Though the regulation proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Service would make it more difficult to use chimpanzees for research purposes, that may not be a problem, some scientists say. Scientific advances show the animals are less medically useful than previously thought.
06.14.13
The Surfrider Foundation worked with Saatchi & Saatchi LA to create an awareness campaign that draws attention to how disgusting ocean pollution really is.
06.09.13
How did this happen? Hollywood has notably failed to produce a major new movie star in a generation. As Scott Mendelson pointed out in Forbes last month, only Will Smith, Denzel Washington, and Kristen Stewart appear able to “open” films, while a handful of other stars, notably Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson and Mila Kunis, are able to “add value” to strong film concepts. Star power of the sort that Sandra Bullock possessed in the nineties, where her name alone was able to launch any number of subpar tentpoles, no longer exists. “That is what movie stardom is in 2013,” Mendelson writes.
05.30.13
music video by my sister, Lauryn Siegel
05.25.13
Rare Pink-Necked Green Pigeon, also known as Fruit Dove
05.19.13
For Wired’s 20th anniversary, Biz Stone tells the tale of Genius Labs and the spirit of the early web.
05.17.13
05.09.13
Whomever we define as a true punk in 2013 could take nothing but pleasure in the overwhelming failure of the “Punk: Chaos to Couture” exhibit of punk-related fashion that opened at the Met on Thursday and runs until August 14th. There is no axis along which this exhibit functions properly: the historical, anecdotal, or superficial.