Shane Snow

Although women hold half of all state and federal service jobs, they make 10% less than men in the public sector, according to an analysis of government documents obtained through freedom of information requests by an investigative non-profit.

The analysis by the Contently Foundation, a non-profit for investigative journalism, found that women earn 10% less median income than men in the public sector. The employee earnings records also show that 73% of government workers making $100,000 or mo...

A Quest to Understand What Makes Things Funny

A personal essay about a great man.

Navy SEALs are having the best year and a half ever. We've been inundated with tell-all books, documentaries, and big-budget action movies (the upcoming Zero Dark Thirty) about the special-ops frogmen... and then there's that whole Team-Six-killing-Osama thing. We're beginning to think there's no task too big for these badasses.

I ate 50 pints of ice cream in a row for Science. You're welcome!

How bad science and bureaucracy bred NYC’s strange relationship with ferrets.

Aerospace-inspired OneWheel electric skateboard doesn't float, but it feels like it.

A quick piece for NYMag about our greasy eating habits, and snowstorms.

With a new version out and millions hooked, WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg's unconventional model can make or break the Web.

How Stars Like Jay Z And Martha Stewart End Up With Samsung Phones

The sci-fi writer opens up about Ender's Game and more.

The team was in third place by the time David Heinemeier Hansson leapt into the cockpit of the black-and-pink Le Mans Prototype 2...

Is not what you think...

The Music at Your Next Rave Could Be Produced in th...