'U.S. Says It Tried to Build a Social Media Site in Cuba, but Failed'
The New York Times
For Sale
The Washington Post
Michael Lewis' 'Flash Boys'
The New York Times
Lewis’s depicts the kind of high-frequency trading that can transmit stock market information from New York to Chicago and back in one-tenth of the blink of an eye and has divided the world of stock traders into the haves and have-nots, depending on what speeds they can afford.
The College Football Assembly Line
Reuters
Americans, including football and basketball fans, are fed up with the fiction peddled by the NCAA and the powerhouse sports factories that the players are serious students as well as trained athletes.
Jane Goodall: How She Redefined Mankind
mosaic@future
Primatologist Jane Goodall, turning 80 this week, tells Henry Nicholls the inside story on how she transformed our understanding of chimpanzees, what it means to be human, and the controversy and condescension she faced in her influential career.
Honey Maid: Love
We made a commercial about what makes families, family. And we received a lot of comments. See what we did with them.
An Animated Video Explains Economic Inequality
The Albuquerque Area Fire Fighters sponsor some plain talk about economic inequality.
Dark Matter: Can't See It, But We Know It's There
Visible matter comprises only 4% of the universe. Scientist James Gillies tells us what accounts for the remaining 96% (dark matter and dark energy) and how we might go about detecting it.
Con Job: Stories of Contingent Labor
A film by Megan Fulwiler and Jennifer Marlow that explores the situation of adjuncts and contingent workers, in their own voices.
Reggie Watts: Disorient, Entertain
Reggie Watts' beats defy boxes. Unplug your logic board and watch as he blends poetry and crosses musical genres in this larger-than-life performance.
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