Etna Anew

from Associated Press Mt Etna’s latest eruptions awe even those who study volcanos ROME (AP) — Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up the Sicilian sky each night. The...

Mad Madlib

from The New Yorker The Obsessive Beat-Making of Madlib The producer’s new album, “Sound Ancestors,” a collaboration with Four Tet, distills his eclectic, globe-trotting approach to sampling. By Hua Hsu Illustration by Saddo Madlib has always seemed more concerned...

Space Court

from GMA Network Dubai creates ‘space court’ for out-of-this-world disputes DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai announced Monday the creation of a “space court” to settle commercial disputes, as the UAE—which is also sending a probe to Mars—builds its...

The Reddit Boys Revenge

from Vanity Fair “You Meet Insanity With Insanity”: The GameStop Redditors Who Upended Wall Street Are Doubling Down by Jessica Camille Aguirre Wall Street can seem like a citadel, so it is with unreserved glee that many have kept tabs on the GameStop saga this week....

Life on Eartha

from Vanity Fair Transformative Life Kitt’s 1989 autobiography, Confessions of a Sex Kitten, tracks an icon’s incredible journey from abused child to outspoken star. BY HADLEY HALL MEARES GERAINT LEWIS/ALAMY. Eartha Kitt was many things: a nightclub chanteuse who...

Bernie Sits

from WIRED He Made a Viral Bernie Meme Site. Now He Has to Keep It Going Nick Sawhney’s “Bernie Sits” puts Sanders anywhere on Google Street View.  by BRIAN BARRETT BY 9 PM ET last night, Nick Sawhney knew he was in trouble.  Just a half hour...