Single Servings
...data, the sites have every incentive to prevent you from finding a steady partner so you will keep feeding them information. Slater concedes that “to varying degrees,” the dating companies...
The Last Cat
...faces America.” In hindsight of course it is clear that the day’s most historically significant launch was that of the website ICanHasCheezburger.com, though it would be months before the establishment...
Sunday Reading
...Mere Physical Masses for Data for Harvesting Cops are asking Ancestry.com and 23andMe for their customers' DNA Bodies without Skin Scores of scores: How companies are reducing consumers to single...
Conversations at Brazenhead: Jerome Charyn
...Jerome Charyn and Michael Seidenberg in conversation at Brazenhead Books. Introduction by Jonathan Lethem. Part 1: [audio:http://thenewinquiry.com/app/uploads/2013/03/CharynMichaelFinalpt1.mp3|titles=Conversations at Brazenhead: Jerome Charyn Part 1] Part 2: [audio:http://thenewinquiry.com/app/uploads/2013/03/JandMfullpt2_1-2.mp3|titles=Conversations at Brazenhead: Jerome...
Cell Culture and Science Culture
...about her work can be found at aliciapuglionesi.com. Lady Science is an independent magazine that focuses on the history of women and gender in science, technology, and medicine and provides...
(Pro)Creating Science: The Parenting Metaphor, Gender, and Scientific Memory
...medicine and provides an accessible and inclusive platform for writing about women on the web. For more articles, information on pitching, and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit ladyscience.com....
No, You're Already Pretty
...Thanks to everyone who entered the Already Pretty giveaway! I went numerically-chronologically, starting with the-beheld.com, then e-mail entries from readers understandably frustrated by the Blogger comment system, then...
The Science of Life as Art and Dissent
...include eighteenth-century aesthetic theory/philosophy, poetry, art history, media, and music. Currently Chris teaches for the Department of English and School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago. Contact: [email protected]; http://theboundingline.com/....
Reputation scores and hedged friendship
...recently, reputation-management companies like Reputation.com are eager to help with this, offering to monitor mentions of you and develop mop-up strategies for problems. They also hope in the future to...
Yes We Keynes!
...that whatever the government does, private firms could do better; and, of course, the Efficient-Markets Hypothesis, which assumes that when investors floated pets.com $82.5 million in its initial public offering,...
Secret Catalan Poem
...seems more accurate: "From late Middle English, in the sense 'announce publicly,' from Latin divulgare, from di- 'widely' + vulgare "publish, from vulgus 'common people.'" Thanks to Ethel and César...
Black Friday
...Alibaba.com, sometimes known as "the Chinese eBay", connects shoppers looking to purchase commodities in bulk directly with manufacturers from across the world. The site encompasses more or less...
The More Things Change
...MyNewOrleans.com. You can reach him at [email protected]. Josh Neufeld is a cartoonist & illustrator and the creator of A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, a nonfiction graphic novel about seven...
Arguing the Web
...the time. As always, if you have any trouble, hit us up at tni | at | thenewinquiry.com. Thanks for your support, and we'll see you on the internet....
The Science of What Makes Pain So Personal
...(Palgrave, 2014). Lorraine Boissoneault has previously written for The Atlantic, Hakai, LitHub, Nautilus, Mental_Floss, and SmithsonianMag.com. Lady Science is an independent magazine that focuses on the history of women and...
Fact Check!
...a blog-turned-book, regrettheerror.com, and has a column on Poynter.org. Silverman calls fact-checking the "new American pastime" and is a serious and measured commentator: He appears genuinely concerned with setting the...