Planet Money delves into the ice cream-fueled shadow barter economy created near Ben & Jerry's Vermont home, where "Each Ben & Jerry's employee is allowed to take home three free… Read the rest of the article: There is an ice cream-fueled shadow economy near Ben & Jerry's headquarters in Vermont

Previously, Rob Beschizza introduced Takumi Tohgu in Man draws "Hardest kanji", and today we revisit Japanese Calligrapher Takumi as he illustrates (in real time) the subtle nuances of Kanji in… Read the rest of the article: Takumi Tohgu shows why most Japanese cannot read Kanji in cursive script form

Executive Producer Trevor Noah and MSNBC Films docuseries "The Turning Point" seek to spark discussion through explorations of hot button topics, with a deliberate editorial directive to minimize the blame… Read the rest of the article: "The Turning Point" seeks to spark dialog with novel approach to blame

While Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D Printing has become accessible to the masses, the original approach utilizing paper or plastic/resin Stereo Lithography (SLA) machines from the 90's have merely become… Read the rest of the article: Watch this 4-Axis 3D printer in action

At his apex, Reverand Jesse Jackson was a man of his time, standing augustly in the flow of history like an index mark, easily identified by his iconic oratory style… Read the rest of the article: That time Reverend Jesse Jackson read Green Eggs and Ham on SNL

Chase Hiller navigates a San Felix, Colombia mountain road complete with oncoming traffic, dog's in hot pursuit, pot holes galore, road debris, runoff, mud, piles of dirt/leaves, and random people… Read the rest of the article: Skateboarding down a sketchy Colombian mountain road

A 23-year-old Stéphane Breitwieser was overcome with cacoëthes (a mania or deep desire to do something ill advised) upon seeing this portrait painted by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, asked his… Read the rest of the article: How Stéphane Breitwieser stole over a billion dollars worth of art, and the sad desperate destruction that ensued

When the iPod debuted at $399.99 on October 23, 2001, Apple Inc stock sat at $0.34 a share so this theoretical exercise begins with a nice round'ish 1175 shares with… Read the rest of the article: If you spent $399.99 on Apple stock instead of an iPod in 2001, you'd now have (Update: $160K)

Websites detailing "The Ribbon", an ice climb route that occasionally forms at Ouray, Colorado, emphasize the high potential for avalanche. Watching the snow cascade over Leland Nisky in the video… Read the rest of the article: Climber hangs on with ice axe as an avalanche rushes around him

Imagine if you will, I'm out rowing in the middle of the English Channel. It's a lovely stretch of water, it's very difficult to row however, and I'm rowing quite… Read the rest of the article: How Tim FitzHigham became the Commodore of Sudbury Quay by rowing a bathtub across the English Channel

Pledging with it's "An Open Letter to the Robotics Industry and our Communities, General Purpose Robots Should Not Be Weaponized", Boston Dynamics joins Agility Robotics, ANYbiotics, Clearpath Robotics and Open… Read the rest of the article: Boston Dynamics pledges not to weaponize its "General Purpose Robots"

Once again, we bring you another song from The Kiffness, but instead of sampling the sound of a Jazzy Glove Compartment, a neighbor's cat provides the foundation for an awesome… Read the rest of the article: Forlorn wail of a cat transformed into music

Synthetic drugs have moved well beyond the 1980s where the term "Designer Drugs" was coined to identify drugs like MDMA, China White and methamphetamines. A University of California San Francisco… Read the rest of the article: Scientist designs compound like LSD without the hallucinations

The FCC seeks to clean up the low-Earth orbit (LEO) region of space below the 1,200 mile (2,000 km) altitude with the adoption of new rules changing the post mission… Read the rest of the article: FCC: satellites in low-Earth orbit must fall within 5 years of mission completion to clean up space

Cambridge, Massachusetts based Amylyx Pharmaceuticals has received FDA approval for ALS aka Lou Gehrig's disease drug "Relyvrio". All Things Considered has an excellent article on the controversy surrounding FDA's recent… Read the rest of the article: ALS drug funded by Ice Bucket Challenge finally wins FDA approval

Monster Energy Co wins $293 million lawsuit against rival Bang Energy for false advertising regarding it's "Super Creatine" content. Monster Energy wins $293 mln false-advertising verdict against rival Bang, writes… Read the rest of the article: Monster Energy wins second lawsuit against Bang Energy, taking $468m in a month

There's a scene in Scott Pilgrim vs the World where Todd denotes veganism as: Scott: [coughs] Vegan?Todd: [psychically moves couch out of the way] It's not really that big of a deal. [kicks and breaks off part… Read the rest of the article: Is synthetic milk harvested from genetically modified yeast "vegan"?

Like all great things that swing in the consumer's favor never last like they should, like Netflix's OG free streaming service accessed via special disc's for PS3, XBox 360 and… Read the rest of the article: PayPal "Return Shipping on Us" program to end November 27, 2022

Nissan brings the love for select models like the venerable R32 Skyline GT-R, using modern metals and fabrication techniques like using two opposing industrial robots with tungsten dies to form… Read the rest of the article: Nissan making replacement parts for select classics

Traffic signal lights in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and other parts of Canada feature a flashing green traffic light to indicate it as a "pedestrian-controlled" intersection; meaning the traffic signal… Read the rest of the article: How Canada's pedestrian-controlled intersections actually work