The Bartender With a Lab Coat

Tony Conigliaro at the Drink Factory, his liquid laboratory in London.
By JENNIFER CONLIN
Published: July 19, 2013

Seated at 69 Colebrooke Row, his watering hole in north London otherwise known as “the bar with no name,” Tony Conigliaro watched closely as a woman at a nearby table picked up the Prairie Oyster drink that had just been served to her.
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Anyone truly wanting to learn how to use a peristaltic pump, micropipette, Brix meter or Bain-Marie might want to fly to London for one of Mr. Conigliaro’s two-hour mixology classes, which are open to the public for about $60. Moar

538

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight Blog Is to Join ESPN Staff
By BRIAN STELTER
Published: July 19, 2013

Nate Silver, the statistician who attained national fame for his accurate projections about the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, is parting ways with The New York Times and moving his FiveThirtyEight franchise to ESPN, the sports empire controlled by the Walt Disney Company, according to ESPN employees with direct knowledge of his plans. Moar

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