"Enhanced interrogation" methods don't work, but according to the US government's High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, the following strategies, outlined in Scientific American, can be quite effective: Read the rest

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Crowdfunding campaigns are not about telling your backers a story – they are about making your backers a part of your story. Read the rest

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Coming this November (pre-order here), Thing Explainer expands the premise of Up Goer Five, Munroe's blueprint of the Saturn Five rocket that restricted its vocabulary to the thousand most common English words. Read the rest

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When we heard about the semi-secret cookies baked by secluded nuns in Madrid, Spain, naturally we had to seek out these mythical treats. Here's what we found. Read the rest

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Nobody can do it like Mix Master can, except my cat Heart. Now that my cat has his own Cat DJ scratching deck that is. Read the rest

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He says, "I wonder if there's anything else up there."

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I know there is a reason why this wild boar fell through a children's clothing shop ceiling in Hong Kong, but I don't want to know it. That it happened is enough for me.

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"This is the story of a centuries-old Japanese culinary craft, Amezaiku, the art of sculpting taffy into elegant figurines. Today we visit Ame Yoshihara, which specializes in charming amezaiku animals."

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Tom the Dancing Bug, IN WHICH the Super-Fun-Pak of Comix features Dinkle, Teen Robot Pirate Ghost, Rene Magritte, and MORE! Read the rest

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In the great tradition of Tumblr mash-up memes, Feminist Lisa Frank juxtaposes neon animals and quotes by Gloria Steinem, Shonda Rhimes, and more. Read the rest

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Why the classic game still commands so much love (and money) Read the rest

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Todd writes, "We the Builders just started our third crowdsourced 3D printing project -- anyone with access to a 3D printer can download their piece from the website, print it out, mail it to us in Baltimore, and then we'll glue it together to form a giant sculpture." Read the rest

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Telcos send routers with default passwords to their customers, who never change them, and once they're compromised, they automatically scan neighboring IP space for more vulnerable routers from the same ISP. Read the rest

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The telegraph operators of the early 20th century had a rich vocabulary of wrist-saving abbreviations they used among themselves: "Is tt exa tr et?" ("Is that extra there yet?") Read the rest

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Those talking heads you see on TV defending the NSA and calling for Snowden's ass in a sling? They make bank off NSA surveillance contracts. Read the rest

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The rules for tax on NYC condos is so sinister and stultifyingly boring that it's not really surprising that they disguise a raft of loopholes that let the richest New Yorkers duck the property taxes that keep the city running. Read the rest

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We thought it was crazy when Obama's trade threatened Congress with prison if they disclosed anything about the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership. Read the rest

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Craig Stevens, 55, allegedly raked in $4 million selling phony In-N-Out hamburger restaurant franchises to customers in the Middle East. Read the rest

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Blake Reynolds loves pixel art and has a profound appreciation for its history and appeal. But he explains that the artistic qualities of pixel art are such that players and critics are expected to "decipher a language they don't understand", or which they experience as inherently nostalgic or retro. Read the rest

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For the first time since his indictment in December 2010, Jeffrey Sterling’s voice can now be heard in a short documentary film, released today. Read the rest

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