I read Project Hail Mary (by The Martian author Andy Weir) a few summers ago; it was fine. I suspected at the time it might ...

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Join National Geographic as they ride one of the most punishing train routes in the world, the Mauritania Railway, which ...

One of the longest and heaviest trains in the world, the 1.8-mile beast runs from the mining center of Zouerat to the port city of Nouadhibou on Africa’s Atlantic coast. The train is the bedrock of ...

This is an excellent video explanation from Jamelle Bouie of what Jim Crow was, how it developed, and how it continues to ...

This is an excellent video explanation from Jamelle Bouie of what Jim Crow was, how it developed, and how it continues to reverberate in American society and politics today.

This is a thoughtful piece from artist & illustrator Christoph Niemann about how he’s come to use AI (tactically, sparingl ...

The sport is not so geared towards young learners as surfing, but it presents sufficient physical challenges and danger for the older human that feeling “frustrated, exhausted, humiliated, terrified, ...

From an excerpt of his new book, It’s Only Drowning ( Amazon ), David Litt writes about the frustrating and humiliating experience of learning how to surf at the age of 35.

From an excerpt of his new book, It’s Only Drowning ( Amazon ), David Litt writes about the frustrating and humiliating experience of learning how to surf at the age of 35.

Graphic artist Chris Ware has created a set of 20 stamps for the US Postal Service’s 250th anniversary in his iconic style. The pane of 20 interconnected stamps show a bird’s-eye view of a mail ...