The Magnificent Eleven
The story behind the D-Day photographs of Robert Capa.
Wes Phillips
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Final Fantasy Does Thriller
A mashup mixing the game with (I guess) the epic video. Somebody has waay too much time on their hands.
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Just Imagine Stan Lee Writing The Watchmen
Sweet sassy molassy! What if Stan Lee had written The Watchmen instead of Alan Moore? It would have been sassier! Slangy-er! And America might well be experiencing an exclamation point shortage!
Haldane: On Being the Right Size
J.B.S. Haldane isn't a household name here in the US, but he ought to be. This essay is one of his best.
Hitler Was Funny Before Mel Brooks
Of course he was. Humor is how people cope with horror.
The Planning of the Apes
Great article on ape cognition, but even if it wasn't, how could I resist a title like that?
Hard-Wired For Music?
Scientists agree that humans are stimulated by music in the same ways as we are by sex and food. So now for the big question: How come?
Geetars and Ook-uh-laylees
Okay article, but it has a fabulous photograph of Ronnie Wood accompanying his grandmother.
Gödel & the Limits of Logic
Nice essay on Gödel's place in mathematical logic.
That Boy's Just Not Right!
Bagheera, gazing down on Huckleberry, can't believe he's too lazy to wake up for breakfast (and she's the svelte one).