Month: January 2015
Demonstrators will no longer be permitted to conduct die-in protests at Grand Central Terminal. The Wall Street Journal reports that the protests have occurred there every night since December 3, when a Staten Island grand jury decided not to charge a white police officer in the death of unarmed black man Eric Garner. But on […]
Another celebrities has taken to Kickstarter, but before you rolls your eyes, know that this is a “first of its kind” experiment by comedian David Cross. In other words, this project may be well worth your money. Cross is gearing up to release dark comedy Hits, his directorial debut that stars Matt Walsh, James Adomian, […]
Seeing is believing. Some crafty data-crunchers over at Medium’s Reform blog, Constantine Valhouli and his partner Cat Callaghan, have put together visualizations of NYC real estate prices that give a more realistic portrait of our notoriously expensive city. While New York is definitely still expensive, the common estimate of $1,200 per square foot for your average apartment […]
For a second week in a row, the NYPD isn’t working. From this period last year, arrests are down by 56%, and summonses for petty crimes are down a whopping 92% — from 4,077 to just 347. The sudden dip in activity seems to part fear for safety and part protest against Mayor Bill de […]
If getting electrocuted, jumping into freezing water, and falling through a ring of fire doesn’t seem extreme enough for your fun times, how about throwing in a little tear gas? That’s what Brooklyn-based obstacle course designer Tough Mudder is doing with its latest grueling endurance test. Tough Mudder organizes more than 50 events around the […]
If news of Snowden’s exile or Chelsea Manning’s arrest has you too spooked to run away with that CD of government secrets you cunningly labeled “Ke$ha Mix,” then get hyped for Slur. Developers claim that Slur is an open source, decentralized, anonymous bitcoin market for the express purpose of selling secrets. From the site: Slur […]
The search for intelligent life has mostly focused on what we know life to be based on, such as looking for carbon, oxygen, water etc. But some theorists are taking up a new approach to break out of the box. One theory is that it’s possible an entire star system could be a macroscopic living […]
Cartoonists are banding together in response to a horrific terrorist attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, wounded seven, and left several others in critical condition on Wednesday morning. In the choas, the gunmen were reportedly shouting, “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad” and “Allahu Akbar,” (“God is Great” in Arabic). […]
Though drones are often used as a tool for death and destruction, some wildlife preservationists are using them to save species and monitor the lives of animals without disturbing them in their natural habitat. Julie Linchant, a graduate student at the University of Liège in Belgium, is just one researcher who has discovered how useful […]
If, like most of the internet, you devoured the Star Wars 7 trailer in mere seconds and were left hungry for more, then stave off hunger with this droid remix with footage from all six movies. It’s by ANIMAL staple Eclectic Method, who remixed the best movie of all time. After you check out the […]
