A study on how to “calm down” chatbots could advance how AI is applied in mental health interventions, according to the authors.

Trump is making a massive cut to affordable housing, as fears over the economy grow.

Learn how a 2x James Beard Award Winning Chinese Chef cooks this recipe, drawing from over 50 years of experience.

Bill Gates is quietly ending his green energy policy and advocacy organization, laying off employees throughout the US and Europe.

U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.

Snag clothing is cited in an online debate over whether adverts showing models who appear "unhealthily fat" should be banned.

The White House on Friday revoked 18 executive actions from the Biden administration, including an order designed to strengthen tribal sovereignty and expand self-determination for the nation’s 574 federally recognized tribes. 

"Everyday resistance" is the most common form of opposition to oppression. It consists of footdragging, non-compliance, pilfering, desertion, feigned ignorance, slander, arson, sabotage, flight etc... James C. Scott's article is the classic statement on "everyday resistance".

An emerging parallel economy peddles purity, health and fitness to promote wellbeing – and a political worldview.

Several bloggers have already written good posts explaining why the myth of the ‘average 18″ waist’ exists (and persists!). In a nutshell,  it’s due to survival bias, 19th-c…

Elon Musk's latest move as DOGE Czar wasn't a cut, but a massive new TV for his government-office gaming setup.

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History doesn't repeat. It mutates.

Generative AI spammers are brute forcing the internet, and it is working.

It’s time to open up your big fat mouths and push back against fatphobia

The annual “Drag ’n Tag” expedition takes place amid a wave of antitransgender legislation