Primal Bling

from artnet Archaeologists Just Discovered the World’s Oldest Jewelry: This Set of 150,000-Year-Old Snail-Shell Beads in Morocco Archaeologists found 33 snail shell beads in Morocco’s Bizmoune Cave. by Sarah Cascone The world’s earliest known piece of...

Sondheim Gone

from Variety Stephen Sondheim, Composer of ‘Follies,’ ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Dies at 91 By Richard Natale Stephen Sondheim, the dominant voice in American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century and the composer with the most Tony Awards, has died. He was 91....

Dam Simple

from WIRED This Dam Simple Trick Is a Big Green Energy Win Only a small fraction of dams actually produce electricity. Transforming them into hydropower plants might stop new ones from being built. by MATT REYNOLDS PHOTOGRAPH: MAURO PIMENTEL/GETTY IMAGES IN NOVEMBER...

Napolean’s Hat

from The New York Post NYC media mogul buys rare Napoleon hat for $1.4 million By Jon Levine Bryan Goldberg was insistent to The Post that he scored a bargain with the hat. BDG This ‘Napoleon’ is looking dynamite in his new $1.4 million hat. Gotham media mogul Bryan...

Kubrick Ranked

from Paste Magazine Every Stanley Kubrick Film, Ranked By Paste Movies Staff Director Stanley Kubrick, a man who made just over a dozen feature films during his four-decade career, remains one of those rare titans who has entered the lexicon, infused with meaning by...

Longest Lunar Eclipse in 580yrs Tonight

from NPR How you can see the nearly total lunar eclipse Friday morning by JOE HERNANDEZ The super blood noon rises over a residential area in New Delhi during a total lunar eclipse in May. Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images West Coast night owls and East Coast early...