To use Google autofill is to view the world through an unhappy tourist's eyes: down an upturned nose, only the simplest sniping stereotypes filling the blank.

From Cat Piss to Alaskan Thunderfuck, marijuana strains have strange names; here’s why we’re in for more.

Sometimes the only difference between trolling and corporate linkbait is the advertising revenue

Programs and therapies can help prevent bullying, but they don't address the root causes of schoolyard domination. A review of Emily Bazelon's anti-bullying manifesto Sticks and Stones.

Notes on Chritian Marclay’s The Clock, a 24-hour compilation of movie scenes dealing with the real time

First thought upon exiting the MoMa’s all-weekend, last-weekend showing of Christian Marclay’s The Clock, which we watched for nearly three hours, uninterrupted: What time is it?

Calendars and timezones are anything but standardized in China

The marketing field has long been obsessed with likability, but Facebook may be inadvertently revealing how shallow our liking goes

By promising a synthesis of rationality and magic, the term “magical realism” only reiterates the distinction

Punk was making up life for yourself, punk was inventing yourself, and punk was inventing the people around you, too, inflating them to the size of Gods or perhaps just cartoons. Punk was a scene and scenes are a form of myth-making.

Literature stops saving your life when self-interest replaces curiosity about other people.

Out of all the tricks and games attempted in Anthony Walsh's debut novel Eco's Echoes, he proves most successful at failure.

With Google Glass, predictive analytics get intimately personal, shaping behavior by overwriting the reality wearers perceive

Everyone knows Rohypnol, invented as a sleep aid, can be used as a date-rape drug, but few know just how much damage roofies can cause.

On “writings irresistible to adolescents and time-worn courtesans, who are akin in their incredulity and passion for romance”

On Tumblr, users can look at art without even realizing it. Do they democratize the work or merely make it an advertisement for itself?