In 2016, Sayaka Murata published Convenience Store Woman, a slim, quietly radical novel about a woman working part-time at a convenience store. There are no murders, no sweeping romances, no dramatic twists. The protagonist stocks...

A visit to New York City turned unexpectedly turbulent for a German tourist who later filed lawsuits against a restaurant, a retail giant, and even the police. The claims ranged from overly spicy salsa to...

A chocolate-scented advertisement in the London Underground has left commuters both amused and confused after a “multi-sensory” campaign by ice cream brand Magnum filled a busy tunnel with the smell of chocolate. Installed between St...

A little-known Instagram feature that lets users view their oldest likes is suddenly trending online, sending people on nostalgic — and sometimes embarrassing — trips down memory lane. The feature itself isn’t new. It has...

Deepinder Goyal’s startup Temple is hiring engineers. But unlike most tech job postings, this one comes with a physical requirement: men must have less than 16% body fat, and women less than 26%. The announcement,...

A livestream meant for laughs turned into a violent confrontation that thousands watched in real time. An Australian-Lebanese Twitch streamer, Emmanuel Achmar, was allegedly assaulted by his father after being caught wearing a dress and...

An optical illusion of a male body part is circulating online, and it’s turning timelines into staring contests. At first glance, the image appears to show a thin, hairy neck with a black leather necklace...

AI is quietly becoming the most consistent workout partner many of us have ever had. The latest generation of AI home workout apps doesn’t just stream exercise videos; it tracks your performance, adapts difficulty in...

Stress Often Starts With a Story Stress rarely comes from events alone. It usually comes from the story we tell ourselves about those events. A late email response becomes a sign of disapproval. A mistake...

For more than a century, each new generation tended to outperform the one before it on standard measures of intelligence. That long-running pattern, known to researchers as the Flynn effect, has now stalled and reversed....