By Tobias Carroll It’s a good time to be a fan of Michael Mann’s 1995 crime epic Heat. To be fair, it’s never been a bad time to be a fan of the film in question. Combine an absurdly great cast with a director firing on all cylinders — the film’s clima…
What Happens When You Become the Face of a Popular Meme?
By Tobias Carroll In a world where social media posts can go viral at a moment’s notice and concepts of fame have expanded dramatically, the ways in which a person can become famous (or infamous) are legion. But in most of these cases, the people in qu…
Swimming’s Governing Body Issues Controversial Ruling on Trans Athletes
By Tobias Carroll Last November, the International Olympic Committee released its Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations. This was a document which noted the IOC’s commitment towards h…
Cheech Marin’s Greatest Legacy Might Be His Art Collection
By Tobias Carroll When you think of Cheech Marin, countless highlights from his long career in film and television come to mind — including his work as one half of Cheech & Chong. He’s also done voice work for the Cars series, appeared in several of di…
Inside the Long History of Florida’s Deadliest Tree
By Tobias Carroll When you think about deadly things in nature, what comes to mind? For most people, the answer relates to large predators — sharks and lions are both at home in the wild, and both are highly dangerous, and even deadly. But there’s anot…
Farmers Have an Unlikely Solution to Dealing With Fertilizer Shortages
By Tobias Carroll In an increasingly global economy, conflict in one part of the world can have a substantial effect somewhere else entirely. Agriculture is not immune to this; among the effects of the war in Ukraine is a shortage of the fertilizer tha…
That Solo in Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” is David Gilmour’s First Take
By Tobias Carroll For decades now, fans of Pink Floyd have savored David Gilmour’s stunning guitar solo at the end ofthe song “Comfortably Numb.” The Wall is an album that’s mercurial in its emotions, featuring the band both at its most epic and at its…
Report: NFL Will “Probably” Seek Full Season Suspension for Deshaun Watson
By Evan Bleier This offseason, the Browns traded first-round picks in 2022, 2023 and 2024, a third-round pick in 2022 and a fourth-round pick in 2024 to Houston in exchange for quarterback Deshaun Watson and a late-round pick. Then Cleveland went even …
The Disturbing Link Between Climate Change and Physical Fitness
By Tanner Garrity For years, researchers have spent time and resources investigating whether today’s searing heatwaves could have taken place in a pre-industrial climate — a period defined as before 1900, and sometimes as far back as 1720 to 1800. Rece…
NYC’s Una Pizza Napoletana Is Named America’s Best Pizzeria by Italian Ranker
By Evan Bleier Reopened in March on New York City’s Lower East Side following a two-year hiatus, Una Pizza Napoletana has wasted no time in returning to form and was just named the top pizzeria in the U.S. by Italian website 50TopPizza. According to th…