In 1909, a poet named Filippo Marinetti was driving along in his brand new Fiat when he came across two cyclists in the road. Marinetti swerved to avoid hitting his fellow travelers, sending... Read more

This weekend, Earth Day looms with greater significance than ever. You can’t read the news without reading about the Weather Channel trying desperately to hammer home the reality of climat... Read more

Initial coin offerings have gotten a bad rap—in many cases, deservedly so. Sure, there were blockchain projects with sound dreams and solid business plans. But as the bitcoin bubble swelle... Read more

Communities across the country are trying to lure high-tech jobs away from Silicon Valley. It doesn’t seem like that should be hard. Silicon Valley is one of the most expensive places on e... Read more

For a few months each winter, Canada’s Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road is the world’s longest ice highway, a 300-plus-mile network of frozen lakes that connects lucrative diamond mines... Read more

U.S. route 395 is a geologic master class disguised as a road. It runs north from the arid outskirts of Los Angeles, carrying travelers up to Reno along the eastern flank of the Sierra Nevad... Read more

Claire Wardle fights zombies.Not the dead human kind, but rather the fake “facts� that have been debunked and disproven but refuse to die online. You know the kind. No need to reanimate... Read more

When Boston Dynamics shares a new robot video, my robophobia levels increase just a little bit. I don't know why. There is something about these robots that get into the uncanny valley for m... Read more

Tech news you can use, in two minutes or less:Bey is backBeyoncé has unleashed Homecoming, a doc that covers her legendary performance from Coachella last year, and we are here for it. Our... Read more

If you were to get all of your news last month from Twitter (and, well, maybe you did), you might reasonably conclude that the Democrat to beat in 2020 is none other than a 37-year-old India... Read more