WORLD'S WORST BOSS
Silicon Valley’s Most Self-Destructive Founder
The case of Gurbaksh Chahal, a prolific technology entrepreneur who allegedly attacked two women, represents “everything the public thinks is wrong with Silicon Valley.”
NOT EXACTLY OUT OF THIS WORLD
Does 'No Man's Sky' Live Up To The Hype? Here's What The Reviews Say
"No Man's Sky" is a simple game that promises much: Here is a galaxy of 18 quadrillion planets. Here is a spaceship. Go explore. Will you get lost in this near-infinite galaxy? Or will this digital cosmos leave you feeling cold, empty and bored?
250 SWEARS AN EPISODE!
Charting The (Bad) Language Of Season One Of 'South Park'
This graphic breaks down every word spoken by the the four boys at the center of "South Park," including how much they swear (a lot) and what those swears are.
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BRUCE YOURSELF FOR AWESOMENESS
We Need A Full Version Of This 'Batman Of Shanghai' Animation And We Need It Now
DC is nuts for not making this a thing.
EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT
Your Olive Oil Is Almost Certainly Fake
You know, that health-promoting nectar of Mediterranean age-defying prowess, lubricant of pasta, the only thing that makes your kale salad palatable? Yeah, that stuff is almost certainly not what you think it is.
AMERICA, SO TWISTED
The Reason 'Suicide Squad' Is Crushing? People Love It
Yes, the sequel to "Batman V Superman" made critics nauseous. But viewers can't get enough.
SURPRISINGLY TASTY
What Do The Reviews Have To Say About 'Sausage Party'?
Pixar movies are known for throwing in subtle jokes that will appeal to the adults watching with their kids, so Seth Rogen and co. decided to make that subtext the text of their screenplay for "Sausage Party," a raunchy, F-bomb laden, R-rated animated flick about sentient food items. But is it any good?
ART OF THE FLIP
Learn To Flip Beer Mats And Instantly Become The Coolest Guy In The Bar
If you like to go to bars and have a good time, but you do like talking to people or playing darts or doing literally anything else that people do in bars, beer mat flipping could always be your thing.
GOT IT COVERED
A Brief History Of The Burqini
From French beaches and waterparks to the Olympic beach-volleyball courts, the full-length swimwear has caused a lot of controversy.
A SARCASTIC REMARK IN EVERY POT
Today In 2016: Maybe Trump Is Joking About Everything?
Welcome to Today In 2016, your daily digest of all things election. Today: Clinton releases her tax return, Obamacare isn't so scary anymore and Trump says he was just being sarcastic about the ISIS thing.
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK
Bad Design Kills, And Other Facts
Welcome To What We Learned This Week, a digest of the most curiously important facts from the past few days. This week, the fatal cost of flawed design, the impossible task of assembling Ikea furniture while high and the aliens possibly trying to shut down a star.
CANARY IN A CONTENT MINE
How A Viral Website Took Anti-Corbyn Conspiracy Theories Mainstream
The Canary launched under a year ago and is already taking over Facebook and the Labour leadership contest with the stories “other media won’t publish.” How?
WHEN LESS IS MORE
Yes, This Song Is Really Only Two Chords
Andrew Huang is one of the more skilled YouTube musicians out there. But here, in this demonstration of how reharmonization can turn a two-chord song into something really complex, Huang shows just how talented of an arranger he is.
AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN TOO HIGH
Thanks To This Man, Airplanes Don't Crash Into Mountains Anymore
Don Bateman’s terrain mapping device has nearly eliminated the largest cause of death in jetliner accidents.
SOME THINGS WE DON'T TALK ABOUT
This Talking Robot Mouth That Mimics Human Speech Was A Mistake
It's been five years since this monster was created, but everyone should still run from it.
JUST WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO EAT IT
Endurance Starvation Was Once A Spectator Sport
While Greece and England were trying to revive the Olympics, the rest of the Western world was obsessed with hunger artists.
AGE OF THE MACHINES
The IBM PC Turns 35, Can Now Run For President
Happy birthday, you old rascal, you. Thirty-five years ago today you came into world with a compact design and a $1,565 price tag, at time when IBM’s entry-level “microcomputer” run $90,000 and looked more like a washer and dryer set.
THE STOKE IS NOT SHARED
Why Adding Surfing To The Olympics Is Bad News For Surfers
Surfing has been added to the list of sports competed in at the Olympic Games, starting in Tokyo 2020. Despite the PR puff presentation of this being great news for the surf community, for surfers the reality is there's nothing to celebrate.
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OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR THIS
Watch The Awesome New Trailer For 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
We're kind of more excited for "Rogue One" than we were for "The Force Awakens"? This spot, which aired during the Olympics, looks really frickin' great.
KEEPING HIS OUT OUT OF THE GAME
The Strange Brain Of The World’s Greatest Solo Climber
Alex Honnold literally doesn’t experience fear like the rest of us.
$1 MILLION REFUND
In An Effort To Pressure Trump, Clinton Releases Tax Rate
Hillary and Bill Clinton paid $3.2 million in federal income tax last year, a rate of 34.2 percent. Their 2015 return was released today by the Clinton campaign, almost five months after they signed it for filing.
PUMPED UP
The Mystery Of California's High Gas Prices
California's stringent environmental regulation and taxes, fuel standards, and a newly expanded cap-and-trade program all conspire to make driving in California more expensive. But not this expensive.
IT'S FOR HORSES
Why Do So Many Men Whisper 'Hey' After Fucking You?
If you are a person who has sex with men, you’ve likely encountered this very real phenomenon: After fucking, while you’re still a tangle of sweaty limbs and heaving torsos, your partner — probably still inside you — looks deeply into your eyes and whispers a husky and sensitive “hey.”
WHO'S AFRAID OF ISOTOPES?
Radiation Can Kill, But Not As Easily You Think
Among the sane, nuclear weapons are unthinkably dangerous without hesitation or ambiguity. That message of cataclysm is so straightforward that it also shaped how people think about their key byproduct — radiation.
'I'M JUST SO BLESSED'
Simone Manuel Becomes First African-American Woman To Win Individual Swimming Medal
Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in swimming Thursday night, tying for gold in the 100-meter freestyle with Penny Oleksiak of Canada.
CRINGE THE VOTE
A History Of Embarrassing Attempts To Get The Youth To Vote
Mic's recent effort to "69 The Vote" joins a long list of odd and bad attempts to reach America's young people and encourage them to (rock the) vote.
RIPPED FROM THE COMICS
The Marvel Chairman, A Hate-Mail Feud And Claims Of Stolen DNA
Isaac Perlmutter is at the center of a bizarre legal battle involving a smear campaign, his Canadian antagonist, allegations of defamation and, in a very 2016 twist, possible genetic larceny. And it all began over a tennis court tussle in Palm Beach.
THEY DIDN'T MEAN TO...
How A Single-Celled Organism Almost Destroyed All Life On Earth
Cyanobacteria, a very simple organism, caused the first mass extinction in Earth's history. It was an accident.
BACKFIRE
How To Destroy A Presidential Candidate
Did a bad photo op change history? No. But the image of Michael Dukakis riding around in a tank during the 1988 presidential campaign tells us a lot about how campaigns do and don’t work.
DON'T USE IT TO POST SENSITIVE STUFF
Someone Figured Out How To See Instagram Stories In A Browser, And That’s A Problem
That you can very easily access something that should only be seen on a phone is kinda troubling if you're using Stories as a way to share more intimate moments.
MODERN-DAY FRANKENSTEIN?
The Plan To Save A Life By Head Transplant
What would happen if it actually works?
REQUIRES HIGH CHARISMA SCORE
How To Bend People To Your Will
According to an evolutionary theory proposed by a pair of psychologists, charisma is the ability to convince followers that you can get other members of a wider group to cooperate.
PROBABLY SAID SORRY AFTERWARDS
Canadian TV Announcer Confuses Michael Phelps For Ryan Lochte For The Whole Dang Race
During last night's 200 meter individual medley, CBC announcer Elliotte Friedman thought Lochte was Phelps and Phelps was Lochte for the entire duration of the race. Even when the graphics say otherwise, Friedman is convinced that "Phelps might not even make the podium."
HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING
Must Science Be Testable?
The string theory wars among physicists have highlighted just how much science needs philosophy — and not just the amature version.
THE MEN IN THE HIGH TOWERS
Serious Academics Are Full Of Shit
These fun-hating, highfalutin’ smarties have fought to maintain an exclusive and exclusionary scholastic environment since the first Ivory Towers were built.
IT'S TOO HIGH
Marijuana To Remain At Highest Drug Classification
Marijuana will remain on the government's list of most highly regulated and dangerous drugs, the Obama administration says, despite growing popular support for the widespread legalization of pot.
'PEOPLE WERE FLOATING'
24 Injured In Severe Turbulence On Jetblue Flight From Boston To Sacramento
A JetBlue flight from Boston to Sacramento hit severe turbulence Thursday evening, causing injuries to 22 passengers and two crew members and forcing the Airbus 320 aircraft to land in Rapid City, South Dakota.
PROBING BLUE LIVES
What It's Like To Be A Cop In America Today
America's police officers are better trained, better educated and more diverse than their predecessors. But they’ve never felt more despised.
