The Crown and Sceptre Issue

Games

These Are Some of the Best Indie Video Games of 2015

11.24.15

By Mike Diver
Tech

Talking Anarchy, Genius, and God with Italy’s Best-Selling Theoretical Physicist

11.24.15

By Yohann Koshy
Environment

Plutonium in the Hills: How Do You Keep Nuclear Secrets Buried Forever?

11.23.15

By ALEX PASTERNACK
I Hired a Millennial Life Coach

11.19.15

By Amanda Shapiro
Music

The Ballad of Murder Eyez: In Germany with Syria’s Refugee Rapper

11.18.15

By Ben Mauk
Border Control: Tunisia Attempts to Stop Terrorism with a Wall

11.16.15

By Sarah Souli
The Silent Majority: A Civil Rights Movement Grows in the Shadows of Nepal

11.15.15

By David Caprara
Travel

A Strange Tribute to Early Special Effects

11.12.15

By Dan Boardman
Why America Is Obsessed with Serial Killers

11.12.15

By Seth Ferranti
Criminals and Refugees Are Seeking Sanctuary in Churches, and Governments Have No Idea What to Do

11.10.15

By Mark Hay
‘Advice for the Haunted’: Fiction by Rachel Swearingen

11.08.15

By Rachel Swearingen
Travel

Mountain Black: Photos from the Former Yugoslavia

11.05.15

By Irina Rozovsky

The Latest

Sonos Beam (2nd Generation) – Credit: Sonos

Tech

Want a Sonos Home Theater Upgrade on a Budget? The Beam Soundbar Is Just $369.

Want better audio without having to sell a kidney? Sonos’ semi-affordable soundbar is on sale for a price that goes full-blown affordable.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
Empa

News

Scientists Used Mushrooms To Invent a Plastic That’s Alive

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
DJI Drone – Credit: DJI

News

Dji Is… Happy That the White House Will Decide Next Week on Whether To Ban Its Drones?

DJI has swagger as the US government fulfills it wishes and takes a rumored imminent look into whether the Chinese company can keep operating as usual in the US.

06.05.25

By Matt Jancer
Wildpixel/Getty Images

News

There Are 8.2 Billion People on Earth—but There Might Actually Be Billions More

06.05.25

By Luis Prada
Photo by Rijksmuseum/Kelly Schenk

Life

Rare 200-Year-Old Condom Goes on Display at Dutch Museum

A Dutch museum decided to put quite an unusual object on display in its most recent exhibit—a 19th century condom.

06.05.25

By Paige Gawley