Europe Map of Europe shows the lights coming on and going off, 1993-2003 Rob Beschizza

gadgets Price of RAM falling as AI companies put the brakes on Rob Beschizza

Science With help from DOGE, RFK Jr.'s "Health Freedom" era delivers 243,000 more child deaths Jason Weisberger

politics Jakarta now world's largest city Rob Beschizza

education Denmark eliminates 25% book tax to combat declining reading skills Séamus Bellamy

gadgets 133 year-old Kodak, crushed by debt, warns it may go out of business Rob Beschizza

Technology How Stack Overflow's moderation system led to its own downfall Ellsworth Toohey

Innovation How rivalry between two Japanese companies in the 1950s led to the world's best pencils Ellsworth Toohey

disasters U.S. Figure Skater athletes on board the deadly American Airlines flight Carla Sinclair

architecture Sky pool links Dubai penthouses, looks down on marina Rob Beschizza

avian flu Here's the latest on H5N1—avian flu—and some resources tracking the virus Jennifer Sandlin

law Jury finds Starbucks fired director for being white Rob Beschizza

video games Square Enix reports massive loss of income Grant St. Clair

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

COVID-19 Survey: 85% of international students unable to enter Japan say their mental health has deteriorated Mark Frauenfelder

Science Humans could live to be 150 according to new scientific research David Pescovitz

manga Yoshiharu Tsuge: the first manga artist who used his personal life as story material Mark Frauenfelder

Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

web theory Freedom House: Thanks to social media, internet freedom is down for the the ninth straight year Cory Doctorow

china From Tiananmen to Occupy Central to the Umbrella Movement to today's General Strike: understanding the Hong Kong uprising Cory Doctorow