The 2nd law of thermodynamics says that left to its own devices, shit will break down, crumble and rot.

Ruth Draper started it all; deeply researched character monologues woven together to form thematically linked, eviscerating social commentary.

Homer originated the one-person show for perhaps the oldest reason in the proverbial book: working with other people sucks.

Security through biology: like everything else that’s ostensibly science-fiction, it was real before it was make-believe.

Life evolves without a pause…

With all the brainpower and trillions of dollars expended to date, a plethora of space oddities remain unexplained

Of all the positions in the wide world of sports, one stands alone with the dubious distinction of being the loneliest: the ice hockey goalie.

“This discovery will require some textbooks to be rewritten.”

I think immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached.

Scientists were noticing the stars they were monitoring were wobbling. The accidental discoveries unbalanced their entire community.

The good new is that ejections this potent only occur every 150 years. The bad news is, we’re overdue for a whopper…

The more we debate the potential merits of AI and advanced robotics, the more relevant the 1982 film Blade Runner becomes.

What is it about the walking dead chewing through the faces of the few of us left alive that captures our attention so thoroughly?

Burnout is the new orange

Grand Tours, as they were known in the 17th Century, were responsible for educating and ultimately inspiring our most famous composers.

It’s a testament to Los Angeles’ oft derided cultural capital that such an elite treasure as the Hollywood Bowl not only exists amidst the swirl of shallow tinsel-itis, but has flourished three months out of every year since 1922.

This is spirit-sucking, anti-branding worthy of the Addams Family living room.

it’s a relief to know that the civilization that brought us philosophy and democracy, comedy and drama, geometry and architecture, also gave us bribery, identity theft, creative foul play and doping to win at all costs.

Anaximander’s mapping of the solar system in 607 BC de-mystified the celestial processes.

Gentrification is the oil spill of commercialism.