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(Photo: Bobby Doherty/New York Magazine; Patrick McMullan (Upham)) On November 29, 2010, federal agents in San Francisco arrested a 33-year-old New Yorker named Samuel Phineas Upham, setting in…
PUBLISHED: June 16, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (816 words)

Inside the Lawsuit-Filled Breakup of Video-Game Publisher Activision and Call of Duty Designers Vincent Zampella and Jason West

The video-game industry is currently waiting with bated breath for the release of Titanfall, the new sci-fi shoot-’em-up project from developers Vincent Zampella and Jason West. The game,…
PUBLISHED: June 11, 2013
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4864 words)

WIRED

Illustrations by Mark Weaver Inside Fort Meade, Maryland, a top-secret city bustles. Tens of thousands of people move through more than 50 buildings—the city has its own post office, fire department,…
PUBLISHED: June 12, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (917 words)

My Week With The North Korean Hockey Team

CAPE TOWN, South Africa—This is what a North Korean postgame press conference sounds like: "Today is the birthday of the Great Ruler Kim Il-sung whom all people in the world can't help but…
PUBLISHED: June 12, 2013
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3085 words)

Mansudae Art Studio, North Korea's Colossal Monument Factory

In November 2005, two Germans flew to North Korea on official business. Their goal was not to discuss nuclear disarmament or diplomatic relations. Rather, they went to check on the progress of a…
PUBLISHED: June 6, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2420 words)

The Emergency

"DON'T BURY THEM IN THE MORNING" IT WAS ALMOST LUNCHTIME when the school kids made a run for it. A blur of red-and-grey chequered uniforms, they were hoisted onto scooters and crammed into autos…
LENGTH: 39 minutes (9917 words)
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Medellin, Colombia: reinventing the world's most dangerous city

Flying high: cable cars over Santa Domingo, Medellin. Photograph: imagebroker/Alamy The cable car floats over the mountainside above rickety rooftops, labyrinthine streets, palms and pylons of a…
PUBLISHED: June 9, 2013
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4561 words)

The Gut-Wrenching Science Behind the World’s Hottest Peppers

The 17 tribes of Nagaland are united, historically, by an enthusiasm for heads. The Nagas: Hill Peoples of Northeast India—my reading matter on the two-hour drive from Dimapur to Kohima, in…
PUBLISHED: June 10, 2013
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4917 words)

Beyond recognition: the incredible story of a face transplant

For Carmen Tarleton, the day started out normally enough. Tarleton, 45, had errands to run, a piano lesson to get to, a house to tidy. Tomorrow was Valentine’s Day, and for the first time in a long…
SOURCE:The Verge
PUBLISHED: June 4, 2013
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3967 words)
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