Many pundits reported last week that Cambridge Analytica acquired 50 million Facebook profiles and personal data information from a researcher in 2014. This appears to have been among the most substantial data ruptures in...
Tokyo-based artist Hikaru Cho creates much realistic illusions, making you think twice about what you’ve just seen. Her incredible body paintings go far beyond anything of this kind.
“What music brings to your ears, Sisyphus brings to your eyes.” That’s what Bruce Shapiro says about his mesmerizing kinetic coffee table, and we couldn’t agree more. Beneath the table’s glass top is a...
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Where do nicknames come from? Why are Ellens called Nellie and Edwards Ned? It’s all a big misunderstanding from the early days of the English language, a misunderstanding that even the word nickname itself derives from. John McWhorter tracks the accidental evolution of some familiar diminutives.
The main square in the city center of Ordos, Inner Mongolia, on September 12, 2011. The city which is commonly referred to as a “Ghost Town” due to its lack of people, is being...