching in 2020, will pull carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into breathable oxygen. “When we have humans exploring Mars, they can make great use of the oxygen,” Michael Meyer of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program told the press. “We all love that stuff.” NASA will conduct several experiments on Mars […]
Twitter may be the saddest social network. No other platform makes it easier to send a quick message of despair into the universe. The hugely popular account @sosadtoday demonstrates Twitter’s penchant for melancholy well, with recent tweets like “depression is now following you” and “btw it’s not going to be ok” that generate hundreds of […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, we’re excited to premiere the trailer for “Pig Movie” by sound artist Kate Levitt and video artist Miles Pflanz. The film was written by the prisoners of the Lincoln Correctional Facility. In spring of 2014, we were […]
Senator Chuck Schumer, a U.S. Senator and nanny-state advocate who holds lots of press conferences, is calling for swift, federal regulation of flying cameras. “The use of small drones for commercial purposes have reached new heights,” said Schumer. “Some might even say that New York City is the Wild West of drones.” Yeehaw! Although the […]
Last Friday, a bird took a well-timed shit on Vladimir Putin, while he was giving a speech at the unveiling of a monument commemorating the 100th anniversary of World War I. The poop landed on the Russian President’s tailored suit shoulder, as he said, “Humankind should grasp one truth: violence generates violence.” Watch the video […]
There are several swanky residential high-rises coming to Downtown Brooklyn. The developers of these luxury buildings need to fill a community board preference quota. There are roughly 1,000 affordable rent housing units planned for the neighborhood around BAM. These developers are now claiming that they can’t fill their quotas because there are not enough “qualifying” locals, DNAinfo […]
Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed the police confrontation which lead to the tragic death of Eric Garner, has been arrested in Staten Island on Saturday night. The 22-year-old is facing charges of criminal possession of an unloaded firearm. Police officers say they saw Orta attempting to pass an unloaded .25 caliber gun to a 17-year-old female near […]
Willem, Midtown. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
