features

The Revolution Will Be Illustrated: Stephanie McMillan's Occupy Cartoons

The radical, prolific political cartoonist reflects upon the failures and victories of the movement that occupied her for over a year.

Dec 22 2012
Michael Arria


Well Of Course Someone Is 3D-Printing Records

Turning digital files into physical objects on-demand.

Dec 22 2012
Kevin Holmes


This Is What Climate Change Cost the U.S. in 2012

Billions of bucks and hundreds of lives, to start.

Dec 22 2012
Brian Merchant


Millions of Crabs Are Invading Antarctica Right Now

Watch out.

Dec 21 2012
Brian Merchant


Why Can't Washington Leaders Compromise? We Don't Really Want Them To

We often get frustrated with Congress's inability to budge on anything, but that's what we hired them to do.

Dec 21 2012
Austin Considine


features

The End of the World is a Game

Four noteworthy tales of total gaming destruction done with such gravitas and finesse they make Nostradamus look like Miss Cleo.

Dec 21 2012
Colin Snyder


Happy Launchversary to Apollo 8, the First Manned Mission to Leave Orbit

The daring, secret mission to send men to loop the Moon.

Dec 21 2012
Amy Teitel


Ones and Zeros: Spider Decoys, Kickstarter Isn't Amazon, and NASA's New Spacesuit

This week's best and worst news, rated in binary.

Dec 21 2012
Alec Liu


The Flood of Guns Is Only Going to Rise in America

Between 3D-printing, rising production and still-lax regulations, Americans will have more access to guns than ever.

Dec 17 2012
Brian Merchant


photos

The Year 2012 in 50 GIFs

Looking back on the year, in GIFs.

Dec 21 2012
Daniel Stuckey


columns

Watch This Trailer: How 'Django Unchained' and 'To the Wonder' Sell Themselves

It's multiplex versus art house in the battle of modern auteurs' projected appeal.

Dec 21 2012
Chris O'Coin


Instagram Rewrote Its Terms of Service, But the New One Still Isn't Great

The issue with Instagram's ToS change isn't so much of one of privacy, but of ownership.

Dec 21 2012
Derek Mead


features

You're (Probably) Not Invited: End Times Living with the Doomsday 1 Percent

Deep inside Larry Hall's apocalypse compound, a lavish bunker designed specifically for filthy-rich survivalists.

Dec 21 2012
Jake Hanrahan


So the Whole Earth Isn't Dead

Nice work everyone.

Dec 21 2012
Derek Mead

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