colin's August 2026 List

Olo can be described as the “greenest green,” though it can never be captured by a camera, Rivka Galchen writes. But its development tells us a lot about our color vision.

Policies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.”

A supreme-court decision helped cause the Ceuta disaster.

Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.

The doctor was thrust into his pandemic-leadership role because of Trump’s deadly dereliction of duty.

In Paducah, Kentucky, workers at a revered uranium-enrichment plant were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. Management assured them nothing was wrong. Then four friends risked everything to reveal the truth.

They can do a lot more than ruin your summer day.

The ride-hailing giant promised to handle legal claims “in a way that is best for the survivor.” Its lawyers are pursuing a far more aggressive strategy.

Discover Price's Law: why the square root of people do 50% of the work. Learn how to apply this mathematical pattern to scale your content, skills, and personal brand effectively

We analyzed 132,003 attempts to mow a virtual lawn efficiently.

Watch hundreds of teenagers grow up into adults – and see how their lives turn out

Which teams don’t need asterisks by their title?

Players vs. teams. Doctors vs. insurers. How the same method for resolving pay disputes has led to wildly different results.

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

Are AI companies to blame?

A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.

In 2006, NBC's "To Catch a Predator" arrived in Murphy, Texas, to conduct a sting operation. The only thing that followed was the gunshot.

Many young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals.

After my husband’s death, I had never been more pliable, tender, open, or raw, Amanda Petrusich writes. It was then that I tried E.M.D.R. therapy.

May 2, 2023 – “The vase is three thousand years old. I broke its rim a few years ago.”