Welcome To The 50-year Rage Cycle

from The Guardian Why are we living in an age of anger – is it because of the 50-year rage cycle? From passive-aggressive notes on ambulance windscreens to bilious political discourse, it feels as though society is suddenly consumed by fury. What is to blame for this...

Art From Autism

from artnet The World’s Earliest Artists May Have Been Autistic, Scientists Say in a New Study Could human artistic creativity be an evolutionary development? by Henri Neuendorf Photo taken on June 16, Detail of a replica of “La Caverne du...

Tom Wolfe Gone

from Vanity Fair How Tom Wolfe Became … Tom Wolfe Michael Lewis delves deep into the archives of the legendary reporter turned novelist to discover what made the man in the white suit the voice of a journalistic generation. BY MICHAEL LEWIS Tom Wolfe, in his New York...

Wolverine Sloth Yum

from USA Today Giant sloths with wolverine-like claws used to roam America, and humans hunted them by Doyle Rice Human footprint inside a sloth track. This composite track is part of a trackway in which the human appears to have stalked the sloth. (Photo: Matthew...