Is that a bowling lane, or a piano?
How new technology is helping ten-pin abide in the 21st century
By Matt Crossman
Can AI perfect the IPA?
By Tony Rehagen
Think your breakup was bad? Check out the Museum of Broken Relationships
By Stav Dimitropoulos
When a marathon isn’t extreme enough, run backwards
By Ryan Lenora Brown
I tried TikTok cooking. Big Booty Dip almost broke me.
By Kara Baskin
Why some chefs are still loyal to gas stoves — and some aren’t
By Margaret Eby
Culture + Society
Ken Jennings finally provides the answers
By Schuyler Velasco
A war zone with a gift shop? My visit to the Korean DMZ
By Erick Trickey
Reviving the wives: why Henry VIII’s queens are having a moment
By Schuyler Velasco
This city reduced homelessness to near-zero, thanks to big data
By Hanna Merzbach
The perfect wedding? Click, buy, show up.
By Alix Strauss
These highly trained rats have sniffed out 150,000 explosives
By Molly Callahan
Event Horizon
Beyond rich guys in rockets: Here’s what will democratize space tourism
Can we make off-Earth travel affordable and (sort of) environmentally-friendly?
By Glenn McDonald
Is time travel possible?
By Glenn McDonald
A 3D printer could make your next meal
By Glenn McDonald
Humans + Robots
How to prepare for sentient AI
By Schuyler Velasco
AI is reconstructing Pompeii’s shattered frescoes
By Stav Dimitropoulos
In South Korea, robots are on the job. So how is the service?
By Erick Trickey
When AI joins the band
By Tony Rehagen
Why Africa needs a ‘Google Translate for science’
By Sibusiso Biyela
Go ahead, accept the cookies
By Eoin O’Carroll
Cities + Nature
Skiing has a diversity problem. Indoor slopes could be the answer.
In a mall a few miles from Manhattan, underprivileged kids are finding hills, gear, and a chance to get hooked.
By Kade Krichko
These fine-tuned veggies grow beneath an artificial dawn
By Tony Rehagen
Where wildfires once blazed, mushroom hunters thrive
By Julie H. Case
Try a quiz
Your brain vs. artificial intelligence
To understand how AI works, you have to understand human cognition, and recognize the processes we take for granted.
Can you tell the difference between modern and medieval health myths? Take this quiz.
By Schuyler Velasco
Is your dating app spying on you? Take this quiz.
By Schuyler Velasco and Ceci Menchetti
What would you do? Take an immigrant’s journey.
Here are eight immigrant stories, told through composite characters but based on real laws and historically documented scenarios. Follow their paths, and see how you would respond to the choices they faced.