Michael Jang’s American Portraits
For most of the twentieth century, the day-to-day lives of Asian Americans were barely depicted in mainstream art and media. While European immigrant groups like Italian...
It Was Mary and Paul
To the Editors: In my otherwise enthusiastic review of Christopher de Hamel’s Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts, I queried his interpretation of the upper register of the...
Zoo Chimps Doing a ‘Conga Line’ Could Teach Us How Humans Evolved to Dance
A seemingly spontaneous conga line by a pair of captive chimpanzees might tell us something about how humans first learned to dance, scientists behind a new...
Emotion Recognition Is Creepy As Hell
Emotion recognition technology, at best, promises to read commuters’ mental anguish and adjust subway cabin conditions accordingly, and at worst, puts biased and buggy mental microscopes...
Dark Matter ‘Strikes Back’ in Galactic Mystery
Dark matter could be responsible for the mysterious observation of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy, according to a new paper. Read more… Source...
Cyberthief Allegedly Used Ill-Gotten Gains to Buy Royalty Rights to Rap Songs
An alleged SIM-swapping scammer is accused of using his spoils to purchase cars, expensive jewelry and diamonds, and the royalty rights for rap music. Read more…...
A Year in Reading: Grace Loh Prasad
Earlier this year I started writing an essay that includes references to Maman, the towering spider sculptures by Louise Bourgeois that I’d seen in Tokyo and...
The Grow with Google Veteran-Led Business Hall of Fame
On Saturday, the Army Black Knights and the Navy Midshipmen will take the field in Philadelphia for the Army-Navy Football Game, a tradition that goes back...
Disgraced Ex-Google Exec Andy Rubin Blocks Everyone on Twitter, and Good Riddance
Android creator and disgraced former Google executive Andy Rubin has gone on some type of bizarre Twitter blocking spree, blocking virtually everyone who follows him on...
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Backlash Is Inevitable, According to Richard E. Grant
We’re now less than a week from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and two emotions seem to be dominating the conversation. Excitement, of course—we’re about...
