quote [ It’s like Medieval Times, with a kiss of psychedelia. A book in which strange globules float freely, alien plants shimmy across the pages, and female figures slide into a pool of green plasma. Binding them all together? A beautiful, albeit entirely indecipherable script by an unknown author. The “Voynich Manuscript,” is an ancient codex that after even 600 years has yet to be credited to anyone or cracked by the brightest philosophers, mathematicians or computer scientists. ]

quote [ This is a story about time machines, aliens, a lot of dynamite, hermits, and a giant rock. ]

quote [ Pondering the elements that make a hoax effective, and how a really good one can catch even the most seasoned skeptics. ]

quote [ What do a crew of talented musicians do when forced to serve at the pleasure of a notoriously cruel dictator? They play like their lives depend on it. ]

quote [ Tupelo, birthplace of The King, is the global hub for aspiring Jailhouse Rockers. ]

quote [ Even though he passed away in 2003, Elliott Smith in film and television continues strong, showcasing a longetivity to his body of incredible work. ]

quote [ American fiction of the 19th century often featured a ghoulish figure, the cruel doctor, whose unfeeling fascination with bodily suffering readers found both unnerving and entirely plausible. Looking at novels by Louisa May Alcott, James Fenimore Cooper, and Herman Melville, Chelsea Davis dissects this curious character. ]

quote [ The United States Patent and Trademark Office was established in 1790, and since then the federal office has issued over 10 million patents for all sorts of inventions. Virtually every patent is available to the public, either on paper or microfilm, or digitized and searchable on the Internet—except the first ten thousand patents. They went up in smoke exactly 184 years ago. ]

quote [ Detroit regulated facial recognition software. It's still used only on Black people. ]

quote [ Carl Reiner, Jewish American comedian, director, author, creator of the Dick Van Dyke Show, and longtime comedy partner of Mel Brooks, has died of natural causes at the age of 98. ]