Jack D'Isidoro

Live In-Studio: Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco has proved himself one of indie rock’s most gifted singer-songwriters. But can he get a little respect?

Live In-Studio: Mac DeMarco
Trump

'Sanctuary cities' around the US promise to defy Trump's threats

'Sanctuary cities' around the US promise to defy Trump's threats
A Tribe Called Red

A trio of First Nations DJs is reclaiming the way indigenous culture is portrayed in culture

A trio of First Nations DJs is reclaiming the way indigenous culture is portrayed in culture
Astronaut Edgar Mitchell on the moon

There's more than just space travel in the code that powered the Apollo spaceship

There's more than just space travel in the code that powered the Apollo spaceship
In Venezuela, thieves are stealing schoolkids' food

In desperate Venezuela, thieves target school cafeterias for food

In desperate Venezuela, thieves target school cafeterias for food
DNC head Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Democrats splintering over DNC chief?

Bernie Sanders is so fed up with Rep. Debbie Wassermann Schultz that he is actively pushing for her defeat. He's come out in support of Tim Canova, who is trying to unseat Wassermann Schultz in Florida's 23rd congressional district.

Democrats splintering over DNC chief?
An illustration shows a projection of binary code around the shadow of a man holding a laptop computer in an office in Warsaw June 24, 2013.

The advancement of A.I. has the potential to fundamentally change how we solve problems

No longer just programming, artificial intelligence allows machines to solve problems on their own.

The advancement of A.I. has the potential to fundamentally change how we solve problems
A sign protesting a recent North Carolina law restricting transgender bathroom access adorns the bathroom stalls at the 21C Museum Hotel in Durham, North Carolina

Why a 1920s legal move is responsible for the gender-segregated bathrooms we have today

The uniform building code was implemented in the 1920s as a way to unify building standards, but it also enshrined in law that restrooms must be segregated by binary gender — a policy that underlies the recent controversy over transgender people and public restrooms.

Why a 1920s legal move is responsible for the gender-segregated bathrooms we have today
People demonstrate against Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson in Reykjavik, Iceland on April 4, 2016 after a leak of documents by so-called Panama Papers stoked anger over his wife owning a tax haven-based company with large claims on the cou

Can offshore tax havens really be stopped?

The issues surrounding offshore tax havens are political, not technical.

Can offshore tax havens really be stopped?
A dreary prediction from Carl Sagan influenced politicians during the Cold War.

How the threat of nuclear winter changed the Cold War

As the United States and the Soviet Union amassed terrifying nuclear arsenals at the height of the Cold War, Carl Sagan tried to warn the world about the dangers of a “nuclear winter.”

How the threat of nuclear winter changed the Cold War

Live In-Studio: Mac DeMarco

Mac DeMarco has proved himself one of indie rock’s most gifted singer-songwriters. But can he get a little respect?

Live In-Studio: Mac DeMarco
Autocanonizer

The Internet's Autocanonizer takes your favorite songs and recuts them

With open-source code, The Autocanonizer turns songs into rounds — often with amusing results.

The Internet's Autocanonizer takes your favorite songs and recuts them

Turn Your Favorite Song into a Round with the Autocanonizer

Plug in the pop song of your choice to this open-source online tool, and it will transform into a round.

Turn Your Favorite Song into a Round with the Autocanonizer
A mural by the artist Ever is appeared on the wall of a building in the city of Richmond, Virginia.

Take a peek at some of the street art murals in the city that has one on practically every corner

Richmond, Virginia, started off wanting to feature street art in a dedicated arts district, but they were so popular they quickly started popping up all over town.

Take a peek at some of the street art murals in the city that has one on practically every corner
Innocence

Old photos, new context: Artist colorizes, creates magic from discards

Australian photographer and artist Jane Long took a collection of old photos and transformed them into fanciful illustrations of magical worlds and improbable situations.

Old photos, new context: Artist colorizes, creates magic from discards