R.E.M.’s Peter Buck Recalls Guitar Ransom Drama
When R.E.M.’s Peter Buck was reunited with his favorite guitar after it was stolen in 2008, he was delighted. But at the time he didn’t divulge…
Clapton’s Management Explains Why He Sued Widow Over Bootleg CD
The management for Eric Clapton have issued a statement after the musician recently won a lawsuit against a widow who tried to sell a bootleg Clapton CD owned…
Tetris Helps My Stress and Anxiety Fall Away
Until last winter, I hadn’t played video games since my parents let me combine allowance and birthday money to buy an original Nintendo Entertainment System,…
You Should Listen to CDs
CDs are dead. In 2020, revenue from sales of compact discs in the US added up to $483 million, a 97 percent drop from the…
How an Aquarium Collects Curious Creatures From the Deep
There are two types of people aboard the research vessel Rachel Carson: There’s me, quite sick and spending a good amount of time on the…
‘Algorithmic Reparation’ Calls for Racial Justice in AI
Supporters of algorithmic reparation suggest taking lessons from curation professionals such as librarians, who’ve had to consider how to ethically collect data about people and…
Lab-Grown Embryo Research Is Poised to Transform Medicine
According to multiple studies, one in three pregnancies results in miscarriage, and one in 33 babies that are born will have a birth defect, due…
The James Webb Space Telescope Finally Prepares for Launch
More recently, some astronomers and astrophysicists have argued that NASA should rename its new flagship observatory. In a March opinion piece in Scientific American, four…
The Wave-Conquering, Metaverse-Crashing Life of Kai Lenny
The Strapped Crew experimented with early kiteboarding rigs too, launching 60-foot aerials before most people even knew the sport existed; they more or less invented…
Earthing and Its Otherworldly Promises
Nowadays, it’s far easier to fantasize about sinking one’s toes into warm sand or dewy moss than to find the time or setting to actually…