Genius

from ZAP2it ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ to Premiere on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network With Three-Episode Marathons Written By Amanda Kondolojy Los Angeles – OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is kicking off the network’s previously announced...

Skee-Ball Super Bowl

from SALON At the Skee-ball Super Bowl I found earnest rollers playing a uniquely American game, not haughty hipsterdom BY SEAN HOJNACKI This originally appeared on The Classical. When Joey the Cat rolled a last-frame full circle to nip DaVinskee in the semifinals of...

The Divine Weiwei

from PASTE Ai Weiwei BY KYLE MULLINThe grinding heavy metal riffs of Ai Weiwei’s debut single echo an even more unsettling sound—that of brick being crushed to dust. The infamous Chinese dissident may indeed be delving into a new medium, (his first album, The Divine...

Hashassins

from TED Attention word nerds: 13 mysteries of the vernacular, solved Posted by: Kate Torgovnick Before a ‘clue’ became a thing that excited a detective, the word referred to a ball of yarn. So how did this shift in meaning occur? Because in Greek mythology, Ariadne...

Canis sapiens sapiens

from NATURE Dog genetics spur scientific spat Researchers disagree over canine domestication. by Ewen Callaway Scientists investigating the transformation of wolves into dogs are behaving a bit like the animals they study, as disputes roil among those using genetics...