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The red couch experiments: Early lessons in pop-up fact-checking

One by one, people plopped onto the red couch and told us what they thought of live fact-checking. They watched video clips from two State of the Union addresses that we had specially modified. When ... read more

The Ultimate Guide to Evil Cats in Science Fiction and Fantasy

Red (All Dogs Go to Heaven 2) This movie teaches us the important lesson that Satan is a big red cat ... She survives the petrification, but she doesn’t pop up much afterwards. Of course she does show ... read more

"A drop of blood with legs": How the bed bug infiltrated our bedrooms and took over the world

The bed bug’s mouth is just eight micrometers in diameter—thinner than a strand of silk, but just wide enough, as a human red blood cell is seven and ... through other papers and texts, and would pop ... read more

The Genius Who Plays For A Living

They wanted to create a sheet made from interlocking panels that could turn into any object, from a sofa bed to a computer ... It doesn't take long for the students to pop up from their seats and ... read more

The 50 Best Podcasts of 2018

The shows on this year’s top-50 list highlight innovation where it collides with craft and entertainment. They are the ones that answer the call “Make it new!” They made space for new voices, ideas, ... read more

52 Places to Go in 2016

It’s a big world out there, so we’ve narrowed it down for you. From ancient temples to crystalline waters, here are our top destinations to visit this year. When Pope Francis visits Mexico City next ... read more

Shark Week Jumps The Shark: An Open Letter To Discovery Communications

I have to say, I had high hopes for this year’s Shark Week. But we’re only one special in and already, shark week has seriously jumped the shark. No whale with a giant bite taken out of it has ever ... read more

Has Facebook been good for the world?

The setting is a den in Silicon Valley and a gangly college-aged kid is sitting on a sofa, with red Solo cup in hand ... These are challenges we know of now; surely, more will pop up. So on the 15th ... read more

The Best Memes of 2018

These hysterias around some aspect of youth culture pop up every decade or so—rock music and satanism ... October 24, 2018 There’s a lesson to be learned here: Love the em dash—and I do—but forsake ... read more

Nine Lessons and Carols in Communicating Climate Uncertainty

Lessons: We cannot expect or ask people to worry about everything ... “The Higgs boson”, Chris said, “was not a ball bearing found down the back of sofa, but a statistical result”. It was just ... read more

Coachella 2017: The Ultimate Party And Events Guide [PopSugar Cabana Club, Neon Carnival And More]

In the “Living Room,” guests will have more than three photo options to try, from a larger than life sofa ... the early morning hours. To wrap up the weekedn. Katy Perry will host an Easter Day ... read more

Responding to Trump: What about the State AGs? What about the Democrats? And the Germans?

Fact-checking, shmact-checking—that’s something the MSM does ... “Oh, you went to college, and you read all those books and took all those science classes, and you got A’s on your report cards? Big ... read more