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Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2025. “Overall Winner: A...

Adding to an “overwhelming body of evidence”, a recent study showed that...

The Atlantic hurricane season has come to a close and Google’s DeepMind...

Q: “Want to Feel Old?” A: “Yes.”

Macaulay Culkin Watches Home Alone With His Kids Who Don’t Realize He’s Kevin

Rebecca Solnit: A Year on From Trump’s Victory, Resistance Is Everywhere. “There...

Atul Gawande of Harvard’s School of Public Health: The Trump regime’s destruction...

A long profile of comics legend Alan Moore. “For the first time...

I’m still working on the KDO gift guide for this year. In...

“Australia is on course to meet a target of eliminating cervical cancer...

What Are You Thankful For?

All of the Rivers

“Art is valuable precisely because it is not easy to create. We...

If Quantum Computing Is Solving “Impossible” Questions, How Do We Know They’re...

Thoughts and Prayers

In a London increasingly dominated by rideshare services, some drivers are still...

21st-Century Culture Has Hit a Wall. “We — creators and audiences alike...

My Recent Media Diet, the Japan Edition

Chindōgu: The Japanese Art of “Unuseless” Inventions

My Car Is Becoming a Brick. “Cars used to be entirely mechanical...

To Explore Violence Against Women, She Drugs Herself Onstage. “It’s an attempt...

What’s the difference between an artist and a creator? “An artist is...

Does Harrison Ford Know His Lines?

Small Japanese Pickup Truck Shows Bigger is Definitely Not Better. “Kei trucks...

America’s Polarization Has Become the World’s Side Hustle. “Social media monetization programs...

Requiem for Early Blogging. “I still look for people with early blogger...

The Surprising Benefits of Giving Up. A recent meta-analysis reveals that “adjusting...

A thread of “feel good” YouTube channels to watch. E.g.: “CinemaTherapy. Two...

Poetic Textural Landscapes by Lee Hyun-Joung

Lots to like about Variety’s list of 100 Best Comedy Movies of...

How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein...

What’s All the Fuss About Pluribus?

“The Little Movie That Couldn’t”: ‘Mallrats’ Turns 30. I can’t remember if...

“Today, the only naked bodies that many Americans will likely ever see...

Meet the Aphantasics, Those Who Can’t See Mental Images

Activists are role-playing ICE raids in games like Fortnite & GTA to...

The World Lost the Climate Gamble. Now It Faces a Dangerous New...

The Bad UX World Cup 2025. “Build a date picker with bad...

A Bright Light Has Gone Out

My Pace

Stigler’s law of eponymy: “No scientific discovery is named after its original...

The Librarians

NASA’s Perseverance rover scooped up a rock that might prove there was...

Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the...

“Geothermal is underdeveloped, and its upfront costs can be high, but it’s...

Rainy Day Jazz Vinyl Set. “Plenty of ballads, blues and heart-warming songs...

Can You Drive West to Lengthen the Sunset?

CDC officials confirm that the US is two months away from measles...

The Saudification of America Is Under Way. “Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder...

Making Dark Chocolate Hilarious