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Today (Sep. 12), the world will watch as Apple unveils its latest flagship device. Fanboys will swoon as the company touts several industry firsts, along with the new iOS 11 operating system. Rival brands will be on the lookout for features to copy as they prepare new handsets of their own. But how will consumers […]

Last year’s most popular hidden heroes are getting a new look. Publishers Weekly announced last week the completion of a book deal for a picture-book adaptation of the 2016 nonfiction title Hidden Figures, by Margot Lee Shetterly. The book, aimed at children four to eight years old, is due out in January next year, co-written […]

Dapper Dan’s Boutique, which opened on 125th Street in Harlem, New York, in 1982, built its reputation by doing with fashion what hip-hop was doing with music at the time. Its founder, Daniel Day, started cutting and splicing logo-splattered luxury goods from labels such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton, the way rappers from the era […]

Of all the cultural shakeups brought on by the election of Donald Trump, one of the most auspicious—to the media world, at least—has been the surge of interest in college journalism. Students on both ends of the political spectrum are turning more attention to campus newspapers than they have in decades. They’re also organizing protests […]Read More

It has been 16 years since New York City woke up to a terror attack that changed America and the world. Less than a week after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, US president George W. Bush, a Republican, gave a notably compassionate speech about America’s “Muslim brother and sisters”: Thank you all very much […]

The home of the gas guzzler will remain so. Joining France, the UK, and India, China announced Sept. 9 that it will go fully electric, eventually abandoning all sales of gasoline and diesel-fueled cars. The country’s industry ministry didn’t set a deadline for a complete changeover, but said it plans to strictly enforce rules that […]

American urban dwellers are in luck: Owning a Tesla has just gotten easier. Tesla is extending its supercharger network to US city centers, beginning with stations in Boston and Chicago opening today. Stations in several other cities, including New York, Los Angeles, and Austin, will open by the end of 2017, according to a map […]

Academics construct narratives about the past using fragments and artifacts. Sometimes they also fill in the gaps on their discoveries, making assumptions that reveal more about contemporary thinking than they do about history. Take for example a recent revelation by researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden, published in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, concluding […]

[embedded content] The It reboot shows that smart, scary movies for adults can still soar. The R-rated remake of the classic 1990 miniseries—based on Stephen King’s 1986 novel of the same name—floated to the top of the box office this weekend, thanks in part to its audience of nostalgic older adults. With an estimated $123 […]Read More

Kraft Heinz, the food industry giant controlled by 3G Capital, made a splash last week when it named 29-year-old David Knopf its next chief financial officer. The move wasn’t out of step with other executive appointments by 3G Capital; the Brazilian private equity firm has an established pattern of appointing young people to senior roles. […]

Air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk humans face, according to the World Health Organization, but what does that mean for you? Researchers have put together a map based on new findings that show, depending on where you live, how many years of life that gritty air is stealing. In China, the “airpocalypse” […]

Homeowners generally rely on insurance provided by the federal government to cover the costs of rebuilding their lives after a flood. An insurance expert explains the government program and its challenges. What is flood insurance? Homeowners’ insurance does not cover damage to a home caused by flooding. A homeowner must have a separate policy to […]