Upstract is my next small thing in the news space — made for those who miss the days when Digg 1.0 was fun, Reddit less of a political play, and content discovery all about genuine affinity and...
Scientists are only just starting to unravel why some viruses disappear, while others can linger and cause disease for centuries.
Bodyguards go through intense training to be ready to protect celebrities, CEOs, and politicians. Security firm Global Threat Solutions has protected the lik...
Publishing is becoming a winner-take-all game. Nobody dominates it like Madeline McIntosh and Penguin Random House.
It ticks once a year, the century hand advances once every 100 years, the cuckoo comes out on the millennium, and it will keep time for the next 10,000 years. In the belly of a Texas mountain,...
Lockdowns brought temporary relief to some, but everywhere testing and tracing is key
Take them, adapt them, and apply them to your life
Is the "big freeze" our inevitable fate, or can dark energy save us?
The coming months of the pandemic could be catastrophic. The U.S. still has ways to prepare.
Covid-19 has left many people underemployed – in temporary jobs or on reduced hours. How do you make a success out of a job that isn’t what you wanted?
As Turner lay dying, he asked to see sunlight. Renoir demanded a pencil. For many artists, the final chapter is the most creative
The logbook is written from the white perspective, and its horrors are plain to see.
Experiencing multiple stressors triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic—such as unemployment—and COVID-19-related media consumption are directly linked to rising acute stress and depressive symptoms...
Little can compare to the healing power of silence
Irish-American mogul’s philanthropic foundation runs out of cash after 38 years
The company behind them, Keen, is including artwork from the late Jerry Garcia.
Buying futures contracts may help businesses reliant on water keep prices down.
Far fewer adolescents in big cities are drinking alcohol. Four out of ten 13- to 17-year-olds reported being drunk in 2002. In 2015 that percentage had declined by half. A big part of the reason...
Reading linguistic thought directly from the brain has brought us closer to answering an age-old question — and has opened the door to many more.
Despite heavy coverage of every positive test, remarkably few serious cases have been recorded among pro athletes.
Some countries have experimented with alcohol prohibition during the pandemic to keep hospitals emptier. What was the impact?
Veteran hedge-fund manager says capitalists don’t divide the economic pie well, so the system isn’t working effectively for all.
By tracking amphibian songs, citizen scientists are helping us understand what's happening to our environment
Most adults retreat into a personal, quiet world inside their heads when they are reading, but we may be missing out on some vital benefits when we do this.
Emma Pickles This young girl has found a novel way to eat more fruit while encouraging her creative side. Twelve-year-old Emma ...
A recent examination of media bias on Facebook caught our eye here at AllSides.
Had any other attorney general given the speech Barr gave this week, nobody would have noticed. In the context of his recent actions, Barr’s words amount to a defense of politicized justice.
How we perceive the senses changes in different historical, political, and cultural contexts. Sensory historians ask what people smelled, touched and tasted – all to learn more about the past.
Pieter Kroonenberg, a Dutch statistician, discovered a nonexistent paper that had been cited more than 400 times.
A global hacking collective known as APT41 has been accused by US authorities of targeting company servers for ransom, compromising government networks and spying on Hong Kong activists. Seven...
Once again, the Brazilian Amazon is in flames
You don’t have to sanitize your apples anymore, but you do have to wear a mask
In this set of 10 facts, Wendy Edelberg, Kristen Broady, Lauren Bauer, and Jimmy O’Donnell assess the extent of these economic damages and provide an overview of existing policy interventions.
Amazon bans injectable drugs, but enforcement failures have led to a swell of listings for unproven performance enhancing peptides
Kodak detected the first atomic bomb before anyone else figured it out. Then they made a deal not to tell anyone. Thanks to HBO Max, and their new show raise...