The lifesaving law that nobody wants. | Continue reading
The invasive TikTok sleuthing I experienced was not an isolated instance, but rather the latest manifestation of a large-scale sleuthing culture. | Continue reading
In July of 1999, I traveled with my family to Tenby, Wales. The town is said to be picturesque, but I have no memory of its scenery—except for a small... | Continue reading
In case you missed it, Oct. 7–13 was designated Naturopathic Medicine Week, according to a Senate resolution sponsored by Sen. Barbara Mikulski and... | Continue reading
The real takeaway from the court’s rulings on the Texas abortion cases is that the chief justice has lost his influence. | Continue reading
Christie’s reportedly expects the unofficial Wikipedia NFT to sell for millions. | Continue reading
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In June, ICANN, the organization that wrangles Internet addresses, announced that almost 2,000 applications for new top-level domains—like .com, .edu,... | Continue reading
Chances are that you have never set foot inside the best grocery store in America: Aldi. And even if you are lucky enough to be in one of the 32 states... | Continue reading
The uncanniness of rereading Lucky now that the man Alice Sebold identified as her rapist has been exonerated. | Continue reading
The most senior liberal justice showed why it’s time for him to retire. | Continue reading
"I mean, antiwork isn't just telling your boss to go f--- off,” says one of the sub’s founding moderators. | Continue reading
A concept that took hold in the ’70s has haunted everything from seat belts to masks—and experts won't let it die. | Continue reading
My, how the tables have turned. | Continue reading
The gifts of Walden Pond aren’t so freely given to everyone who visits. | Continue reading
They’re mobilizing to stop a needed crackdown that’s barely begun. | Continue reading
Slate’s Use of Your Data | Continue reading
The stablecoin Tether appears to be neither stable nor especially tethered. | Continue reading
The city has other ideas. | Continue reading
This report might be the most damning review of government work in memory. | Continue reading
Evolutionary psychology is just the most obvious example of science’s flaws. | Continue reading
Republicans blamed vaccine mandates, but the truth is stranger. | Continue reading
By throwing cold water on real reforms, the commission has embraced the dangerous status quo. | Continue reading
The platform could be doing so much more to protect its users. | Continue reading
Parenting advice on social justice, domestic abuse, and Covid. | Continue reading
Nicolas Chaillan, who spent three years as the first chief software officer for the Air Force, resigned in protest. | Continue reading
Facebook’s behavior isn’t just anti-competitive; it’s anti-consumer. | Continue reading
There are two lunch lines, and one of them is moving much more quickly than the other. | Continue reading
Baseball may have fueled our unhealthy obsession with predictive analytics. It can also help guide us out. | Continue reading
Despite the mockery from experts, the senator knew what he was talking about. | Continue reading
This is not a forum that attempts to change minds. It’s much darker. | Continue reading
What’s the point of an insurrection when you’re rewriting the rules of politics? | Continue reading
The Murdaugh family crime saga in South Carolina continues to get weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder and weirder. Really, it's wild. | Continue reading
The French capital is quickly cutting automobiles out of daily life. David Belliard is the deputy mayor behind it. | Continue reading
Thanks to fiber to the home, high-speed cable service, and 4G wireless broadband, most Americans enjoy access to all the 21st century has to offer. | Continue reading
Recent scams in Russia and India make it clear that deepfakes are part of the fraudster’s toolkit. | Continue reading
"Infotainment” systems are increasingly flashy and distracting—and the auto industry is just getting started. | Continue reading
The self-described “coolest president in the world” is developing a new form of authoritarianism that may soon attract imitators. | Continue reading
The city got its first-ever flash flood emergency as record rainfall pounded Central Park. | Continue reading
Is it a convenient payment option, just another tool to track citizens, or both? | Continue reading
Are women three times more likely to wear red or pink when they are most fertile? No, probably not. But here's how hardworking researchers, prestigious... | Continue reading
In a threadbare, unsigned order released at midnight, five justices functionally abolished the right to abortion. | Continue reading
Until recently, a small Wikipedia edition said Dianne Feinstein was San Francisco's mayor. This project could help avoid that sort of out of date info. | Continue reading
In another lifetime, I worked briefly for Spago Beverly Hills, where one of my jobs as the lowest ranking member of the fish station was to prepare the... | Continue reading
Here's a little secret that Starbucks doesn't want you to know: They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino if you want one, and they will... | Continue reading
If the conservative majority lets Texas’ new abortion ban take effect on Sept. 1, it will very likely have overruled Roe. | Continue reading
“I have the same sinking feeling I have felt many times over the last 15 years.” | Continue reading