Mona Lisa Fracture

from The Telegraph Leonardo da Vinci never finished the Mona Lisa because he injured his arm while fainting, experts say by  Henry Bodkin The chalk drawing of da Vinci by Giovan Ambrogio Finio has offered new clues CREDIT: POLO MUSEALE DEL VENETO Leonardo da...

The Birth Of Prime

from Vox The making of Amazon Prime, the internet’s most successful and devastating membership program An oral history of the subscription service that changed online shopping forever. By Jason Del Rey Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos in Seattle, Washington in September...

Chewbacca Gone

from CNN Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca in ‘Star Wars,’ dies at 74 By Kendall Trammell and Jamiel Lynch Peter Mayhew, the original Chewbacca, has died, according to his agent. Mayhew, 74, died on April 30 with his family by his side in his North Texas...

Moon Race

from The New Yorker The Race to Develop the Moon For science, profit, and pride, China, the U.S., and private companies are hunting for resources on the lunar surface. By Rivka Galchen Illustration by Allan Sanders In January, the China National Space...

Soderbergh Interviews Coppola

from Deadline ‘Apocalypse Now’ Director Francis Ford Coppola On Marlon Brando, ‘Damn Yankees’ And Managing Chaos – Tribeca By Dade Hayes Brent N Clarke/Invision/AP/Shutterstock In a conversation at the Tribeca Film Festival with Steven...