Reality Checks: White Guy Tears, The Nobel Prize, The Pill, and a Futuristic Space Colony

• White guy bemoans diversity in television. (via Jezebel)
• How the Nobel Prize became the biggest award on the planet. (via Wired)
• The birth of The Pill. (via NPR)
• If NASA likes space so much they should put a ring on it. (via The Atlantic)

Featured image credit: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library via Flickr

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