Reading for pleasure drops 40% over last two decades, study says
Put down the book, pick up the phone. So it goes in the United States, where daily reading…
Early Member of Google’s AI Team: It’s Too Late to Get a Ph.D. in AI
The cutthroat race for AI talent has seen tech giants like Meta dangling exorbitant bonuses in the hundreds…
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
Good morning. Companies are betting on AI—yet nearly all enterprise pilots are stuck at the starting line. The…
Nan thought she was about to have a ‘new life’ until she checked her phone
Jenny Logan, who lives in shared accommodation, had planned to spend her winnings on a flat of her…
Trump told polluters to email him for an exemption. In California, three places have already been approved
Three industrial facilities in California have received exemptions from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to emit a carcinogenic…
Celtic Sea Salt in Water: Risks and Rewards of Hydration Trend
Every morning before my first cup of coffee, I sip a tall glass of water with a pinch…
Join Sept. 18 with George Church and this year’s top biotech startups
I asked AI the othÂer day how many biotechs have been co-foundÂed by HarÂvard’s George Church. About 50…
San Francisco hospitality workers skateboard to relieve stress
Balancing on four wheels is so important to them, Garret Marks and Eric Ehler don’t know why people…
25-year-old marries in hospice with honeymoon plans scrapped as she only has weeks to live
Rebekah Davies will be saying ‘I do’ at the hospice where she receives palliative care, with the day…
Dad died on ‘dream holiday’ after eating half-cooked chicken from luxury resort buffet
Leslie Green and his wife Julie were on holiday celebrating his 70th birthdayLeslie Green on holiday in the…
Should L.A. look to ‘sponge cities’ to solve its flooding problem?
In 2019, when the Thai government announced plans to turn an abandoned tobacco factory in the nation’s smoggy…
I’m 85, Looking for Work, No Job After Hundreds of Applications
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Pat Fagin Scott, an 85-year-old woman who lives in…