Chris Hadfield experiments with water drops in microgravity, January 2013. (CSA/NASA) "Why are people so fascinated with @Cmdr_Hadfield?" the tweeter asked. "Can someone enlighten me?" The answers were swift and sharp and unsurprising. "Dude, he's a frigging astronaut!" one replied. "Um, he's an…

Kevin: Nick, I think we have to talk about the new Daft Punk album. We might be the two most qualified people in the world to talk about it, having listened to their live album, Alive 2007 , almost exclusively throughout college. I don’t remember being this excited for an album ever, but at the same…

Reuters Fossil fuels don't care which brand of paper towel you use. They don't care whether you put bamboo flooring in your kitchen, or upcycled your coffee table. Frankly, your personal efforts to insulate your house, drive less, and turn off lights when you leave a room barely register. A debate…

Today, @ kellan and I coined a word for the opposite of the New Aesthetic: Thingpunk, the fetishizing of the stubbornly non-digital. — Greg Borenstein (@atduskgreg) July 24, 2012 The symbols of the divine initially show up at the trash stratum. — Philip K. Dick Increasingly, it feels like we live in…

We started where the experience of wine happens: in the glass, at the table with friends, at restaurants and homes. Through cultural and competitive research and workshops, we explored the ways wine is discovered, enjoyed and shared, and used that knowledge to set the tone. The founders, informed by…

Voted in—twice—on a platform of change, Vision Vancouver keeps running up against the necessary impediments of democracy. The clashes haven’t always been pretty between voters who want a say and leaders hell-bent on progress The mayor is unhappy. You can tell by the press of his lips, a sure signal…

By Jason Collins with Franz Lidz This story appears in the May 6, 2013, issue of Sports Illustrated. I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay. I didn't set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I'm happy to start the conversation.…

Nobody is going to tell you that the Jays are playing well, or that the mounting losses of a poor April aren’t troubling, or that they haven’t made an already-difficult task all the more difficult. A dispiriting sweep at the hands of the Yankees, coming off a series in Baltimore in which they…