Even the most venerable nonfiction writers can find themselves accused of plagiarism.
On Mar 22, 2013 by Tim Sampson
Cool trick: MinutePhysics uses a YouTube video to illustrate the size of the observable universe.
On Mar 18, 2013 by Jay Hathaway
Wikipedians accuse Qorvis of employing a small crew of sockpuppets to fan out across the free encyclopedia and attempt to whitewash the pages of its clients.
On Mar 8, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Vsauce did the math on how much Wikipedia's 2 billion words would weigh.
On Mar 5, 2013 by Kevin Morris
By and large, the teachers had a fairly dismissive attitude toward research conducted on the Internet, but that hasn't stopped them from consulting Wikipedia.
On Feb 28, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Who has the best job in the world? Some beloved Hollywood A-lister? Nope. Paul Oldfield. He gets paid to travel around the world and fart.
On Feb 22, 2013 by Mike Fenn
Wikimedia U.K. recently released a report of its findings containing more than 50 recommendations for how the organization can improve its impartiality and transparency.
On Feb 21, 2013 by Tim Sampson
A European research team has released a quantitative model that describes how edit wars on Wikipedia heat up, flame out, and eventually form consensus.
On Feb 21, 2013 by Kevin Morris
Brazilian artist LucasVB has illustrated and animated dozens of mathematical concepts for Wikipedia, and now he's building a huge fanbase on Tumblr.
On Feb 19, 2013 by Aja Romano
Larry Sanger is about to unveil a new way to crowdsource information. It's not a wiki or a blog, and it might be revolutionary.
On Feb 13, 2013 by Kevin Morris
File under: sad but true.
On Feb 12, 2013 by [email protected]
Wikipedia’s list of men who during their rise to the top also rose to the occasion goes deeper than you expect.
On Feb 11, 2013 by Mike Fenn
In an online debate that mirrors a current international dispute, the Senkaku Islands Wikipedia page has become a battle zone for editors
On Feb 7, 2013 by Tim Sampson
Should the "Into" in Star Trek Into Darkness be capitalized? Wikipedia editors have written 40,000 words on each side of the argument.
On Jan 30, 2013 by Kevin Morris
A Wikipedia user edited the dancehall reggae singer's page, stating he died of a fatal injury in a bar fight.
On Jan 25, 2013 by Kevin Morris
