Olympians Love Pasta. They’re in the Right Place.
The prospect of carbo-loading in Italy, the spiritual home of the dish, has many athletes’ mouths watering at the Winter Games.
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‘Daily misery’—why some people can’t burp, and how Botox comes to the rescue
Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. You’ve probably been in this situation: you just had a big lunch or a tall carbonated drink, and out of nowhere a burp rises in your throat unbidden. [CLIP: A person burps loudly.] On supporting science journalism If you’re enjoying this…
New York is considering two bills to rein in the AI industry
The New York Fundamental Artificial Intelligence Requirements in News Act (NY FAIR News Act, for short) would require that any news “substantially composed, authored, or created through the use of generative artificial intelligence” carry a disclaimer. It would also require that any content created using AI be reviewed and approved by a human with “editorial…
bitchy | JD Vance was soundly booed at the Milano-Cortina Olympic opening ceremony
One of my favorite moments of any Olympic telecast is the Parade of Nations during the Opening Ceremony. Athletes from every country, big and small, get to walk behind their flag and wave to the crowd. They all get to wear their special team ceremony ensembles and you can just tell that all of the…
Vietnam’s Leader Has New Power, and He’s in a Hurry
To Lam is a former security chief who carved his way to prominence and relishes the good life. He has promised to make Communist Vietnam rich and influential.
Our solar system is extremely weird: Best ideas of the century
The first few exoplanets were discovered in the early 1990s. But it wasn’t until the early 2000s, when astronomers began carrying out large-scale, long-term surveys of other stars, that we started to get the first hints that our solar system – with its neat arrangement of four rocky planets, then four gassy giants – might…
Winter Olympics 2026: five more gold medals up for grabs on day three – live | Winter Olympics 2026
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BTS Transforms Seoul With Citywide ‘ARIRANG’ Album Experience
BTS is set to transform Seoul into a citywide cultural spectacle as the global supergroup launches ‘BTS The City ARIRANG SEOUL’, a large-scale urban festival celebrating their upcoming fifth full-length album, ARIRANG. The immersive project will run from March 20 to April 12, marking one of the band’s most ambitious city takeovers to date. Kicking…
From Fishing Nets to Furniture: Turning Ocean Plastic Into Usable Products
A brother-and-sister team in Spain started a sustainable business model recycling old and damaged nets into stadium seating and decorations.
Apple Daily Sentences Show a New Era of Media Peril in Hong Kong
Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city.