Failure: It's an option

Smile ’Til It Hurts

A Behind the Music-like look at the perpetually perky, ideologically-motivated singing phenomenon Up With People.

You probably remember Up With People. But you probably aren’t aware it was funded by corporate America, supported by the government, and a propaganda tool of the religious right. More

Quirkiest Basketball Failures II

Part two of a three-part series.

More notable failures—some well known and some obscure—from the NBA, WNBA and college basketball. More

The Edge of Physics

Anil Ananthaswamy Journey’s to Earth’s Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe.

Extreme science meets extreme travel/adventure in Anil Ananthaswamy’s “The Edge of Physics.” More

Food For Thought

Filmmaker Jeremy Seifert’s Dive! Living Off America’s Waste.

Jeremy Seifert hopes to inspire you to eat trash. More

Departments

This Day in Failure

2009: The Maytag Repairman—a symbol of dependability for over 25 years—faces the potentially overwhelming task of repairing more than a million-and-a-half refrigerators. On this day, Maytag Corp. recalls 1.6 million units due to the fire hazard posed by a faulty relay component responsible for turning on the refrigerator’s compressor. At the time of the...

Failure Analysis

She’s the worst. On Saturday night, Sandra Bullock collected a worst actress Razzie Award for her romantic comedy bomb All About Steve. More

Should there be a soda tax?

Letters to the Editor

I found the article about teaching Ugandans how to crochet very interesting, but I almost didn’t read it due to the reckless claims in the first paragraph. More

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