3+ week, 5+ day ago   (1034+ words) Daniel Kahneman’s passing at 90 years old has left a major gap in the field of behavioural science and in the wider intellectual community. His scientific contributions, many made in collaboration with cognitive psychologist Amos Tversky, transformed the disciplines of psychology…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (540+ words) Anxiety about automation dates back hundreds of years....

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (635+ words) Renting clothing used to be restricted to a wedding suit or prom dress, but the options are growing and becoming more popular. Today, you can rent clothes directly from other people through apps like By Rotation and Hurr, or go…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (277+ words) The Anthropocene became part of the zeitgeist after Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. This is the notion that a crescendo of human impacts has recently propelled the Earth out of the relatively stable climatic conditions of the…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (423+ words) Every time you make a phone call, stream a video or connect to Wi-Fi, your device is sending and receiving invisible signals through the air. So are your baby monitor, garage door opener, your GPS, the weather-monitoring satellites and the…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (903+ words) At the recent World Humanoid Robot Games 2026 in Beijing, robots sprinted, boxed, played football and tackled tasks inspired by factories, restaurants and emergency situations. The robot Tiangong Ultra even completed the 100 metres in 8.64 seconds, quicker than Usain Bolt’s 9.58-second world…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (301+ words) Brain implants can change people’s lives during clinical trials, but what happens next can be just as important....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (501+ words) The Pantone colour of the year for 2026 is white. It’s called Cloud Dancer, which is described as a “lofty white”. This choice reflects a growing trend away from colour in our visual world. There is a similar increasing sense of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (547+ words) Every year, millions of people who qualify for food assistance never get it. The money exists and they meet the eligibility rules, but they don’t know that the program exists, or if they qualify. For others, the application is too…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1025+ words) You might naturally expect a wide, open path to be faster and easier to navigate than a narrow one, just as birds fly freely through the open sky, cars move quickly on empty roads, and a wide hallway seems easier…...