Bearer of Good News

Astronaut Chris Hadfield at TED, Casey Neistat surfs in J. Crew, the origins of Matthew Dear and more in our weekly look at the web

When someone showed up at Russian physicist and Stanford University professor Andrei Linde’s doorstep with good news, it wasn’t Publisher’s Clearing House. Colleague and assistant professor Chao-Lin Kuo surprised Linde with the results of his team’s BICEP2 experiment—new evidence that supports Linde’s cosmic inflation theory of how the universe began, work that he proposed 30 years ago. The video capturing Linde and his wife’s (a …

25Hours Hotel Bikini Berlin

Astronaut Chris Hadfield at TED, Casey Neistat surfs in J. Crew, the origins of Matthew Dear and more in our weekly look at the web

Zoo vibes and urban jungle energy make Berlin’s latest hotel, the 25Hours Hotel Bikini Berlin a new must-visit. Centrally located in the City West district, the venue encourages guests to chill out in their comfy seats and sofas, or in the jungle sauna—all with a DJ playing music in the background of course. In addition to the 149 well-priced rooms, there’s a bakery, a restaurant …

The Origins of Matthew Dear

Astronaut Chris Hadfield at TED, Casey Neistat surfs in J. Crew, the origins of Matthew Dear and more in our weekly look at the web

Taking it back to Kingsville, Texas, the fourth installment of Resident Advisor’s ORIGINS film series, in collaboration with SONOS, charts the path of Ghostly International co-founder Matthew Dear. The electronic artist, who rose up in the Detroit techno scene beginning in the late ’90s, has substantially changed the music industry for the better. In this documentary, Dear revisits his childhood and offers a beautiful glimpse …