Infographic: Leap Year: The Facts, Figures and Far-out Families
News: Thinking about breaking and entering in Detroit? Think again. The local rate of self-defense killings now stands 2,200 percent above the national average in Detroit.
Dixie Square Mall, the site of a Blues Brothers chase scene and one of Chicago's greatest urban archaeology meccas, is finally being demolished after sitting empty since 1979. For real this time. Dead malls are fascinating, this one especially so.
Faux Philosophy News remixes stories from Leiter Reports and New APPS in the Horatian style popularized by the Onion.
How to Pick Your Way Out of Handcuffs
"The moon is actually expanding or stretching and being pulled apart in some small areas and by a little bit," New evidence suggests that the moon, once thought to be geologically cold and dead, is still stretching and contracting on its surface.
Rich People More Likely to Lie, Cheat, Study Suggests
Starring the Computer is a website dedicated to the use of computers in film and television. Each appearance is catalogued and rated on its importance (ie. how important it is to the plot), realism (how close its appearance and capabilities are to the real thing) and visibility (how good a look does one get of it).
Teller Reveals His Secrets: The smaller, quieter half of the magician duo Penn & Teller writes about how magicians manipulate the human mind.
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