Sean Combs sat down three years ago for a magazine profile in which he applauded #MeToo while waxing lyrical about this love of women – as he launched a rebranding as ‘Love’ himself in his latest name change. The entire interview was performative, the writer tells Sheila Flynn – and revelatory in new ways as Diddy faces a litany of civil and criminal charges
Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this phenomenon.
Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows our own
By Joshua Majeski As an Evangelical Christian, I never thought hearing the phrase “Christ is King” would make me cringe. But in the last couple of years, I've seen this basic articulation of Christian faith used in a way that makes me feel a combination of anger, shame, and confusion.
An introduction to a serialized novel
The question isn’t new. But seismic changes to college sports, embraced by Coach Deion Sanders and his University of Colorado Buffaloes, have made it more relevant than ever.
Summary I make a large part of my living performing literature reviews to answer scientific questions. For years AI has been unable to do anything to lower my research workload, but back in …
The speed of light is much faster, and the energy in ordinary objects far greater, than what daily life accustoms us to. Why? Step 1: new perspectives
From alcoholism to Parkinson’s, scientists are studying the mechanisms behind the broad clinical potential of weight-loss drugs.
I want to say thank you to all the people who sent condolences following last week’s post, especially those who shared their own stories of loss.
Illustration: Zohar Lazar Slop started seeping into Neil Clarke’s life in late 2022. Something strange was happening at Clarkesworld, the magazine Clarke had…
Walking alone to the grocery store is, for me, like walking through a creepy hallway at night. Why? Because America is filled with liminal spaces.
Scientists have mapped the genome of the Greenland shark, which could offer clues to the animal’s extreme longevity.
The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?
Over the summer, I spent about two weeks in Tajikistan, mostly in Dushanbe (the capital) and various points along the Pamir Highway, which borders Afghanistan and later leads into Kyrgyzstan. This …
The first wave of successful AI implementations will probably look more like the first wave of computing, which was dominated by large-scale enterprise installations that eliminated jobs. Consumer …
The evidence is convincing: The betting industry is ruining lives.
n the morning of September 1, William “Sisyphus” Peterson reached the Vermont-Massachsetts border and set a new Fastest Known Time (FKT) on the Long Trail. Peterson completed the route in 3 days, 21 hours, and 10 minutes, breaking John Kelly’s previous record of 4 days, 4 hours, 25 minutes, 50 seconds. Stretching 272 miles (437.74 km) through the state of Vermont, the Long Trail climbs 67,000 feet (20,421 m). Peterson ran a supported FKT, meaning that he had outside assistance along the way. ...
Arming the The Free Peoples of Middle-earth instead of building a monolithic towering army of Mordor.
For most people, “subculture” is not something that happens online.
Over the past six decades, advances in computers and microprocessors have completely reshaped our world.
A mysterious woman came to be known on Reddit as Celebrity Number Six. She told us she is not sure how to feel about the sudden crush of attention.
