Dan Weiss

OBVIOUSLY the most important news of the week is that the Dutch King has secretly been a commercial airline pilot this whole time. We all wish we were in a…

Meanwhile, in the northern most city. Dragons are for rich white kids. If we live another billion years, things are gonna get REAL weird. Maybe life evolved on land? But,…

The world is (still) falling apart so hey why not just enjoy some Stevie Nicks self-defense lessons? At least AI is inventing new instruments? the singularity is great! Here are…

If you think I’m not going to start this week by talking about that amazing dinosaur fossil find you clearly don’t know me. Here’s how SETI is going to get…

Spend your weekend thinking about time mirrors. Literally all of the Polish book design you could hope for. Thinking about the possible futures of unsinkable Shanghai. Happy friday! There’s so…

The best mysteries are dinosaur infant mysteries. Saving China’s tulou houses. 99 Percent Invisible takes a deep dive into the greatest city in America: Colma, California. Pantone color guide, 17th…

So… The race to be the oldest Everest scaler has ended tragically. On the rise of 21st Century television’s female gaze. Sometimes you just want to talk about the music…

All I ask is that someone out there buy me Shel Silverstein’s houseboat. Time for a little killer whale vs great shark action I think. Let’s discuss sensory-substitution devices and…

So, what’s in this horrifying thing anyway? When things seem awful, look to the stars (and try and understand gamma rays). Photographing America’s extreme wealth. Where do oil rigs go…

Seems like the likelihood of horrible news today is even higher than normal, so let’s start the day reading about a 17th Century dream of moon travel. Things are terrible…

Can we still map the melting Arctic ice edge? SAME: female dragonflies fake sudden death to avoid sexual advances. Growing up in a concrete masterpiece (hurray for Brutalism). Hong Kong,…

Sometimes you just want to look at transit system fabrics of the world. Sometimes you just want to look at abandoned malls in disrepair. Hey guess what? Smart cities are…