December 2016 Culture Articles
- Mental Health Memes Made Internet Jokes Matter Again in 2016
- Robots, Star Wars, and Steph Curry Made 2016 the Year of American Cannon Fodder
- The Most Egregious Straw Men of 2016
- The Russian Embassy to the UK Just Made Bad Memes Part of Its Foreign Policy
- China Loves Its New Giant Donald Trump Rooster Statue
- Copenhagen's Dirtiest Road Becomes a Lab for Air Quality Innovation
- 9 Ethical Dilemmas We Weren't Ready for Tech to Dump on Us in 2016
- Future Megacities Will Swallow Up Croplands by 2030
- Want to Make Money? Learn Controlled-Environment Cannabis Cultivation
- Will American Climate Change Denialism Piss Off China Even More?
- NASA Scientists Prove People Skills Will Trump the "Right Stuff" on Mars
- The Swedish City of Gothenburg Proved Shorter Workdays Make Better Workers
- The 10 Dumbest Beefs of 2016
- How to Smoke Your Christmas Weed at Home Without Being Grinch-y About It
- Trump Advisor Peter Thiel Is Now the Bilderberg Group's Most Public Member
- The Avril Lavigne-Mark Zuckerberg A.I. Feud Is Peak 2016
- Detailed Maps Split the U.S. Into TrumpLand and the Clinton Archipelago
- Lots of People Are Getting Edibles for Christmas
- Science and Drunk Driving Laws Don’t Agree—and
- Santa Claus is a Real Sex Symbol
- Santa's Thoughts on Current Events
- The Mall Santa Claus Hell of Los Angeles
- LARPers Will Guide Humanity Into Virtual Reality and Stop the 'Bleeding'
- Want to Know What Trump Will Do to Science? Look at Australia
- New Designs Imagine How an Urban Droneport Might Look
- YouTube Prankster Adam Saleh Kicked off Delta Flight for 'Speaking Arabic'
- Jedi Temple Rejected By UK Charity Regulators
- What Does the DOE Do to Combat Climate Change?
- Russia's Form Letter to Santa Is More Devious Than Meets the Eye
- Webcamming: The Sex Work Revolution That No One Is Willing to Talk About
- Want to Make Money? Learn CompTIA Security+
- Poisoned by Lead, Flint, Michigan, Has Become a Lab for Digital Intervention
- Paul Ryan, Barron Trump, and the Most Meme-Able People of 2017
- Democrats Are 3 Times More Likely to Unfriend People Post-Election
- ‘Check Your Privilege’ Cards Are the Wokest Christmas Cards
- Who Did Faithless Electors Voted For Instead of Trump or Clinton?
- Who Is Faith Spotted Eagle, and Why Did a Faithless Elector Vote for Her?
- What is the Department of Energy For? Monitoring Nuclear Weapons, Mostly
- What it Means for Trump's CIA Director Pick Mike Pompeo to 'Go Dark'
- South Carolina Lawmaker Wants to Block Porn
- Will Basic Income Make Humanity Lazy and Depressed?
- How to Follow the U.S. Presidential Electoral College Vote Today
- Peter Thiel Is Libertarian and Pro-Trump, But Silicon Valley Never Will Be
- Amazon Reviewers Troll Ivanka Trump's Boots
- The NSFW Porn Hologram Is a Paperweight, a Strip Club, and a Star Wars Tribute
- Lesson One for Rick Perry: The Energy Department Doesn’t Produce Much Energy
- Donald Trump's Wavering Climate Change Beliefs
- How to Survive Any Office Holiday Party
- 10 Christmas Gifts Perfect for Trolling Your Meme-Loving Dickhead Friend
- The 9 Most Influential Memes of 2016
- Edinburgh Bets on Fintech to Catalyze the Next Scottish Enlightenment
- Twitter Could Ban Donald Trump Now More Than Ever
- Ryan Zinke Shuts Down Idea of Selling Federal Land with One Quote
- The Internet Roasts Dropbox for Its Version of Diversity
- What You Can Do To Help the Syrian Crisis
- Detroit Bikes Prepares for a Future with Fewer Cars
- Fake News Expert Filippo Menczer Predicted the Facebook Problem 10 Years Ago
- Peter Thiel's Strangest Projects
- How to Use Facebook Live to Be an Empowered Citizen in 2017
- Tinder Will Now Let You Broadcast All the Nearby Fuckbois on Apple TV
- Germany Worries Russia Might Meddle in Elections Using Fake News
- What Does It Mean to Call Trump Vladimir Putin's Puppet?
- This Vouchercloud World Map Shows Tripadvisor’s Highest-Rated Tourist Attractions
- Faithless Electors in Electoral College Are Demanding to See CIA Report
- What Does Peter Thiel Believe In?
- The Satanic Temple Is Fighting Against the Ohio Anti-Abortion Bill
- Want to Make Money? Time to Learn Amazon Web Services
- The Mannequin Challenge's Precursor Was a Victorian Parlor Game
- Donald Trump's Administration Ranked by Lack of Qualifications
- Elon Musk Is Expected To Attend Trump’s Upcoming Tech Meeting
- NTSB Report Shows Operator in Fatal Balloon Crash Had Taken Painkillers
- People Are Pissed Mark Ruffalo's Answering Questions About DAPL
- How Trump's Trade Battle With China Could Affect the Vape Market
- The Old Farmer's Almanac Is Full of Wacky 2017 Predictions
- Women Sue Groom After Getting Smacked by a Drone at His Wedding
- Congress Outlaws Bots That Snatch Up Tickets for Scalpers
- DOT Wants to Protect You From Jerks Making Phone Calls on Planes
- Here's How to Be a Pleasant Uber Passenger
- Santa Claus Poses With Alien Sitting On His Lap for Christmas
- Donald Trump's Presidency Is Going to Replace the Working Class With Robots
- Will Scott Pruitt's EPA Reverse Environmental Progress?
- The High-Tech Future of San Antonio Lays Beyond the Riverwalk
- Why — and How — Is Sofia Vergara Being Sued By Her Own Embryos?
- SpaceX Is One of the 50 Best Places to Work in America
- People Aren't Happy About Trump Being Named Time's Person of the Year
- What the Wise Men Would Gift Jesus in 2016
- Will the Nuclear Ghost Town of Pripyat Ever Be Livable Again?
- What Happens If America Breaks the Paris Agreement?
- Why Fake News Seems True
- Talking About Gender Is Way Easier When You Realize It's a Class Issue
- 8 Good Conspiracy Theories You Can Believe Without Sounding Batshit
- Montreal’s Snowy Car Crash Intersection Apocalypse Is Ridiculous
- What Does the EPA Do Now?
- People Still Believe the Insanity of Pizzagate
- Can Jaipur, India's Chaotic Tourism Hub, Become a Smart City?
- How Does Ranked-Choice Voting Work?
- How Bad Can a President Really Be?
- I Matched With Red Lobster on Tinder and All I Got Was a Free Appetizer
- "Protesting Works" is the Victory Cry After DAPL Decision in Standing Rock
- White House: No, Obama Isn't Starting His Own Media Company
- What Will President Obama Do to Fight Climate Change After Leaving Office?
- Spanish Cities Are Renaming Streets After Women
- The Best Political Memes of 2016
- The Mall of America's Black Santa Claus Is Pissing Off a Lot of Racists
- Facebook Just Killed "B.S. Detector," a Fake News-Flagging App
- New Report Confirms that Silicon Valley Loves Elon Musk
- Faig Ahmed's Psychedelic Carpets Will Mutate Your Mind
- Star Wars and DC Comics Shape Baby Names in 2016
- Mike Pence's Neighbors Show LGBT Support by Hanging Rainbow Flags
- Could Trump Be the Only World Leader Who Wears a Bulletproof Vest?
- What Would America Look Like as a Fascist Country?
- Trevor Noah Grills Tomi Lahren for Her Black Lives Matter Statements
- The Board Game 'Inis' Is the 2016 Irish Christmas Gift No One Saw Coming
- Neil deGrasse Tyson Shares His Love Songs Album Cover on Twitter