Submissions by nols

He's a Banker, Crocodile Farmer and Wanted in the U.S

Why ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ Sound So Similar in So Many Languages

Angus Deaton's badly misunderstood paper on whether happiness peaks at $75,000

A $200M Shell Game in Seychelles

Inside an FBI Hostage Crisis

How the USGS Detects Earthquakes Using Twitter

Search for $1B Stolen from Moldova Leads to Ex-Council Flat in Scotland

Letter from Transnistria

Fishy business makes more sense with sensors

A contender for the most effective development program in history

Fishy business makes more sense with sensors

The Confessions of a Camming Movie Pirate

Daimler driverless lorry tested in motorway traffic

A contender for the most effective development program in history

It's September, Forever

Toys ‘R’ Us Brings Temporary Foreign Workers to U.S. To Move Jobs Overseas

After nearly four years, is it time to just settle the Megaupload case?

The Fall of a Real Estate Investment King

The Fall of a Real Estate Investment King

Zzyzx, California, or the Biggest Health Spa Scam in American History

Zzyzx, California, or the Biggest Health Spa Scam in American History

Earthquake? Silicon Valley will help. Refugee crisis? Not so much

Could the US Ever Adopt a Six-Hour Workday?

The Staggering Scale of Germany’s Refugee Project