How Maria Qamar’s Feminist Desi Pop Art Went Viral on Instagram, Charmed Mindy Kaling, and Broke Into the New York Art World
The title of artist Maria Qamar’s first solo show, “Fraaaandship,” comes from a popular pickup line among South Asian men. The…
Trump’s Odds of Reelection Keep Getting Worse
Could Trump win again? Of course. But let’s be honest: His first victory was a miracle. A second might take…
‘Orange Is the New Black’ Cast Says Goodbye to Mass Incarceration | Opinions | NowThis
As ‘Orange Is the New Black’ concludes its final season, the show’s cast and original author say it’s also time…
March for Our Lives Lays Out Bold Plan for Gun Reform | Opinions | NowThis
‘We cannot wait for Mitch McConnell to decide when the time is right to save lives.’ — March for Our Lives…
Travel the world without destroying it – Imagine newsletter #5
Sergey Tinyakov/Shutterstock Look with your eyes, not your hands. You were probably told that at some point growing up, as…
Commissioned by Boris Johnson as the Eiffel Tower of London, Anish Kapoor’s ‘Orbit’ Is Now More Than $15 Million in Debt
The mega-sculpture in East London co-designed by Anish Kapoor for the 2012 Olympics at the request of Boris Johnson, the…
The global community is finally acting on climate change, but we need to switch to renewable energy faster
Shutterstock Energy is the lifeblood of all societies. But the production of energy from the burning of fossil fuels produces…
Strangers Give Thousands in Tuition Money to Student via Venmo | NowThis
This student was able to go back to school after thousands of strangers sent her tuition money on Venmo. »…
A Hippocratic Oath for data science? We’ll settle for a little more data literacy
Bias in, bias out: many algorithms have inherent design problems. Vintage Tone/Shutterstock I swear by Hypatia, by Lovelace, by Turing,…
Trump Cancels Denmark Trip After Learning He Can’t Buy Greenland | NowThis
‘Of course, Greenland is not for sale.’ — Trump canceled his trip to Denmark after learning that he cannot buy…
Bees Are Dying Rapidly in Jaw-Dropping Numbers In Brazil | NowThis
Approximately 500M bees died in Brazil in just 3 months this year. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe » Sign up…
Why Canada should lead global climate action
Emissions are seen from an oil refinery in Alberta. (Shutterstock) Canada prides itself as a champion of multilateralism, peace, security…
NASA Astronauts Go on Spacewalk to Install ISS Adapter | NowThis
SPACEWALK: NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Drew Morgan are performing a spacewalk to install docking adapter on the International Space…
The Museum of Ice Cream Is Opening a Supersized Permanent New York Flagship, With a Three-Story Slide and a ‘Hall of Giant Scoops’
New York is about to get a whole lot sweeter. The juggernaut that is the Museum of Ice Cream, which helped kick…