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A DIY wearable for avoiding recognition on IR security cameras.

People like Scott Adams claim they're being silenced. But what they actually seem to object to is being understood.

The conflict confirmed some of South America’s worst assumptions about its northern neighbor.

Last June, I quit my office job and booked a flight to France. I was 24 and dewy-eyed, and I wanted to farm—or, at least, I wanted to try. A few weeks later, I was face-to-face with 64 goat udders, being told plus de force, (less delicately), as I wiped them down for milking. It was a stark contrast to the day jobs I had known before, writing endless emails and leaving voicemails in professional-speak—“Looking forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience!” Staring down dozens of goats udders, not a meeting agenda or email inbox to be found,

Africatown, the only U.S. community established by West Africans who survived the Middle Passage, reveals a longer history of environmental injustice.

We’re suffering from a “quiet catastrophe.” What if the fix is something we used to do all the time?

More than 60 percent of young men are single, nearly twice the rate of unattached young women, signaling a larger breakdown in the social, romantic and sexual life of the American male.  Men i…

Eastside Olympia in the midst of large downzone. As the legislature discusses zoning reform that would allow for modest density increases ...

The congresswoman is too influential within the GOP—and too representative of its views—for her calls for secession to be dismissed.

The great software question is always, “what’s it for?” Much like the “five-whys” protocol, or Amazon’s “so what?” test, this question is designed to

'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' was a hit. Next, Sherlock Holmes, Mickey Mouse, and Superman will enter the public domain, complicating things for Disney, Warner Bros., and other studios

In the months following the invasion of Ukraine, cryptic anti-war graffiti began popping up across Russia. People started writing out the phrase “no war” using asterisks instead of the various letters in order to disguise the meaning of the message. Then back in September, a woman in Russia wrote out the Russian word for “no”

Today on TAP: The new movement to connect the restoration of democracy with the revival of antitrust and competition

My book is from 2013, here are some of the key predictions: 1. Increases in the power and generality of artificial intelligence will prove a major breakthrough within a foreseeable time period. 2. Labor market returns will accrue to individuals capable and willing to work with such services. 3. Resources and land are going to […]

Let’s talk about humanity. Human civilization was not ready for COVID-19, nor is it ready for the continuing impacts of climate change, nor the impacts we will increasingly feel as we automate more and more employment.

The New York Times has the most robust online archives of any newspaper, but it’s proving difficult to square their handling of a recent controversy.

(And that's all we must thank him for.)

In 1971, a woman visited an F.B.I. office in Pennsylvania. She identified herself as a college student interested in learning about opportunities for women in the F.B.I. None of that was true. She was there “to see whether there were security alarms before we could decide if we could break in.”

Fed officials will eventually decide that they have raised interest rates enough. How they make that call is of great importance, and the Fed should share its thinking.