We’ve all heard the adage that sex sells. But does it really? New research suggests that sex makes ads more memorable, but that people who’ve…

At the intersection of chemical resistance, American entrepreneurialism, affluence, and parenting anxiety lies a particularly modern phenomenon: the professional delousing business. The head lice that…

In our work-obsessed culture, productivity “hacks” are like a virtual currency. The internet is rife with shortcuts to help you crush it like a pro,…

Nairobi On the morning of Apr.13, at the height of Kenya’s primary elections, residents of Busia County in western Kenya woke up to a dose…

Qatar is home to the US’s largest military base in the Middle East and a long-time US ally. Since its Gulf neighbors, led by Saudi…

If we ever want future robots to do our bidding, they’ll have to understand the world around them in a complete way—if a robot hears…

Global warning is upending weather maps. With temperatures reaching a near-record high of 119°F (48°C) in Arizona earlier this week, meteorologists ran out of colors…

The mission for SpaceX employees is fairly simple: Reduce the cost of access to space so that humans can become a multi-planetary species. What does…

There have always been doubts about whether money managers are worth their keep. Now that there’s a viable alternative—algorithms—for people who don’t want to manage…

At ports in Los Angeles, short-haul truckers have jobs that look more like indentured servitude than employment. In an in-depth investigation by USA Today, which…

Last month, a US government agency issued an assessment of the United States’ efforts to help Afghanistan recover from the devastation of 16 years of…

Come sunset, thousands of motorbikes spread out across Chinese cities, delivering popular night snacks, including spicy hot pot ingredients, shredded potato and crawfish, part of…

Across Africa, electricity is a luxury afforded almost exclusively by the affluent. About 600 million poor or rural people—or two in three Africans—do not have…

Time with friends, colleagues, siblings, and children diminishes over the course of a lifetime. The older we get, the person we spend the most time…

Federal agencies must use plain language. It’s the law. Yet the new 2017 US Government Website Clarity Index (pdf), put together by the content analysis…

Eventually, Snapchat is going to run out of hand gestures. The ephemeral messaging service announced on its blog today that it’s launching a new section…

In mid-2015, several Nigerian women took to Twitter to highlight some of the patriarchal issues they face living in the country. With the hashtag #BeingFemaleInNigeria,…

The residents of Harlaa, a small town in eastern Ethiopia, have always suspected there was something special about their city. For years farmers have been…

What are you buying when you pay $5 for a cup of organic, single-origin, fair-trade coffee? Or a locally produced, sustainably sourced linen tunic? Or…

The data is in: While India remains one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, the currency ban in November 2016 did take some steam out…