9 Things Everyone Used to Love That Need a New Plan
From data visualization to bachelor's degrees by way of balsamic vinegar and Judd Apatow.
Will statistical analytics make for healthier, happier babies—or more-anxious adults?
Social media—from Facebook to Twitter—have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggests that we have never been lonelier (or more…
One of America’s great machines comes back to life.
In an 1948 issue of the Atlantic, Walter Lippmann proposes options for balancing openness in museums and the imperative of preservation
Algorithmically generated editorial judgment is still judgment.
From data visualization to bachelor's degrees by way of balsamic vinegar and Judd Apatow.
Internet Archive
An excerpt from The Big Picture, a TV series produced by the U.S. Army, covers the promising "flying platform" technology in development.
By learning how past innovation masters have embraced a range of innovation sources, companies can find new horizons for product development
Kinetic Creatures
Meet Rory, Geno, and Elly, creatures that lightly embody the potentials and contradictions of our time.
Alexis Madrigal
We didn't need fancy glasses to view the eclipse, just the desire to see the right way.
Reuters
Yesterday the moon crossed between the Earth and the sun resulting in a solar eclipse.
From many sources, one explanation for a bizarre offer.
The much-anticipated Facebook IPO has come and gone. In terms of optics, it was a flop. The stock closed barely above the offering price and so…
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Many tech twitterers thought the company's first day on the market would go a lot better than it did.
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Like overgrazing of public lands or over-fishing of the seas, the digital space will continue to be exploited -- and that's why it needs to be regulated.
Google
Right now, things aren't looking too rosy for social networks not named "Facebook."
Reuters
What to make of the big news of the day in the tech world.
Thank You Facebook
A thank-you video for Facebook created by people from around the world. Really.
NASA
NASA engineers at work on the Core satellite of the Global Precipitation Measurement mission, set to launch in two years
Wikimedia Commons
"A high friend count is as much evidence of a willingness to hustle as it is proof of popularity."
cdza
The life and times of Mark Zuckerberg, set to some of your favorite musical numbers
TheFacebook.com
Back in 2004, the "World Wide Web" was dominated by Microsoft, AOL, and Jeeves.
NYPL
It's time for a second golden age of the stereoscope.
Pew
More than 16 percent of people older than 75 are on Facebook.
DonkeyHotey
A team of journalists, programmers and digital strategists is proposing a tool that would help people discover stories being read by people unlike them.
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Curators of rare books are finding that blogging gives their discoveries greater exposure, an example of how virtual work can support even the most tactile of pursuits.
How Facebook may be making us lonely, the genius of Kanye West, Muammar Qaddafi's grieving son, a profile of an iconoclastic video game inventor, and more
Another Swing at the Invisibility Cloak; Loud Music Is for the Bad Kids
Breaking Up with Google Chrome Is Hard to Do
There Was a lot of Internet at the Ultra-Orthodox Rally Against the Internet
Want to Shame a Terrible Parker? There's an App for That
The NBA's Small-Market Disadvantage
Why Aren't Cities Littered With Dead Pigeons?
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The Information Machine (1958) 
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