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The influx of mobile dating apps with the "swipe" functionality has made the process of selecting potential romantic partners a lot more shallow.
While sites like Match and eHarmony require users to build extensive profiles...
With professional sports on hold indefinitely during the coronavirus pandemic, audiences worldwide have been riveted by “The Last Dance,” the 10-episode documentary series on ESPN and Netflix about the Chicago Bulls basketball dynasty of the 1990s...
As protests rage across the country, Twitter has proved its importance, not only as a tool of protest but also as a platform for disseminating ideas. Unfortunately, not all those ideas are well-received...
With professional sports on hold indefinitely during the coronavirus pandemic, audiences worldwide have been riveted by “The Last Dance,” the 10-episode documentary series on ESPN and Netflix about the Chicago Bulls basketball dynasty of the 1990s...
WHENEVER a Muslim carries out a terror attack in the West, the question arises: Why do they hate us? Provocative answers come from my friend Rafiullah Kakar, who has lived a more astonishing life than almost anyone I know...
One approach to studying strategy is to look at how people use the term and how they act when they claim to be acting ‘strategically’. The other is to take a working definition of strategy and apply it to the past...
I have lived on both sides of American inequality. I began life in the bottom 1 percent but found my way to the top. And I know, all too personally, that the distance between the two never has been greater...
Your TV Emits More Radiation Than 5G Cell Towers
How much radiation will 5G cellular networks expose you to? And will 5G radiation be dangerous to your health? The first answer: both more and less, compared to existing sources.The second: probably not...
To modern eyes, the classic trio of Disney princess films — released in 1937, 1950 and 1959 — can seem painfully retrograde. Why are characters so obsessed with Snow White’s looks? Why doesn’t Cinderella have any talents or hobbies?
Properly scrubbing your hands is one of the best ways to stop the spread of germs and viruses, and to ensure you don’t get sick yourself. But if you don't have access to soap and clean water, or if you're out and about and nowhere near a sink...
It was the design of Angelo Ricci and Joe Czanek and Manuel Silva to call on the Terrible Old Man. This old man dwells all alone in a very ancient house on Water Street near the sea, and is reputed to be both...
It turns out self-driving cars aren’t dissimilar from self-driving humans: It takes about 16 years for them to be ready for the road.Today, a generation removed from the seminal 2004 Darpa challenge in which the U.S. military launched a fleet of fledgling robot cars across...