Why did East Asia’s economy grow so rapidly in recent decades and Africa’s so slowly? How might Africa replicate East Asia’s success? A vast literature addresses these questions, but new books keep ...

The NBA has revamped the format for the annual All-Star Game again. The league has tried to drum up some more interest from fans and players alike to create a more intriguing event. Last year, that ...

Eve Muirhead, Great Britain's gold-medal skip at the 2022 Olympics, calls out during the Beijing Games. She walks us through the finer points of the game. Zhou Mi / Xinhua via Getty Images The sports ...

Nine to five is still alive. Sort of. A new survey of labour-force data by Amory Gethin of the World Bank and Emmanuel Saez of the University of California, Berkeley finds that the world’s employed ...

Windows Recall is one of the biggest AI features Microsoft has added to Windows 11. It’s useful, but it comes with some privacy trade-offs. If you're a Windows 11 user, and specifically an owner of a ...

As the government shutdown nears its 40 th day, Republican senators are balking at President Donald Trump’s demand to end the filibuster, a rule change that would allow a simple Senate majority vote ...

I was never a coffee guy until I moved to Wisconsin and had a kid. Then, something about a piping hot caffeine-delivery service at a frigid 5 a.m. made a lot more sense. I'm still extremely basic with ...

The government remains shut down, as lawmakers fight over extending healthcare subsidies. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Zeke Emanuel, who helped draft the Affordable Care Act. Democrats argue ...

Discover the Internet Goals and Enablers—principles guiding a healthy, inclusive Internet. Learn how policies and decisions can support or ...

Sam Lavender has been named creative executive and executive producer at Java Road, the recently-launched production outfit created to adapt the works of novelist Lawrence Osborne. The company was ...

Kirstyn Hill has worked as a clinical pediatric and women’s health pharmacist since 2020. She was driven to work with a patient population that is not often able to easily speak up for themselves and ...