Space Rock Onslaught

from The Guardian Asteroids cause dozens of nuclear-scale blasts in Earth’s atmosphere Many explosions stronger than Hiroshima bomb but most occur too high above ground to cause serious damage Link to video: Planet Earth comes under fire from asteroids Asteroids...

Deathcoasters

from USA Today Taller! Faster! Scarier! Best new extreme attractions If you’re afraid of heights, you may want to stay indoors this summer. This is the year attractions are pushing and elbowing for the titles of world’s tallest, fastest, steepest, wettest...

Forging Rothko

from The New York Times Indictment Details How to Forge a Masterpiece By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM One of the Seagram murals by Mark Rothko. Federal prosecutors say Pei-Shen Qian copied him.CreditAndrew Testa for The New York Times The painting caught Pei-Shen Qian’s eye,...

Live H8te

from Paste Magazine Quentin Tarantino Stages Reading of Hateful Eight, Which is Apparently Not Dead By Shane Ryan Remember that Quentin Tarantino script that was leaked, and then spread everywhere by Gawker, resulting in lawsuits and counter-suits and a general...