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We live nearer than we’d like to a Hell’s Angels chapter. They’re irritating not because they seem violent or dangerous – by all accounts they’re very nice – but because they pass under our window nightly roaring engines that sound an awful lot like jackhammers. If we were rich we’d clandestinely substitute their gnarly Harleys [...]

An interesting article in the Technology section of Sunday’s New York Times had us on the edge of our seats as we read about how the U.S. army combat trains its digital soldiers. This, of course, reminded us of so many films that struggle with the problematic narrative dilemma of how to make a story [...]

These are exciting times, dear readers, as scientists at Maryland’s Joint Quantum Institute have made a significant breakthrough towards the creation of actual teleporters. We give it about a year before we can teleport down to Costco and buy 24-packs of teleporters for less than the price of one teleportation. Until then, let Listicles teleport [...]