Since we are already on the path of no return, I have decided to be optimistic and prepare myself for a world in which...

I am sure that many an Open Culture reader has a Bialetti Moka Express in their kitchen. I know I do, but I must add that I knew little about its history and apparently even less about how to properly...

The 6-week-old died Aug. 18 at home, after being in palliative care at home soon after birth, Lancaster County coroner Stephen Diamantoni said.

Grab a stool, take a seat, and get ready to learn about cyclospora.

For years, fentanyl has dominated the opioid crisis in the US — but there’s an up-and-coming class of synthetic opioids emerging called nitazenes, drugs that can be 40 times more potent than fentanyl ...

Consumer Reports found Uber and Lyft use algorithmic pricing to give different consumers very different prices for the same rides.

Matthew Butterick is a lawyer, programmer, writer, and designer. He’s written a long, interesting piece about the inherent risks of AI called Extinction-Level Capitalism. It is well-worth a read; I’ve excerpted several p

Ask around for what everyone knows about Istanbul (other than that it used to be called Constantinople), and you'll find that the presence of Hagia Sophia there comes right to many a mind.

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

Ministers take action after survey shows almost half of students had gone without food for financial reasons

Airstrikes on Tehran earlier this year emitted a plume containing almost 30,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide that reached Asian countries

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A Utah mother who wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death will serve life in prison without parole for his murder.

A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.

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CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.

The balance between protective and pathological immune responses shapes progression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

A New Mexico jury finds that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law.

Modern adventure apparel should outperform heritage gear, right? Well, the genetically identical Turner twins put this theory to the test...

An interactive journey about IVF, told from two perspectives.