LA’s troubling interdependency of water and power
In Modesto, Calif., utility records chart an 18 percent rise in farmers’ energy use in 2014 compared with 2013. No evidence shows exactly why...
Social media craft beer causes euphoria and evangelism
For craft brewers, social media is turning out to be the perfect tool -- and for some beloved beer brands, it’s the only tool...
A Japanese CEO resigned after an employee died
On Wednesday, a Japanese chief executive made a laudable move that would be stunning to many American employees if their CEO did the same. Tadashi Ishii, the...
K-Pop diva CL teases with sleek new look
For singers, every music video offers an opportunity to defy red carpet expectations and push past the sartorial boundaries—and this level of creativity was...
The woman behind the Instagram account taking over fashion
There’s nothing that a ravenous, sartorially minded Instagram user loves more than a feed chock-full of throwback fashion. This year, it became hugely apparent...
NASA dominated space and social media this year
"We all have a thirst for wonder," American astronomer Carl Sagan wrote in his sci-fi novel Contact. "It's a deeply human quality." And it's...
