By Amanda Woods Nicole Callihan, a Brooklyn resident and essay-writing professor at NYU, co-authored a book that transports readers to Henry River, North Carolina, a small abandoned cotton-manufacturing village that recently became the set for District 12 in this year’s popular film, The Hunger Games. Callihan spoke to The New York Press about her 
It’s hard to believe there was once a world before The Segway. Back when the only time humans could both stand around and move simultaneously was on an escalator. Now—in no way overestimating the market for such devices—the Robomancers over at Honda have invented something called the UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device. With promotional language like “For Individuals. For 
Religion has fostered one of the great ongoing dialogues over the course of time in world history. Any subset alone is rife potential for a great, perhaps controversial, discussion. Documentarian Vikram Gandhi bites off this giving tree in his new documentary, Kumaré, more a piece of personal propaganda than it is an inquest into just 
New York Press and NYC-based shelter Bideawee have partnered together to present you with the cutest (adoptable) pets in New York City. Check back every Thursday to see the newest pick of the litter! JoJo is a very social and loving 19-pound Miniature Poodle mix that wants to be with people 24/7! This adorable pooch 
@BYTES1GHz is a single serving of undigested tech for the unfocused and/or unconcerned. Don’t be disappoint. Like. Enjoy. #WhutItDo: JK. No bananas. But the wizards over at Washington University in St. Louis, MO, did find something super unexpected while recording the neural activity of a pair of monkeys during some wacky experiment. Apparently they 
By Magdalena Burnham For the next few weeks, I’ll be looking at each major network’s new fall shows to predict which network will have the best new programming and which network will let audiences down. This week I’m looking at NBC, which is coming out with four new sitcoms and two new dramas. Revolution: 
