metric Laziness, stupidity, and egotism are why the United States doesn't use the metric system Jason Weisberger

scale comparisons Exploring the universe through a piece of A4 paper Gareth Branwyn

math Why the United States refuses to go metric David Pescovitz

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Games Games matter because games don't matter, says a philosopher Ellsworth Toohey

cats Louis Wain cat paintings found in dumpster Rob Beschizza

privacy Tucker Carlson, hacked on his own podcast, blames mental patients and asks for biometrics Ellsworth Toohey

Games Dead by Daylight snaps up another horror icon Grant St. Clair

data breach Trump Mobile data breach may affect far more than its own customers Séamus Bellamy

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History Would you sleep in a 1,000-year-old cliff dwelling? Popkin

Technology A hobbyist mounted a cesium atomic clock on his Raspberry Pi Ellsworth Toohey

art Which came first: the cat or the Art Deco sculpture? Popkin

apple Apple doesn't want you to see where its electricity comes from Séamus Bellamy

gaming A free book explains Tempest by reading every line of the source code Ellsworth Toohey

DHS Are Palantir employees starting to realize they're the baddies? Séamus Bellamy

Science 709 vials of dangerous viruses vanished from a high-security Brazilian lab Ellsworth Toohey