Everything About Mars Is the Worst
It may be the worst, but this jerk planet is still humanity’s best hope for another home in the cosmos.
Some Like It Bot
Algorithms and artificial intelligence can now be used to write screenplays – but will they entertain human viewers?
Tornado Town, USA
The first big tornado recorded in Oklahoma happened on April 25, 1893. Witnesses claimed it was more than a mile wide. It hit Moore, which had just been incorporated that same year. Yes, one of the first things that happened in the town was the destruction of the town.
One town. Sixteen years. Four big, powerful tornadoes. It’s a hell of a coincidence. Can it really be just the work of random chance?
The Best Pollster In Politics
How Ann Selzer, “a fundamentally earnest person operating in one of the more cynical spheres possible,” became the queen of Iowa polling.
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me A Spreadsheet
How Christian Rudder, the 39-year-old president and co-founder of the online dating site OKCupid, found himself at the intersection of dating and Big Data.
