I Swapped Spotify for Vinyl and It Changed My Life
I listen to music every single day—it’s one of my favorite things in life. I also bought my first turntable a few months ago and have...
Mars rover films magnificent Martian clouds soaring over the red desert
NASA spotted Martian clouds that look awfully Earth-like. The space agency recently posted atmospheric footage that the Curiosity rover captured late last year. This car-sized robot...
We Don’t Have to Accept a Bad Flu Season Every Winter
Another horrific winter of the covid-19 pandemic in the U.S. has once again come with a silver lining: barely-there influenza. CDC data this week continues to...
‘See What You Can Make of It’
In our February 10, 2022, issue, Joyce Carol Oates reviewed Empty Wardrobes, the first English-language translation of the midcentury Portuguese writer Maria Judite de Carvalho. Oates...
Arlan Hamilton wants to reroute how startups hire
Since launching the venture firm Backstage Capital in 2015, Arlan Hamilton has invested millions in more than 195 companies led by underrepresented founders, from a duo...
How to Deal With Undetectable Deepfakes
Deepfakes make it possible to replicate the voice and appearance of people. A deepfake creator can make that replica say or do almost anything. Even worse,...
The Winter Olympics As We Know Them Could Be Over
Maddie Phaneuf, an Olympic biathlete (she does a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting) from Upstate New York has watched this year’s Winter Games with...
Microsoft Solitaire Is Still King 30 Years Later
For many, Solitaire was the go-to time-waster in the 90s and early 2000s when you wanted to distract yourself in class, on a meeting call, or...
The Big, Beautiful Life of Ashley Bryan
This post illustrating the wonderful life of Ashley Bryan was originally published in our Kid Lit newsletter, The Kids Are All Right . Sign up for it here to...
That’s Not a Friends Group, Honey. That’s a Cult.
This list of cult horror was originally published in our horror newsletter, The Fright Stuff. Sign up for it here to get the latest and greatest from the...
