This morning, my six-year-old came into our bedroom and started reading a story from a book. She followed each word on the page, slowly forming full sentences. Sometimes she stumbled and asked for help with some "funny words," but by the end of the book, she had told us a story
Around 252 million years ago, the world suddenly heated up. Over a geologically brief period of tens of thousands of years, 90% of species were wiped out. Even insects, which are rarely touched by such events, suffered catastrophic losses. The Permian-Triassic mass extinction,
Original “Saturday Night Live” cast member Laraine Newman railed against “The Bear” on Emmys night, where the FX series set a new record for most comedy wins in a single year with 11 trophies for its second season. The previous record holder was the first season of “The Bear”
More people in the UK now access news online than on television, according to new survey data from the media regulator Ofcom. This is the first time Ofcom's annual news consumption poll has found online media use ahead of TV news.
An American pastor jailed in China for more than 18 years was released this week, the State Department said on Monday. David Lin, 68, was arrested in China in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison. He was convicted of contract fraud, but a humanitarian group said he was
Mark Hoppus has been through a whole lot in his 52 years of life. He wrote “ Dammit .” He kicked cancer’s ass . He may have even helped the US military capture Saddam Hussein . Now, for the literate Blink-182 fans out there, he’s jotting down all his antics in writing with his
Academic and activist Cornel West, who is running for president as an independent candidate, won't be on the ballot in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court decided on Monday in upholding a lower court's ruling. West, 71, was fighting to get his name added to the candidate
A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholar who studies how authenticity and aesthetics intersect with branding found that interracial couples featured in advertisements enhanced brand outcomes relative to white couples, but also decreased brand
Amazon is ordering workers back to the office five days a week and wants corporate managers to oversee more employees in a move it says will improve the company’s culture. Read more...
Amazon will require workers to return to the office five days a week starting next year, marking the company’s latest shift in its in-office working policy following the pandemic. In a memo on Monday, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy informed employees they will soon be required to come
Each week Quartz highlights the upcoming and ongoing sales at auction houses across the world. Among the items available are works of art, historical artifacts and pop culture memorabilia that collectors won’t want to miss out on. While some of these objects go for millions,
Eve, just days from releasing her memoir, is looking back to a long-ago phone call from JAY-Z that contained both praise and a warning not to get her hopes up.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called Monday for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a Gaza truce deal immediately, as he met top US officials in Washington. "I believe that any political interests should be set aside for this. This is way more important," Lapid
Scientists have discovered that certain plants can survive stressful, dry conditions by controlling water loss through their leaves without relying on their usual mechanism—tiny pores known as stomata.
Stanford researchers have developed an artificial intelligence-based tool—dubbed SandAI—that can reveal the history of quartz sand grains going back hundreds of millions of years. With SandAI, researchers can tell with high accuracy if wind, rivers, waves, or glacial movements
Tyler, the Creator is set to make his feature film acting debut in Marty Supreme, the Timothée Chalamet A24 movie from Josh Safdie. Safdie will direct the feature from an original screenplay he co-wrote with Ronald Bronstein. Plot details remain under wraps, but while it was
Six years after Tyler, the Creator rapped, “Tell Tim Chalamet to come get at me,” the Grammy winner has joined the “Dune” star in the cast of A24’s “Marty Supreme.” From director Josh Safdie, “Marty Supreme” marks Tyler’s film debut. The fashion designer and “See You Again”
Chipotle said feedback will determine whether it makes a broader rollout of the technology.
The indie trio has spent the past two years co-headlining shows with Ben Gibbard's other band, Death Cab for Cutie
The atmospheric lidar ATLID, the last of four instruments on board the EarthCARE satellite launched in May, has now been successfully put into operation. The joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) is designed to measure clouds,
The return-to-office mandate is a sharp change from its current hybrid policy, which requires employees to work from the office at least three days a week.
Gamebaby is an iPhone Pro Max case that doubles as a gaming controller for the Delta video game emulator (which lets you play play GB, NES, SNES, N64 games on iOS). Clever. 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →
Sugarcane farmer Marcos Meloni is still haunted by his battle last month to fight the flames on his land, as the double-edged disaster of fires and drought hits Brazil's agricultural sector hard.
"We'll throw in at no extra cost, anxiety, depression, band breakups, loss of self... and, of course, everyone's favorite: cancer!" he joked about his book, Fahrenheit-182
Looking for the perfect spooky season read? Richard Chizmar’s upcoming novel “Memorials” is sure to do the trick. Per the official synopsis, “Memorials” tells the story of “Three students from a small college [who] embark on a week-long road trip to film a documentary on
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images For years, Google took the same 20 percent commission for ad transactions that ran through its platform, even though it was higher than what any other industry player charged. Executives privately worried the fee was difficult to
Former MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe pleaded guilty Monday to a securities fraud charge, admitting that he conspired to deceive the public and investors about the sustainability of the company’s $9.95-a-month movie subscription service. Lowe, 72, faces a maximum of five years in
Research has been showing that women scientists continue to disappear from science at a significantly higher rate and in higher percentages than men. This is what social scientists have thought for decades—but this is no longer the case today, according to a study published in
The “Star Trek” Universe will warp back into New York Comic-Con as part of Paramount+’s lineup for the annual fan convention, which runs from Oct. 17–20 at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. The streamer will hold a fan activation for the upcoming series “Dexter:
Whatever one thinks of the war in Gaza, divestment should be avoided because it violates institutional neutrality and thereby damages the college or university as an institution.
The final show takes place Jan. 12, 2025
Asbury Park’s Sea.Hear.Now festival finally nabbed the headliner everyone has been waiting for since the festival began in 2018: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Springsteen’s Sunday evening closing set was more than worth the six year wait: a rarities-filled set that
The Trump golf course suspect described himself as a defender of Ukraine and Taiwan. But a former representative of Ukraine’s International Legion said he was all talk.
Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. "I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40," Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene County, Tennessee, told me with a tinge of sadness.
