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Globalization and trade have lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. Will tariffs end that?

The Glyph Drawing Club blog has a fantastic post about the "small house" to be found in IBM code page 437

A comparison of a software stack to the Buddhist skandhas with exercises

Are you the hostile punctuator in your group chat or Slack channels??? We asked experts how to tell—and how to fix it.

Discover three essential life lessons young people should learn from older generations, including the value of small steps, embracing joy...

A monumental tomb found near Corinth has revealed several burials, along with artifacts reflecting its later use as a healing shrine.

Turning speech into software with AI

While this Oscar season has brought no shortage of controversy, the awards shows have been largely apolitical. That might well change at the Oscars.

A rare and deliberate signal between a mother chimpanzee and her daughter raises new questions about ape communication, culture and the meaning of sharing a language

In this blog post, we take a closer look at TypeScript enums: How do they work? What are their use cases? What are the alternatives if we don't want to use them? The blog post concludes with recommendations for what to use when.

Discover the fascinating meanings behind heart colors! From red to purple, learn how heart emoji colors convey emotions, relationships, and hidden messages.

We need new security systems designed to deal with their weirdness

Information Philosopher is dedicated to the new Information Philosophy, with explanations for Freedom, Values, and Knowledge.

Locator is a Geoguessr-inspired detective game about using gorgeous maps to track down a missing archeologist on an alien planet.

Technology users can be a source of ingenious ideas rather than a barrier. Here's how to seek out innovative disruption.

Shafak exposes her terror over motherhood's potential to devour creativity—a panic she imagines sharing with a parade of literary forebears.

This year scientists found universal language for pain, tracked why some words go extinct, developed mind-reading brain-to-speech technology, and more

Book excerpt on Alanis Morissette's "Ironic" & putting an end to the debate over whether it is or isn't

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