Technology China's 3,000-foot "Goddess escalator" takes 21 minutes to ride Ellsworth Toohey

photography How to take family photos your grandchildren will care about Ellsworth Toohey

music Legendary soundtrack composer John Williams gets a documentary from his biggest filmmaker fans—here's the trailer Allan Rose Hill

movies From Million Dollar Baby to Requiem for a Dream: the most depressing mainstream films Ellsworth Toohey

Business Why gas prices are always fractions of a cent Carolyn Townsend

satire What if there was more than one song about giving actor Dave Coulier oral sex? Thom Dunn

architecture Modernist man: Jock Peters may be the most influential architect you've never heard of Mark Frauenfelder

riots Capitol rioter going for plea bargain says she's since "learned" by watching Schindler's List and reading Just Mercy David Pescovitz

fire How to start a fire with your bare hands David Pescovitz

tips Here are a couple of ways of starting a fire in the wilderness using found materials Mark Frauenfelder

1201 Apple's extension of "Activation Locks" to laptops will turn refurbishable electronics into e-waste Cory Doctorow

books 92-year-old's memoir tells the forgotten story of a German official who sabotaged Nazi deportations and saved more Jews than Schindler Cory Doctorow

youtube French Elevator Channel features a wide variety of elevators Rob Beschizza

police Suspected serial killer caught after cops put out a bait mannequin Andrea James

History Robert Moses wove enduring racism into New York's urban fabric Cory Doctorow

movies The Spirit was by far the best movie of 2008. Deal with it. Zach Spound

Remembering Robin Williams, cinema's Rorschach test K.M. McFarland