Hospice medical care for dying patients by Atul Gawande

Modern medicine is good at staving off death with aggressive interventions—and bad at knowing when to focus, instead, on improving the days that terminal patients have left.

Slow motion lightning strike

A lightning strike recorded at 9000 frames per second.

The action across time scales displayed in this video is amazing. One strike hovers in the frame almost the entire time while other…

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Houston Street (Taken by Cecily).

Houston Street (Taken by Cecily).

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The Pipeline #22: Adam Lisagor | 5by5

Dan Benjamin talks with Adam Lisagor about leaving a life of editing TV commercials and creating visual effects to become a pitchman for a new generation, lending his unique approach and personality to innovative tech companies to help them spread their word about their products. We discuss going independent, creativity, authenticity, creativity, and more.

The Pipeline #22: Adam Lisagor | 5by5

Dan Benjamin talks with Adam Lisagor about leaving a life of editing TV commercials and creating visual effects to become a pitchman for a new generation, lending his unique approach and personality to innovative tech companies to help them spread their word about their products. We discuss going independent, creativity, authenticity, creativity, and more.

Orchid Fever by Susan Orlean

The inspiration for Charlie Kaufman’s “Adaptation.”