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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 09: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as it is prepared for another attempt to liftoff on September 9, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Polaris Dawn mission is a private spaceflight backed by Jared Isaacman, the billionaire founder of payments platform company Shift4. During the mission, the astronauts will attempt the first spacewalk by a private company. The launch has been re-scheduled from Tuesday, August 27, to Tuesday, September 10th, at 3:38 am and has a four-hour window. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThere’s…

AI-related layoffs have captured everyone’s attention lately. Last month, Meta laid off 10% of its workforce—just months after committing up to $135 billion toward AI development this year. Other companies, such as Cloudflare, Coinbase, and PayPal, have also laid off or plan to lay off employees as they become “AI native.” Last year, a report from Forrester Research highlighted that 55% of employers regretted their decision to lay off staff due to artificial intelligence. And a Gartner prediction published earlier this year claims that 50% of all companies that replaced customer service or operational employees with AI will be forced…

Human biology was forged across millions of years of dietary variety. No one food can even come close to honoring that.gettyPicture a British sailor in the 1700s, six months into a transatlantic voyage. His gums are bleeding, his joints ache and his teeth are loosening from their sockets. He isn’t dying from starvation because his belly is full of salted meat and hardtack. He’s dying from the absence of a single molecule: vitamin C. Scurvy is one of humanity’s most instructive biological lessons, and it has nothing to do with quantity. The sailors were eating. They were simply eating wrong…

Finally, some good news for weary travelers. After battling long TSA lines and wait times earlier this year, airline passengers departing from Boston Logan International Airport now have the option to skip the lines and head straight to the gate, thanks to a new “first-in-the-nation” remote check-in pilot program, according to the Transportation Security Administration. “This is going to be a game-changer for so many people,” Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey told CBS News Boston. The pilot program, launched June 1, is being run in partnership with the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport)—an independent public authority that runs and operates the Commonwealth’s…

Teslas for sale at a CarMax dealership. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images)Getty ImagesUsed electric vehicles are hot. Demand is up. My Bolt EV is a great example. Only six months ago it was all doom and gloom for EVs after the Trump Administration ended the $7,500 tax credit in September and gas prices eased. But everything changed in February when gas prices spiked in the wake of U.S.-Iran hostilities. “When gas prices started climbing in March, we saw used EV listing views on our platform increase by 49% between the beginning of March and mid-May,” said Kevin Roberts, Director of…

I can recall feeling a little betrayed when I learned the backstory of my favorite cartoon. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe didn’t get its start as the brainchild of a television writer or a comic book artist. No, the muscle-bound toy came first—which meant my preferred entertainment was essentially a 30-minute commercial for action figures. (Battle Cat sold separately.) But even though He-Man’s origins seem crass and capitalistic, there’s real pop culture affection for him and his franchise; otherwise, there’d be no live-action Masters of the Universe in 2026. Creating He-Man may have been motivated by nothing more…

Argentina national team members work out during practice for the FIFA World Cup soccer Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Kansas City, Kan.. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.The FIFA World Cup starts in a matter of days. The biggest sporting spectacle in the world will be watched for its soccer competition, economic impact to host cities, and potential to produce national bragging rights. I am watching from my perspective as an atmospheric scientist. Parts of Asia, Europe, and the U.S. have dealt with unprecedented heat since May. Players struggled through the first week of the French…

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. I love Laura Vanderkam’s books about how to make the most of time. It’s never about stuffing more into our days. It’s not about productivity. It’s about savoring and being creatively thoughtful about what we choose to do. Her books 168 Hours and Tranquility by Tuesday changed how I think about my own weeks. For example, her argument for “effortful before effortless,” nudged me to spend more of my discretionary time on my hobbies. Her latest book, Big Time, released last month, makes the case for time…

With dagger-like claws and explosive kicks, the cassowary has earned a reputation as the world’s most dangerous bird. But is it deserved?gettyMost birds inspire either affection or indifference. We scatter seed for them in our gardens, admire them through binoculars or, occasionally, curse at them for stealing our lunch at the beach. Very few birds inspire the kind of caution that’s typically reserved for large predators. But the cassowary does. Native to the tropical rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia, the southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) holds the title of world’s most dangerous bird. It sounds comical considering that, after…

The historic racetracks that host the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing are each in the midst of an evolution, with major upgrades, renovations, and in one case, a complete rebuild—and they’re all happening at once. It’s part of an industry-level reckoning with the changing demands of horseracing spectators, and the changing fortunes of horseracing itself. The three racetracks—Churchill Downs in Louisville, Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, and Belmont Park in Elmont, New York—are all in various stages of renovation, each with a design led by the sports-centric architecture firm Populous. They’re getting new grandstand configurations and infield access improvements, fancier…