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The enlightened already know that pigeons are underrated. But did you know they are were also muses for famous scientists like Darwin and B.F. Skinner? Watch Vox’s mini-documentary, above, to learn about how pigeons helped American society. […]
CityLab reports on a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that finds that New York is the world’s most resource-greedy city with a metropolitan area of more than 10 million people. The study, led by the University of Toronto’s Christopher Kennedy, looked at how 27 “megacities” consume resources and generate […]
With average height and a reed-thin frame, Vishavjit Singh is not an imposing presence, let alone a heroic one. But over the past few years, he has turned into a superhero for the South Asian community. Singh, a New Yorker who follows the Sikh faith, is America’s first turbaned Captain America. “I see things in […]
On Thursday, police released new security camera footage of the man suspected of brutally smashing a chair over Ethan York-Adams’ head during an apparent anti-gay attack on Cinco de Mayo in Chelsea. The assault is now being investigated as a possible hate crime. […]
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In 2016, scientists from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute will land a spacecraft on the moon. Strapped to the bottom of the lander with the intention to be left behind will be a little four-chambered capsule filled with art that represents life on Earth at the present moment. One of the chambers will contain thousands […]
One of the world’s biggest food companies, Mars Inc., launched a new guerrilla campaign that would make New York City’s most ardent street artists proud. Adweek reports that stickers promoting Snickers were strategically placed by ad agency BBDO New York around Brooklyn and Manhattan — on both public and private company — to highlight the […]
Because new signage is probably pretty low on the debt-ridden MTA’s long list of future projects, one clever college kid took it upon himself to make New York’s subway system a little bit easier to navigate. RISD senior Ryan Murphy illegally installed a bunch of helpful signs at the 86th and Lexington station that helpfully […]
Even more than other parts of the city, Queens has a continuously growing immigrant population. The newest population boom, apparently, is coyotes, who have been spotted from Long Island City to Middle Village and most recently near LaGuardia Airport. A Postal Service employee noticed a lone coyote prowling a marshy area in East Elmhurst early […]
