How Musicians Die

In her article “Music to die for: how genre affects popular musicians’ life expectancy,” Dianna Kenny examines the correlation between musical genres and the deaths of their most popular acts. Kenny—who is a professor of psychology and music—uses one of her charts to arrange causes of death by musical genre, pointing out some interesting takeaways. Homicide accounted for 51% of rap and hip-hop deaths, suicide …

Live-Streaming Disasters

Launched within just a month of each other, new social media platforms Meerkat and Periscope both favor live-streaming videos over text or photos, giving users an in-the-moment experience and urgency to participate. The release of Twitter-owned Periscope coincided with a devastating and tragic building fire in NYC’s East Village and saw many people flocking to the app to stream the ongoing disaster—which poses the question: …

Play Pac-Man on Google Maps

Stop what you’re doing and head over to Google Maps because, for a limited time, Google is turning your neighborhood streets into the 8-bit world of Pac-Man. You can activate the new feature by clicking on the Pac-Man button in the lower left corner, which instantly turns your map into the classic arcade game—complete with Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde. This hack is available for …