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How employers can make good decisions about remote work before the next crisis strikes
Whether work gets done on-site, remotely or using a hybrid of the two can have a lot to do with an employer’s organizational culture.
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The higher your body fat percentage, the less accurate your smartwatch is at measuring calories you burn when exercising – new study
Smartwatch users should be wary of relying too heavily on these devices’ algorithmic measurements.
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Why AI resembles a charismatic religious leader
AI can function as a charismatic figure without standing on a stage, establishing a church or gathering disciples, writes a scholar of religion.
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What Philly can – and can’t – do to reduce the number of people killed in car crashes
Philadelphia has more fatal traffic accidents than other big US cities, and they’re concentrated in poor neighborhoods.
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How red went from the color of revolution to the color of Republicans in US politics
For American conservatives of the Cold War era, red was the color of communists and the mistrusted American left. Now, it’s the color of the GOP, while Democrats…
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What happened at the end of the Revolutionary War? Here’s how Americans set up a brand-new country once the fighting ended
The United States came out of the Revolutionary War victorious. But building a new nation was very different from fighting a war.
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How ‘To Catch a Predator’ indulged America’s appetite for humiliation and punishment
The show presented itself as a crusade to protect children. But its appeal may have had as much to do with the pleasures of…
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What deep sea mining could mean for Jamaica’s fisherfolk
Deep-sea mining may generate sediment plumes, destroy habitats and reduce the biodiversity that cascades through the food chain, placing fisherfolk in the middle of…
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How two elections reshaped the India–Bangladesh border
Since Bangladesh’s 2024 political transition, India-Bangladesh border “push-ins” have intensified, with thousands deported to Bangladesh outside agreed verification and repatriation procedures and ignoring disputed…