Google Glass 2.0 is a startling second act
Google Glass flopped. Then Alphabet realized that the future of wearables was in factories and warehouses. Welcome to Google Glass 2.0.
Watch this video of Obama–It’s the future of fake news
In a new paper from University of Washington, researchers demonstrate using neural networks to generate realistic-looking video footage of Obama. Is this the fake news of the future?
Ancient Romans made world’s ‘most durable’ concrete. We might use it to stop rising seas.
Scientists crack mystery of ancient Roman concrete’s 2,000-year life span.
The ‘coffin homes’ of Hong Kong
AP photographer Kin Cheung spent time recently photographing some of the tiny subdivided housing units in Hong Kong, known as “coffin homes.”
Inside China’s experiment to find friends for 230 million old people
China is home to a quarter of the world’s seniors, and it needs robots to care its large, and growing, elderly population.
This site sells un-branded food and household essentials–all for $3 or less
A San Francisco-based start-up is offering un-branded consumer products all at $3 a piece through online sales only.
People are now snorting chocolate to get high
Coco Loko, a “snortable” chocolate powder being marketed as a drug-free way to get a buzz.
The last death-defying honey hunter of Nepal
One man from the Kulung culture harvests psychotropic honey that is guarded by capricious spirits and the world’s largest honeybees.
Greetings, E.T. (Please Don’t Murder Us.)
A new initiative to beam messages into space may be our best shot yet at learning whether we’re alone in the universe. There’s just one problem: What if we’re not?
Emmanuel Macron’s official portrait is a symbolic celebration of centrism
The 39-year-old French president’s striking portrait is a masterclass in soft-power symbolism. Every detail matters.
Searching for Syria
Exploring the world’s top questions about the Syrian refugee crisis.
How “wellness” became an epidemic
Why are so many privileged people feeling so sick? Luckily, there’s no shortage of cures.
We aren’t built to live in the moment
What best distinguishes human beings from other animals is our foresight, as scientists are just beginning to recognize.
Power causes brain damage
How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise.
Apple’s new campus: An exclusive look inside the mothership
Flawless curves, milled aluminum, endless glass, walled garden—sounds like an Apple product. In fact, it’s the company’s biggest launch ever.
The Accusation
Katie’s father went to prison for raping her and her brothers. It was an unthinkable crime that broke her family apart. So why couldn’t she remember it?
What it’s like to live with multiple personality disorder
Emma Young meets a woman with dissociative identity disorder and discovers what happens when you lose your sense of being an individual.
The Dutch have solutions to rising seas
In the waterlogged Netherlands, climate change is considered neither a hypothetical nor a drag on the economy. Instead, it’s an opportunity.
Remembering the murder you didn’t commit
DNA evidence exonerated six convicted killers. So why do some of them recall the crime so clearly?
They say they killed for Duterte: The twisted tale of the two hitmen taking on the Philippine president
A self-confessed hitman says he followed orders for 25 years from the man who is now president of the Philippines. Then he felt compelled to seek salvation.
How popcorn evolved from a contraband snack into a movie theater mainstay
Today, it’s nearly impossible to imagine movie theaters without popcorn, but once upon a time, the crunchy kernels were considered a contraband snack.
A curious app that captures your unfiltered life
Minutiae, an app designed to document life’s less glamorous moments.
Inside the chaotic battle to be the top reply to a Trump tweet
The area below the president’s tweets is the most valuable real estate on the internet.
How Pixar lost its way
For 15 years, the animation studio was the best on the planet. Then Disney bought it.