If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

As a shy child, I cherished trips to my local library. From “The Giver” by Lois Lowry to “Their Eyes Were Watching God” by Zora Neale Hurston, I was transported to different worlds and time periods ...

I am lucky to have taken some incredible trips, including a recent one to “the end of the earth”: the island of Tierra del Fuego, the southernmost point of South America. In a week, we traveled by ...

Public universities need their own accreditor. These institutions are the backbone of American higher education. They serve the largest share of students by far, and state-supported colleges and ...

Source: Angelina Bambina / iStock For the past several months, I’ve been sharing writing prompts designed to help you reconnect with your story in a way that is gentle, honest, and without judgment.

JDK 25 brings powerful new features to Java and JVM developers. Here are seven new or updated features that could convince you to switch. Java continues its fast and feature-packed release schedule, ...

I n October 2017, I walked to the front of a crowded hotel ballroom. The ballroom didn’t swirl with dancers. Instead, filling the room were rows of those ugly round-back convention chairs, the kind ...

Operating a restaurant is one of the toughest jobs around. The hours are brutal, the margins are thin, and there’s no guarantee the public will show up. So when we publish a restaurant review, it’s ...

Global momentum continues to build behind nuclear power. There are more than 400 nuclear reactors in operation today in 31 countries, and the number of countries that are considering, planning or well ...

Every single step of an entrepreneurial journey happens through some form of writing — from early pitches to later marketing campaigns, from contracts to plans. The academic phrase for this is: ...