June 2008

The danger of auto-replace: Tyson Gay becomes Tyson Homosexual.

Martian soil hospitable to plant life, asparagus in particular.

Ivy League education “a glorified form of vocational training.“

Water in photographs: touching, heart-wrenching, awe-inspiring.

"Wanted" leaves us wanting.

12 op-ed contributors on why Hillary didn’t get the nomination.

“Shut the hell up”: a look back on Keith Olbermann’s career, and wondering if he might be changing news as we know it.

The perils of early adoption (in this case, regarding the iPhone).

A concert hall service remembering the late Tim Russert, with video.

[Courtesy N.Y. Times, The New Yorker, Subtraction.com, Washington Post]

As sea level rises, Earth's low-lying countries and islands feel the effects.

New Yorker editor-in-chief David Remnick on the late Tim Russert.

Obama’s conservative supporters.

The fate of reading following the Kindle.

How Google has scrambled our brains.

[Courtesy The New Yorker, The New Republic, Columbia Journalism Review, The Atlantic]

Investing in local agriculture can pay off in a big way.

What we can expect from Florida and Oklahoma.

Video: A delightfully deadpan retelling of the Democratic race, from eight contestants to one.

Video: Sarah Jessica Parker in conversation with Bill Carter of the New York Times.

Video: A dirty little ditty to help you remember all that pesky math stuff. Warning: to fully appreciate, some actual math knowledge is helpful.

Video: One man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours.

[Courtesy Slate V, N.Y. Times, YouTube, The New Yorker]

A hamster's uncanny encounters with death.

Sen. Barack Obama and the politics of publicity.