Australian Guy Opened a Bag of Lettuce and Found Something Alive Hiding Inside
While I would be personally mortified to find a frog in the bag of lettuce I picked up from the...
We quit our jobs to buy a sailboat and enjoy a ‘first retirement’ — it’s been worth the risk
Charles Boddie and Bianca Chan had careers on the upswing, but they quit their jobs and bought a sailboat to...
To A.I. Executives, We’re All Just ‘Meat Computers’
The relationship between mind and machine has long fascinated philosophers and scientists, who have likened the human brain to clocks,...
Inside the British Lab Hunting for Dangers Lurking in A.I.
On a recent Tuesday in an Edwardian government building along Parliament Square in London, four artificial intelligence experts were busy...
He’s the Modern Master of Raunchy Animation
“I’ve always found copulatory ties funny,” Nick Kroll told me over lunch at Leon’s in Manhattan one April afternoon. For...
AI hallucinations are infiltrating expert work—and entering the permanent body of knowledge
It was a process that had become routine for Maxim Topaz. The associate professor at Columbia University’s School of Nursing...
Forget a cup of sugar. These neighbors asked to borrow the backyard.
Marisa Mender-Franklin had always considered herself a gardener, but when the 37-year-old elementary school teacher grew the flowers for her...
Africa is Catholicism’s future, but Pentecostal churches are growing faster
LUANDA, Angola — Christianity is flourishing in Africa. But what shape it will take for most believers is an open...
Why Garlic Repels Mosquitoes and Keeps Them From Breeding
Garlic has been considered a natural mosquito repellent for centuries. In popular culture, it is believed that its pungent smell...
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Try Boosting Progressives in Red Districts
Randy Villegas’s campaign for Congress in California would feel right at home in a liberal district. A self-described populist who...
