Here’s a rather scathing PSA from Plane Stupid. (Note, if you get squeamish at the thought of seeing polar bear deaths depicted in a fairly gruesome—and slightly absurd—manner, or if you yourself are a polar bear, you might think twice about watching.)

Wow. Granted, each flight doesn’t literally kill a polar bear. This isn’t some sick inversion of the ringing bells that beget angel wings from It’s a Wonderful Life. But it does hammer home the increasingly…

Yesterday, we featured the work of the photographer Richard Mosse, whose series “Breach” documents U.S. soldiers living in Saddam Hussein’s former palaces. Today, Mosse’s striking new series “The Fall” opens at the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City. It’s a collection of plane wrecks from around the world, and it’s utterly breathtaking. You can see a few photos after the jump. Here’s the description from the Jack Shainman site:

The Fall is a photographic survey of our historic…

A conversation with the director of a powerful new film about notifying families of our war dead.

The Messenger tells the tale of a young soldier, played by Ben Foster (Six Feet Under, 3:10 to Yuma), who has just returned from a brutal tour of duty in Iraq. After he is charged with the task of notifying families when their sons and daughters die overseas, Foster’s character finds himself strangely connected to one of the widows he…

These African dandies have reclaimed the sartorial stylings of the Frenchmen and Belgians who long ago colonized the Congo. You can read about them in Gentlemen of Bacongo, a new book by Daniele Tamagni, which offers a visual tour of a fascinating Sub-Saharan trend. There’s something undeniably awesome about an eye-catching cultural power grab, no?

You can see more photos at Jezebel.

UPDATE: GOOD contributor (and friend) Jaime Wolf just brought my attention to this excellent Colors piece on Congolese sapeurs. If you’re…

There are about 4 million people in New York City who struggle to afford food. In 2003, it was half that number. This time of year, as temperatures drop and holidays come and go, the pangs of hunger can be especially brutal. But thanks to an innovative new effort by the organization Robin Hood, you can help make a difference for one family in need. Have a look.

To accomplish the goal of delivering 15,000 meals…

One of the worst environmental disasters in history, the “Amazon Chernobyl” refers to the roughly 17 million gallons of crude oil and the 18 billion gallons of toxic waste water that have leaked and spilled since Chevron-Texaco began excavating in the northeast region of Ecuador nearly three decades ago. For the region’s 30,000 indigenous residents, daily life is a humanitarian calamity, as tarnished water renders agriculture all but impossible, and chronic health problems are rampant and…

That’s an ear implant. It’s getting seeded with cartilage cells at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which is “part a consortium of researchers working to apply the science of regenerative medicine to battlefield injuries.” Gizmodo has a fascinating (if brief) interview with Dr. Anthony Atala, who’s grown human organs and tissue in a lab for about 20 years. Ideas like “tissue engineering” and “regenerative medicine” sound like science fiction to me, but apparently they’re…

The true beauty of scientific and technological advancements are most evident when they reveal our humanity. Take Tony Quan, also known as street artist Tempt One. Quan is paralyzed, yet with the assistance of the EyeWriter, a custom eye-tracking software, he is still able to continue painting, simply by moving his eyes.

Video by Evan Roth. Via Swiss Miss (via Amrit).

Aughts! We hardly knew ye! Alas, we’ll soon leave you behind. For the next six weeks, however, anyone with an audience will be chronicling and evaluating the living hell out of you. Exhibit A: Newsweek’s attempt to condense all your happenings into seven minutes of video. Watch:

It’s a compelling homage, if not a list per se, and it lacks the depth of something like the strangely fun retrospective You Aught to Remember.

As far as…

Here’s a rather scathing PSA from Plane Stupid. (Note, if you get squeamish at the thought of seeing polar bear deaths depicted in a fairly gruesome—and slightly absurd—manner, or if you yourself are a polar bear, you might think twice about watching.)

Wow. Granted, each flight doesn’t literally kill a polar bear. This isn’t some sick inversion of the ringing bells that beget angel wings from It’s a Wonderful Life. But it does hammer home the increasingly…

Yesterday, we featured the work of the photographer Richard Mosse, whose series “Breach” documents U.S. soldiers living in Saddam Hussein’s former palaces. Today, Mosse’s striking new series “The Fall” opens at the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City. It’s a collection of plane wrecks from around the world, and it’s utterly breathtaking. You can see a few photos after the jump. Here’s the description from the Jack Shainman site:

The Fall is a photographic survey of our historic…

A conversation with the director of a powerful new film about notifying families of our war dead.

The Messenger tells the tale of a young soldier, played by Ben Foster (Six Feet Under, 3:10 to Yuma), who has just returned from a brutal tour of duty in Iraq. After he is charged with the task of notifying families when their sons and daughters die overseas, Foster’s character finds himself strangely connected to one of the widows he…

These African dandies have reclaimed the sartorial stylings of the Frenchmen and Belgians who long ago colonized the Congo. You can read about them in Gentlemen of Bacongo, a new book by Daniele Tamagni, which offers a visual tour of a fascinating Sub-Saharan trend. There’s something undeniably awesome about an eye-catching cultural power grab, no?

You can see more photos at Jezebel.

UPDATE: GOOD contributor (and friend) Jaime Wolf just brought my attention to this excellent Colors piece on Congolese sapeurs. If you’re…

There are about 4 million people in New York City who struggle to afford food. In 2003, it was half that number. This time of year, as temperatures drop and holidays come and go, the pangs of hunger can be especially brutal. But thanks to an innovative new effort by the organization Robin Hood, you can help make a difference for one family in need. Have a look.

To accomplish the goal of delivering 15,000 meals…

One of the worst environmental disasters in history, the “Amazon Chernobyl” refers to the roughly 17 million gallons of crude oil and the 18 billion gallons of toxic waste water that have leaked and spilled since Chevron-Texaco began excavating in the northeast region of Ecuador nearly three decades ago. For the region’s 30,000 indigenous residents, daily life is a humanitarian calamity, as tarnished water renders agriculture all but impossible, and chronic health problems are rampant and…

That’s an ear implant. It’s getting seeded with cartilage cells at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which is “part a consortium of researchers working to apply the science of regenerative medicine to battlefield injuries.” Gizmodo has a fascinating (if brief) interview with Dr. Anthony Atala, who’s grown human organs and tissue in a lab for about 20 years. Ideas like “tissue engineering” and “regenerative medicine” sound like science fiction to me, but apparently they’re…

The true beauty of scientific and technological advancements are most evident when they reveal our humanity. Take Tony Quan, also known as street artist Tempt One. Quan is paralyzed, yet with the assistance of the EyeWriter, a custom eye-tracking software, he is still able to continue painting, simply by moving his eyes.

Video by Evan Roth. Via Swiss Miss (via Amrit).

Aughts! We hardly knew ye! Alas, we’ll soon leave you behind. For the next six weeks, however, anyone with an audience will be chronicling and evaluating the living hell out of you. Exhibit A: Newsweek’s attempt to condense all your happenings into seven minutes of video. Watch:

It’s a compelling homage, if not a list per se, and it lacks the depth of something like the strangely fun retrospective You Aught to Remember.

As far as…

NuFormer’s 3D building projections have me questioning the nature of existence—but, like, in a sweet way.

Thanks, Clay (via Zach).