• Everything to know about break dancing ahead of its debut at the Olympics

    Here's how break dancing will be judged when it debuts at the Paris Olympics, what to look for from competitors and when to watch.

  • Nike debuts AI-designed sneakers ahead of Paris Olympics

    High-tech shoe concepts won’t be available for purchase just yet though

  • A Brief History of the Future

    Wednesday, May 1 at 9 Humans are inherently social and throughout history our unique capacity for cooperation has set us apart. As we grow and evolve, the internal changes we enact have the potential to impact those around us, our broader communities and societies.

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    A brief history of Wawa

    Wawa wasn't built in a day — but over two centuries plus. Here's a quick

  • A brief history of drag in the military

    Over at Substack, writer Cole Haddon (Psalms for the End of the World) digs into the strange relationship between hypermasculine 'Merican men and dressing up in drag. He touches briefly on the cross-dressing world of glam metal (particularly the uber-irony of Queen's existence within that oeuvre), but is much more interested in how the manliness of womanly dress manifested in the military: Female performers were rarely allowed near the fronts [during World War II]; members of the Women's Army...

  • A brief, weird history of brainwashing

    On an early spring day in 1959, Edward Hunter testified before a US Senate subcommittee investigating “the effect of Red China Communes on the United States.” It was the kind of opportunity he relished. A war correspondent who had spent considerable time in Asia, Hunter had achieved brief media stardom in 1951 after his book…

  • A Brief History of the Future: Episode 3

    Wednesday, April 17 at 9 How do the stories we tell shape the boundaries of our beliefs about what is possible? From the dawn of time, stories are how humans have made sense of the world. This episode emphasizes the fundamental role stories play in our lives, our inclination towards dystopian narratives, and the potential for bigger, better stories to unleash the power of human imagination and creativity moving forward.

  • One more cold night ahead of a brief warm-up

    Here’s your Saturday evening forecast for April 20, 2024 from Minnesota’s Weather Authority and Meteorologist Matt Serwe.A Freeze Warning and Frost Advisory are in effect again from the Twin Cities metro to the south Saturday night.Some of you woke up to a few light snow showers early Saturday. We have dried out, but the cooler

  • A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender

    The Israeli online magazine +972 has published a detailed report on Israel’s use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system called “Lavender” to target thousands of Palestinian men in its bombing campaign in Gaza. When Israel attacked Gaza after October 7, the Lavender system had a database of 37,000 Palestinian men with suspected links to Hamas More

  • Exclusive: vivo X100s leaks ahead of May debut

    We have some exclusive photos of the upcoming vivo X100s. We previously heard that vivo is going with a new, flatter design and moving on from the curvy X100, and these photos confirm it. Our source also suggests a launch in May for the X100s, X100s Pro and X100s Ultra trio. The X100s has a flat frame with a textured finish and a lightly curved (2.5D) rear glass panel. The camera island has a knurled ring and four cameras. The camera system is seemingly unchanged from the X100 - which entails...

  • Astros' Justin Verlander: Reinstated ahead of season debut

    Verlander (shoulder) was reinstated from the 15-day injured list and is