Published: mic (February 2, 2014) Millennials are suckers for nostalgia, which is why RadioShack's Super Bowl commercial was an advertising masterpiece. The spot opens with a RadioShack employee completing a phone call and informing his co-worker, "The '80s called....
Watch the One-Minute Ad That Sparked a Revolution
Jan 23, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, History, Science and Technology
Published: mic (January 23, 2014) n case you missed it, Wednesday was the anniversary of a revolution. Imagine if 30 years ago (only a few years after Al Gore invented the Internet), someone had envisioned a future in which there would be a personal computer in every...
Watch the North Pole Lose More Than Half Its Ice in 40 Seconds
Dec 23, 2013 | Climate Change and Other Environmental Issues, Internet Culture, Science and Technology
Published: mic (December 23, 2013) Millions of people have been tricked into believing a terrible myth that's endangering Santa Claus' very livelihood. Those doing the tricking stand to make a lot of money from this fiction and promote it in the most devious and...
Apple, Nokia, and Microsoft Unveil Tablets: Can Humans Keep Their Humanity In the Techno Age?
Oct 21, 2013 | General Advice, Science and Technology
Published: mic (October 21, 2013) The headline of the new Huffington Post article says it all: "Young People Say Technology Is Often Dehumanizing But Makes Life Easier" As Apple, Nokia, and Microsoft all prepare to unveil new tablets on Tuesday, this succinctly...
3 Ways Police Screw Up Science When Investigating Rape
Jun 24, 2013 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Gender and Sexism, Science and Technology
Published: mic (June 24, 2013) Anyone with a passing interest in the politics of 2012 will recall the drivel spewed by the likes of Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock on so-called "scientific" facts about rape. Ironically, though, there IS recent scientific work that has...
Tom Coburn and Republican Senators Repeatedly Opposed Disaster Relief Funds
May 21, 2013 | Conservativism, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Republicans, Science and Technology
Published: mic (May 21, 2013) Update: Since this article was written, Senator Coburn announced that he would be insistent that any aid to the Oklahoma tornado victims must be offset by additional spending cuts elsewhere — predictably putting partisan politics ahead of...
‘All My Children,’ ‘One Life to Live’ Return 2 Years After Cancellation — Online
May 1, 2013 | Arts and Entertainment, Internet Culture, Science and Technology
Published: mic (May 1, 2013) If you thought NBC's inept mishandling of the Tonight Show franchise was the mother of all network debacles, take a look at this recent story about ABC from the Los Angeles Times: On Thursday, production company Prospect Park Networks...
The Digitization of a Historic New Orleans Newspaper
Aug 29, 2012 | Media Issues, Science and Technology
Published: PolicyMic (August 29, 2012) (co-authored with Cady McClain) Editor's Note: This article is written by Matthew Rozsa and Cady McClain When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans seven years ago, 80% of the Crescent City was buried under water, spanning an area...