Popular Science's Best Longreads Of 2012

From a teenage nuclear genius to the most violent video game we've ever seen, here are the best works of longform journalism we published this year. By Popular Science Staff Posted 12.28.2012 at 3:00…
LENGTH: 1 minutes (439 words)

Smuggled out of Syria to show London, the art of war

Detail from Azza Abou Rabieh's Our Revolution is on the Boot of Our Government, from the series Syrian Book (2011). Photograph: Azza Abou Rabieh Nour Wali nearly despaired when the pictures started…
AUTHOR:Ian Black
PUBLISHED: Nov. 23, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (942 words)

Too rich to queue? Why markets and morals don't fit

Illustrations: Francesco Bongiorni for the Guardian. Click on image for full illustration. Nobody likes to queue. It's long been known that, in fancy restaurants, a handsome tip to the maître d' can…
PUBLISHED: May 11, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2221 words)
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