When Listening to Music Was a Team Sport
For 120 years — until June 1, 1999, actually, when the file-sharing service Napster went live — the enjoyment of...
What’s in a Watch Shape?
When Yoni Ben-Yehuda, the head of watches at the luxury retailer Material Good, woke in New York on April 14,...
SkyPilot, from Databricks’ cofounder, raises $20M to be the Switzerland of AI compute
Databricks cofounder Ion Stoica can explain what his latest startup does to a kindergartner on the fly. The basis for...
When the Family Trade Is Murder
THE MORTONS, by Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld The Morton family — wildly powerful, highly criminal — has gathered for...
In Venice, Clocks That Convey More Than Just Time
The mechanical clocks that the Franco-Swiss artist Julian Charrière has on display at the Museo Correr in Venice do not...
8 ways that Christopher Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ changes Homer’s epic
It may have laid the foundations of Western storytelling, but Homer’s “Odyssey” wasn’t exactly built for the movies. Sprawling across...
Philippe Stern Took Risks. Patek Philippe Shows They Paid Off.
In 1963, when Philippe Stern, then the 25-year-old scion of the family-owned Swiss watch brand Patek Philippe, arrived in New...
Lettuce lovers are confused and afraid
Salad fans told Business Insider how they were faring as Cyclospora spreads. Jaylin Eaves; Austin Kreitler; Diana UmanaThe spread of...
This failed Tennessee dam should stay dead
Henry Liu is a rising junior at Yale University. About 40 miles south of Nashville, on a river recognized as...
The Heaviest Credit Card Money Can Buy
Physical credit cards should be a thing of the past. Over the past few years, touchless services such as Apple...
