quote [ Security researcher Joseph Tartaro thought NULL would make a fun license plate. He's never been more wrong. ]

quote [ In the wake of an algorithm-led video store apocalypse, Captain Video stays afloat with the human touch. ]

quote [ Made in the former East Germany, Trabants have inspired many a mean joke?and a devoted community. ]

quote [ By sheer coincidence, I have that book as well (what can I say, I love to read paranoid manifestos!). I picked it up at a gun show, where one of the exhibitors was clearing out their collection of apocalyptic books. ]

quote [ Used by the indigenous peoples of the Americas for millennia, it was only in the last decade of the 19th century that the powerful effects of mescaline began to be systematically explored by curious non-indigenous Americans and Europeans. Mike Jay looks at one such pioneer Havelock Ellis who, along with his small circle of fellow artists and writers, documented in wonderful detail his psychedelic experiences. ]

quote [ How does receiving a donated organ affect a person’s sense of self? Caitlin Dwyer explores the lives of organ donor recipients and their intimate relationships with donor families. ]

quote [ Human beings are social animals and cooperative creatures: We empathize, forge bonds, and build communities. ]

quote [ Lots of people are swizzle-stick collectors but don?t even know it. The bulk of your collection is probably hiding in the back of your junk drawer, and you might find one or two more sticks jammed amid the dry felt-tip pens in that jelly jar on the credenza, next to the spot where your landline used to be. Not to put too fine a point on it, but inventorying your swizzle-stick collection could be as easy as tidying up a bit around the house. ]

quote [ Guaraní have long cultivated the plant, which they introduced to a world hungry for natural sweeteners. ]

quote [ Did Maryon Cooper Hewitt want to suppress ?bad genes? or steal her child?s inheritance? Their battle over genetics and motherhood riveted the nation in 1936. ]