The Earth Institute Columbia University14h
The Impossible Man
There’s a new book out this week, a biography of Roger Penrose by Patchen Barss, with the title The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the cost of genius. Penrose is one of the greatest figures in ...
Smithsonian Magazine22h
Inside the Brutal Murders That Inspired a Foundational Work in the True Crime Genre
Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" documented the killings of a family of four in rural Kansas on this day in 1959 ...
The Paris Review1d
“Multiple Worlds Vying to Exist”: Philip K. Dick and Palestine
In Lapoujade’s description, the worlds Dick constructs are always on the point of collapsing, precisely because they are ...
Rapid City Journal4d
Bobby Allison, NASCAR Hall of Famer and 3-time Daytona 500 winner, dies at 86
Bobby Allison, founder of racing's "Alabama Gang" and a NASCAR Hall of Famer, died Saturday. He was 86. NASCAR released a ...
32 Times A Tom Hanks Character Ripped Our Hearts Out In A Movie
One of the best Stephen King adaptations, The Green Mile provided for a number of powerful and emotional scenes, but the ...
News 80006d
Actor Tony Todd, known for his role in the movie 'Candyman' and other films, dies at 69
He appeared in the 2000 horror film "Final Destination" and its sequel in 2003, and the Oliver Stone-directed classic ...