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Pittsburgh’s losing streak in N.C., which has been intact since 2018, remained so by the end of Sunday night.

In fact, HTML is the most significant computing language ever developed. Underestimate it at your peril.

I’m not a morning person, but I will tell you, the way you start your day is the way you will carry through, and it will affect a lot of things.

“There’s a hole. Smack in the middle.” Mark Dietrich pointed at a brown garage door across the street. Someone has taken a hand drill to it, just above eye level. “They reach through with a wire or a coat hanger, and then there’s a little red handle. As soon you pull that red handle, the garage [door] goes right up.”

We’re now less than three weeks from Inauguration Day, and libertarians are anxious. On the one hand, the return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office represents the fulfillment of much of what they’ve been preaching for many years in terms of free markets and lower tax rates; on the other, it’s a threat to their very core beliefs about individual freedom and government overreach.

As climate activists mourn the November election and steel themselves for a second Trump presidency, a small, countervailing trend seems to be emerging at the local level: Leftists championing public transit are running for office and winning. Last month, Mike Siegel won a City Council seat in Austin, Texas, on a platform heavily focused on climate issues, including transit, promising to support and protect a popular plan currently underway to add a new light rail system, and expand commuter rail and bus service throughout the city. Читать дальше...

Presidents don’t just wield power directly; they set the mood for the country. It’s not uncommon for their grassroots base to flourish under their administration, as the far right did during Donald Trump’s first term in office. 

'Lonely' 83-year-old Bob Dylan is desperate to find love again as the aging singer faces health struggles.

A Target employee has gone viral for blasting a customer who didn't park close to the store and made her drop-off their order after a long walk. Was this a petty move to make a Target employee walk all the way to the end of the parking lot?

"Even if a planet is in the habitable zone, if it has too small a water inventory, it transitions to an uninhabitable state."

This marble statuette is emblematic of Ptolemaic-era art: a mishmash of styles with a decidedly Egyptian twist.

Elvie, the maker of a popular hands-free-breast pump, designed a bouncer that’s safe for babies to sleep in.

Start by aiming for a discussion rather than an interrogation.

It’s truly a toss-up who dreads Q&As more after a presentation—the presenter or the audience. Conventional wisdom dictates that it should be the presenter, but experience has taught me that it’s actually the audience who deserves our sympathy.

Experts in branding predict 7 significant trends we’ll see all over next year.

Mission Rock features European-style streets that put pedestrian life first.

It starts with understanding the root cause.

Dealing with passive-aggressive behavior in the workplace can be tricky, especially when it shows up in subtle ways like eye-rolling, sarcasm, or quiet disengagement. Many of us have encountered it, but managing it as a leader can feel particularly challenging. How can we address this behavior in a way that maintains a positive workplace and encourages open communication?

A challenging puzzle.

Drawings from the January 13, 2025, magazine.

“All In: Comedy About Love,” a collaboration between the comedian, his former writing partner Simon Rich, and the director Alex Timbers, brings lovelorn dogs, the Elephant Man, and babies to Broadway.

“Aflame,” “Only in America,” “Taiwan Travelogue,” and “Tasmania.”

Gottfried Leibniz made conceptual advances that lie behind our digital world. Yet for centuries he was mocked for a misstep.

The writer spent his life cultivating beauty—on the page and in the mirror—only to end it with a samurai-style suicide. Both acts spoke to a long-standing obsession.

Readers respond to Jon Lee Anderson’s article about Javier Milei, Jia Tolentino’s essay about the assassination of Brian Thompson, and Alex Ross’s piece about Kali Malone.

“It is this honor, Juliusz, that is granted us: / To resurrect new forms, forged of gold.”

“My first great love was a drunk. Her long dark hair / falling over my face. But even that is made up.”