Histories

Music

A Definitely Not at All Biased History of ItsTheReal by the ItsTheReal Guys

05.26.17

By Its TheReal
Tech

Forget Columbus, Eratosthenes Disproved the Flat Earth Myth

06.19.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The 22-Minute Rise and Fall of Rocket Mail

06.08.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Happy Anniversary to the World’s First Cell-Phone Call

04.03.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Rise and Fall of the Java Applet: Creative Coding’s Awkward Little Square

02.02.16

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Primitive Streetlights That Predicted Electronic Music in 1899

12.21.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

The Story of Cock.li, the Site Used to Shut Down the LA School District

12.17.15

By Matthew Braga
Tech

How This Unlucky, Irritable, Disorganized Astronomer Was Thwarted by Uranus

11.23.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

The First Nuclear Reactor Lived Under Some Bleachers by a Football Field

11.16.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

Happy 200th to George Boole, the Grandfather of Digital Logic

11.02.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

That Time Canada Blew Up an Underwater Mountain with a Thousand Tons of TNT

11.01.15

By Michael Byrne
Tech

From Zombies to Telepathy: When Science Takes on the Supernatural

10.31.15

By Carli Velocci

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Gaming

‘Labyrinth of the Demon King’ Doesn’t Care if You Live or Die, Only That You Suffer (Review)

‘Labyrinth of the Demon King’ is a punishing survival horror experience set in a demon-infested Feudal Japan.

42 minutes ago

By Matt Vatankhah
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Membership

It Never Rains but It Pours for the Tiger Widows

Sometimes your husband getting eaten is just the start of your problems.

3 hours ago

By Rana Pandey
Illustration by Reesa.

Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: May 13, 2025

A tense square between Pluto retrograde and Mercury in Aquarius and Taurus signals upcoming challenges regarding growth and accountability.

9 hours ago

By Melanie A. Davis
Music

André 3000’s New Piano Album Gets Slammed by Jazz Pianist Matthew Shipp

Matt Shipp called André 3000’s jazz piano music “dreadful and awful,” among many other things.

17 hours ago

By Stephen Andrew Galiher
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News

Florida Rejects Bill That Would’ve Required Encryption Backdoors

In a win for digital privacy rights, Florida has indefinitely shelved a controversial bill.

17 hours ago

By Matt Jancer