Don’t be fooled by the beautiful weather in the US during summer: It wreaks havoc on air travel. Just this past week, there have been…
PASSWORD1!
The US government says you shouldn’t be forced to use special characters in your passwords
It might be getting easier to remember all of your passwords. The standards organization of the United States, NIST, has concluded that many common requirements…
INSIDER
Mark Zuckerberg just sold $42.5 million of Facebook stock
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, sold $42.5 million worth of his company’s stock this week. The transactions were executed on June 21 and 22 and…
NEW LAND
A 2 million cubic meter landslide in California, before and after images
A massive landslide has cut off access to one of the most scenic places in the US. California Highway 1 is blocked by 2 million…
EAST COAST BIAS
I-95 traffic on Memorial Day mapped so you can try to avoid it
Memorial day is upon the United States and while the holiday is intended to honor the American troops who have died during battle, nearly 40…
DAY IN COURT
A federal judge is skeptical of the US charging a journalist $174,000 for government data
Washington I never thought it would take this long. It’s been more than two years since I first sought data from the US government about…
CAN’T DO
The most exciting two minutes in sports isn’t getting any faster
During many world-class sporting events you can expect the possibility of record-setting performances. The 2016 summer Olympics, for example, saw 19 new world records set.…
MEDIANS
50% of US coal jobs are in just 25 counties
In the drive to reduce coal use because of the harm that carbon emissions cause, it’s easy to dismiss the the pain of coal miners—especially…
SOAK IT UP
What the six-year drought did to California in 93 maps and two charts
After six years, the California drought is officially over. The National Drought Mitigation Center has determined that just 9.3% of the state is considered to…
GO WITH THE FLOW
Nearly every way the United incident could have ended differently—in one flowchart
United Airlines sure has gotten itself into a mess. Two days after the incident, the public is still outraged by the treatment of a United…
INVOLUNTARY BUMP
Everything that went wrong in United’s violent passenger deplaning
United and its CEO Oscar Munoz are facing a wave of well-deserved outrage today for the airline’s handling over an overbooked flight last night, in…
STREET VIEW
If Panera’s German buyer put all its coffee, bagel, and luxury stores on one street, it would look like this
Read more: The world’s largest coffee conglomerate just spent $1.35 billion on Krispy Kreme doughnuts Read more: A secretive German conglomerate is on a mission…
