Get a large coffee for the same price as a medium?
Prostitution peaks in San Francisco.
Taleb calls the financial crisis a “white swan.”
Liars may betray their actions through drawing.
A speech by William Masters.
What “time zone” do you inhabit?
Not very, according to one writer.
Nathan Myhrvold demos his anti-malaria laser at TED.
Kathryn Schulz on being wrong.
Today’s kids take less risks than the kids of the early 90s.
Organizing window washing production.
Oil spills in the Nigerian delta.
Hint: it wasn’t us.
Is a hidden incentive leading workers at a Chinese tech factory to kill themselves?
Will sanctions work in Burma?
Signaling at sumo.
A spreadsheet models all New York City transit.
In search of a global musical monoculture, and finding none.
Ian Ayres talks long-term investment strategy.
What can Zimbabwean zebras en route to North Korea teach us about statecraft?
Be on Guard! and Google Maps both made the cut.
Tom Vanderbilt on the stop sign.
He’s more likely to give you trouble.
A blue-ribbon shortage.
The cuter animals get all the attention.
What does all that practice do to the brain?
Does time fly as we age?
Military side-jobs in North Korea.
Japan’s splitter-uppers.
Backers and tiered rewards.
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