Long overshadowed by the tragedies in New York and Washington 13 years ago today, the Flight 93 National Memorial is finally under construction. Work is expected to finish in time for the 14th anniversary of the September 11th attacks next year. See more photos from the site: http://theatln.tc/1whyz3C
"If you're going to be making decisions about transit, you really need to know what it's actually like. Not what it's like in theory, but what it's actually like." (CityLab)
Nearly 40% of Americans said that they thought there are too many immigrants, but this fell to 21% for those who were first given an estimate. (Quartz)
President Obama announced in a national address tonight that the U.S. and international allies would launch airstrikes in Iraq and Syria to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the radical militant group ISIS. Here's what we know:
What Americans will see on tonight is a president who has convinced himself that this is a fight worth waging, despite his bone-deep desire to escape the morass of the Middle East.
By distilling everything that made the gangster-film genre so great, this early Coen Brothers film is an intoxicating achievement in cinematic chemistry.
By giving away the best it had to offer, the publishing industry democratized the pleasures of reading and made literature, poetry, and history available to all.
"I remember creating the idea of the 'Putin majority' and hey, presto, it appeared in real life," said one former Kremlin insider. "Or the idea that 'there is no alternative to Putin.' We invented that. And suddenly there really was no alternative."
"That extra 0.2 inches of screen size on each upgrade simply means that I can no longer do what I enviously observe men do every day: Check messages one-handed while carrying groceries or a bag; type a quick note while on a moving bus or a train where I have to hold on not to fall."
If you have a bunch of pads or notebooks filled with meeting notes that you never consult, your note-taking isn’t providing the most value over time. (Quartz)
"Here's the flat, sad truth: By the time they get to high school, a lot of these kids have already closed their minds to what we love. I wanted to get to them while they were still wide open. Teenagers are wonderful, beautiful freethinkers at the best of times. At the worst, it's like beating your fists on a brick wall."
Six months ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared without a trace. Zhiliang, whose fiancee was a passenger, sits in their empty house which he had planned to decorate with her. They had planned to marry this year. Zhiliang said he will wait for his missing fiancee forever. http://theatln.tc/1lUoo4u
"The device is considerably thicker than a conventional watch—not a surprise given how much technology is packed into it. But I was surprised at how light it felt."
Scientists are closing in on the Holy Grail of organ transplant: A synthetic heart, lung, or liver that the body doesn't reject and won't need to be replaced.
"Massively multi-player online games (MMOs) like Warcraft, EVE Online, or Everquest are synthetic environments, but they function in ways that parallel real ones, socially and economically." (CityLab)