Why 2016 Is Only the Most Recent Worst Year Ever
This year has been miserable for many, but it has plenty of competition from its predecessors in the 20th century
Violence Among Teens Can Spread Like a Disease, Study Finds
Surveys of thousands of American teens add evidence to the theory that violence spreads in communities like a contagion
Why Do Flashing Images Cause Seizures?
For people with epilepsy, a flashing screen can be more than a passing annoyance
How the Cell Phone Is Forever Changing Human Communication
An ongoing study by Smithsonian anthropologists investigates the dramatic shifts wrought by the smart phone
From the Telegram to Twitter, How Presidents Make Contact With Foreign Leaders
Does faster communication cause more problems than it solves?
What Happens to Obama’s Social Media Accounts When He Leaves Office?
The White House and National Archives have come up with a strategy to smoothly transition the POTUS Twitter and other communications channels
Getty Instagram Grant Winners Document the Drama of the Everyday
From teen moms to slices of street life
New Movie Posters Turn Scientists Into Superheroes
The Center for Infectious Disease Research recasts the fight against disease in a series of movie and comic book-style posters
Black Tweets Matter
How the tumultuous, hilarious, wide-ranging chat party on Twitter changed the face of activism in America
Karl Marx, My Puppy ‘Max,’ Instagram and Me
A historian tries hard to understand modern society and buys a #cutepuppy
The Media Learned Nothing After Misreporting the Reagan Assassination Attempt
As the shooter John Hinckley returns to life outside of imprisonment, it’s worth looking back at every thing the media got wrong that day
Track the Whereabouts of This Rare White Whale on Twitter
These beautiful creatures have long delighted those lucky enough to catch a glimpse
This Classical Mandolinist Makes Music With…Instagram?
“InstaConcerto for Mandolin and Orchestra” plays with a genre known more for its selfies than its chamber music
Why Twitter’s “Poet Laureate” Has No Plans to Unmask His Real Identity
He tweets under the guise of @Brian_Bilston and uses the platform to reinvent the age-old form of writing
How the Redesign of U.S. Money Shows the Power of Protest
A Smithsonian curator notes how a heavy dose of social activism prompted the U.S. Treasury to honor historic social and political movements
How Computer Scientists Are Using Twitter to Predict Gentrification
Cambridge researchers have created a way to predict a neighborhood’s fortunes in coming years by analyzing social media data
For Those Clutching Pearls Over Buzzfeed: A History of Newspapers Reveals That It’s Always Been This Way
From user-generated content to political screeds, the future of news happens to look a lot like the past
When Newspapers Reported on Gun Deaths as “Melancholy Accidents”
A historian explains how a curious phrase used by the American press caught his eye and became the inspiration for his new book
How a College Student Led the WikiProject Women Scientists
Emily Temple-Wood’s Women Scientist project is writing female researchers back into the conversation
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