So, You Should Go.

A Coromandel bach that was meant to be.

Stud. Dud. Thud.

Why men don’t live as long as Women.

Indecipherable Medical Bills

The reason Health Care costs so much for our American cousins.

Too Many NZ Pilots Dying in Robinson Helicopters

One more in The Bolthole.

Cheap Airfares

Confused tourist bound for Sydney, Australia, lands in Sydney, Nova Scotia.

Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too

Many famous scientists have something in common—they didn’t work long hours.

How to Drink Wine

According to the NY Times.

We May Never Terraform Mars

New study regrets to inform you. 

Noise Is a Drug

New York is full of addicts (and they can have it).

Elon Musk’s Billion Dollar Crusade

To save humanity from machine-learning overlords.

Backcountry Drug War

In the Golden State, dangerous drug cartels are growing pot on public lands—putting wildlife, water supplies, and outdoor enthusiasts at grave risk.

The Wrongest Profession

How economists have botched the promise of widely distributed prosperity—and why they have no intention of stopping now.

Echoes of a Black Hole

Space-time ripples herald the demise of general relativity and its replacement by a quantum theory of gravity.

The Age of Offence

The politics of outrage, and the crisis of free speech on campus.

Where Famous Authors Found Inspiration

The retreats in pictures.

French Writers and Artists

A marvelous moment.

A Not So Distant Mirror

Jack London’s political writings.

The Best Rectangle in the World

And the relative dimensions of our new raised bed gardens.

Tourism Too Much of a Good Thing

New Zealand overwhelmed. 

Papa the Investor

How Hemingway became a major shareholder in a venerable Italian publishing house.

Shutting Up by Shouting Down

When an anti-euthanasia speaker at a doctors' conference is prevented from speaking, something is very wrong.

The Secret to Happiness?

Simplify.

Spinach Leaf Scaffolding

Transformed Into Beating Human Heart Tissue.

Mars is Active

There’s mysteriously large amounts of methane on Mars.