“Yeaaaaaah!” A child’s cheer inspires surging Lakers
Out of the mouths of babes … When measuring the furiously growing buzz around the Lakers, one need only heed...
Betting on Ayatollah’s Ouster Ignites Ire Over Prediction Markets
People worldwide were betting on the fall of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on prediction markets long before...
Why Is ‘Iris’ by the Goo Goo Dolls Still Everywhere?
As Ebuka Okorie of Stanford University prepared to shoot a free throw at a recent postseason college basketball game, a...
What Jeff Tweedy doesn’t see in the mirror
Not that long ago, Jeff Tweedy made a startling discovery: “There’s more time between now and the beginning of my...
Israel Intensifies Strikes on Beirut, Targeting Areas Once Considered Safe
The Israeli military expanded its airstrikes on central Beirut on Wednesday, destroying buildings and sending residents fleeing from neighborhoods that...
Citizens’ Vision Inspired a New Park Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at a park that is blooming under the Brooklyn Bridge. We’ll also find...
How to Organize Your Tech and Purge That Random Box of Cables
While it is an absolute privilege to lay hands on the latest tech, my home as a gadget reviewer often...
A ‘Hail Mary’ for Earth, Built on Solid Science
Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary,” published in 2021, is a story about humanity’s last-ditch attempt to save Earth from “astrophage,”...
Fed meeting updates: FOMC set to hold rates steady as oil prices soar
Chen Mengtong/China News Service/VCG via Getty ImagesIt's the second Fed day of 2026, and America's economic woes are making headlines.The...
The nation’s accelerating self-assassination
The Ides of March came and went with less drama than in 44 B.C., when Julius Caesar was assassinated. Nevertheless,...
