A longstanding newsroom joke says that most trend pieces are born from journalists trying something new, enjoying it, and assuming they’ve discovered something fresh, important, and popular: Surely ...

In 2022, Brookins began building an A.I. companion modelled on Geralt of Rivia, a character from a series of fantasy novels called “The Witcher,” by the Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. Geralt is a ...

A new investigation into an infamous UFO conspiracy claims to have uncovered proof that top-secret documents labels as fakes are actually real.

Imagine a world where your soup bowl actually cools you down instead of making you sweat through your shirt. Swapping that steaming dal for a chilled bowl of vibrant vegetables might just be the best ...

I was never good at “Jeopardy.” My mind is like a wet paper bag, and memories drop through like grapefruits. So, to get revenge on smart people, I made up my own game of jeopardy. Local for 10. This ...

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was discovered. They celebrate scientific discovery, history and our solar system’s ...

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was ...

It’s Oscar month—perhaps one of the most dreaded times of the year for studios hoping to launch new releases. Not only are Oscar contenders still in theaters or finally hitting them at the tail-end of ...

When Canadian-born, three-times Academy Awards nominee, Ryan Gosling appears on Saturday Night Live on March 7, 2026, he’ll ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed the first modular robots with athletic intelligence. They can be combined and recombined in the wild, recover from injury and keep moving no matter ...

Two weeks ago, Victor Wembanyama had a really fun dunk in a game against the Kings. After the game, he joked (?) that maybe he’d join the dunk contest someday. Spurs teammate Carter Bryant had just ...

The saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what its like to feel absolutely worthless…”—reflects the deep empathy that often comes from personal struggles. The ...