There’s an outlier in the dance squad of Clare Barron’s 2018 play Dance Nation. Thirteen-year-old Amina is the only talented ...
What makes powerful “weirdos” so fascinating is that their strangeness is often not incidental. Unusual habits, eccentric branding, rule-breaking behavior, and theatrical confidence can make them more ...
Most people find quantum mechanics complicated and difficult to grasp. Add information theory—the math behind computing—into the mix, and it’s a real headache. But information theorists Charles H.
In this wide-ranging account, linguist Fridland (Like, Literally, Dude) surveys cutting-edge sociological, psychological, and historical explanations for why accents exist and what effects they have ...
Sport has always been a powerful vehicle for men to communicate with each other and golf is peculiarly suited to that given its leisurely pace of play. CHAMPIONS RUN: Rory McIlroy runs down the third ...
iPhone users have discovered a hilarious hack to make their device talk back to them. The personalization idea has taken social media by storm as people show off how they’ve brought pizzazz to the ...
I’ve nothing against astronauts or scientific innovation. But what’s the point of Artemis II? It is absolutely self-evident to me that space exploration is pointless, and the more urgent the crises ...
Aaron Chen found his comedic voice in Australia and a global audience thanks to Fisk on Netflix. Now living in New York City, Chen and his deadpan style of observational comedy reflects on his new ...
When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...
The Orion spacecraft may only be the size of two minivans on the inside — but for the Artemis II astronauts, the capsule taking them to the vicinity of the moon has already proved to be larger than ...