Illustrations: Zara Le Cornu
With AI about to blow up all our lives, I’ve been thinking a lot about previous inventions that catapulted us into new eras of human existence....
Migration Patterns of Traffic Cones
Since their initial integration in the infrastructural ecosystem, traffic cones have struggled to stay put. Wild herds have been found...
What is the circumference of a sombrero?
The sombrero is a broad-rimmed, high-crowned hat made of felt or straw, worn especially in Mexico and the southwestern United...
Gopnik
Gopniks are what happen in a post-Soviet economic collapse sponsored by Adidas. This subculture of urban youths squat harder than your average fifteen-year-old roadman...
Where can you have the longest birthday ever?
We all know someone who refuses to settle for a single birthday celebration. Twenty-four hours never seems...
Illustration: Zara Le Cornu (@zlc_art)
Are octopuses aliens?
Sci-fi lovers aren’t alien to the idea that octopuses have been suspected to have extraterrestrial origins. Their genomes...
