quote [ In 1985 the Senate held hearings on "rock porn." Just three musicians stood up to the government to say "it's none of your business ]

quote [ From infographics to digital renders, today's scientists have ready access to a wide array of techniques to help visually communicate their research. It wasn't always so. Gregorio Astengo explores the innovations employed in early issues of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions, the world's first scientific journal — new forms of image making which pushed the boundaries of 17th-century book printing. ]

quote [ A number of California grocery store chains are pushing a ballot measure, Prop. 20, that would roll back recent criminal justice reforms. ]

quote [ Etienne Bottineau was a sailor and an employee of the French East India Company who possessed a remarkable skill. Bottineau could detect ships located beyond the horizon hundreds of miles from the coast and invisible to the eye. He would baffle anybody including his superiors by predicting the arrival of these yet-to-be-seen fleets up to four days in advance, and even correctly estimate the number of ships in the fleet. ]

quote [ ‘The Papalagi’—supposedly written by a Samoan chief in 1920—offered a societal critique, but carried on a problematic racial trope. ]

quote [ If you had been in Pompeii in 79 AD, you might have tried to hunker down or escape by sea. This would be a mistake. But there is a way to safety. ]

quote [ For people who have spent their youth touring the world in death metal bands, trying to transition to normalcy is where things get tough. ]

quote [ An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale. ]

quote [ Horace Fletcher preached the gospel of fanatically chewing food until it completely dissolved in the mouth. Even celebs like Upton Sinclair and Franz Kafka drank the Kool-Aid. ]