In October 1984 I arrived at Oxford University, trailing a large steamer trunk containing a couple of changes of clothing and about five dozen textbooks. I had a freshly minted bachelor’s degree in ...

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...

Hamza is a gaming enthusiast and a Writing Specialist from Pakistan. A firm believer in Keyboard/Mouse supremacy, he will play Tekken with WASD if you let him. He has been writing about games since ...

It’s widely recognized that the crises of loneliness, disconnection, and social fragmentation are touching nearly every aspect of our lives, from personal well-being to public health to democracy ...

Last month, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collective reported that dark energy is evolving—specifically weakening—and it could help provide the first observational evidence of string ...

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When Leah Menzies, a 20-year-old college student in Australia, nervously entered her boyfriend's family home, she anticipated the typical rituals of meeting parents for the first time. And it sure ...

Instead of deepening relationships, constant connection leads to superficial engagement that skims the surface without ever diving deep. In an era defined by digital advancements, the paradox of ...

February 14, 2024, 1:52 PM · Did you know that the storied virtuoso Niccolò Paganini was actually the first violinist to endorse Pirastro strings, back in the early 19th century? This was just one ...

WHEN Joseph Conlon was an undergraduate in the early 2000s, he avoided popular science accounts of string theory because he wanted to engage with it on a technical level, without preconceptions. It ...

A connection recession is afoot. Since 1990, the number of close friends people report having has declined by 22 percent. And today, 72 percent of global workers report feeling lonely at least monthly ...