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Why the 'dirty side' of a hurricane can be 50% stronger than its 'clean side'

In tropical storms, location matters when it comes to what damage to expect – especially if you're on the "dirty" side of a hurricane, where winds can be up to 50% stronger."Hurricanes can be difficult to forecast.

The Exact Strength Training Routine This 80-Year-Old Woman Follows To Stay Strong And Healthy

Since I was a kid, I was always pretty fit and strong. It wasn't until I was 37 that I first stepped foot in a gym, when a friend recommended I give it a try, and I fell in love instantly. I started lifting weights on and off, and hot tub and sauna sessions post-workout kept me coming back for more.

The U.S. has had a long history of political violence, but experts see a new trend

Just days before the apparent second attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Colin Clarke gathered in New York with experts for a global summit on counterterrorism and political violence.

How U.S. Steel Got Rolled

The move to block a Japanese company from buying the American manufacturer puts political expediency ahead of industrial priorities. Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris may not agree on much, but on one issue they’re in complete accord: They want to block the proposed acquisition of U.S.

You Can Hire Your Own Personal HR Department

If you’ve worked for a company big enough to have an HR department, you’ve probably been advised that Human Resources is not your friend.

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A Heap of Unused Basil Led Me to My New Favorite Fried Eggs

Summer weather invites me to start my day with fruit, shakes, or delicate poached eggs, but now that it's getting cooler, I’ve been running it back to your classic oily fried eggs.

Life is starting to look a lot less like an outcome of chemistry and physics, and more like a computational process

What makes computation possible? Seeking answers to that question, a hardware engineer from another planet travels to Earth in the 21st century.

Organize Your Catastrophic Digital Photo Library

There will be no playing until you clean that camera roll.

Humans likely wiped out Cyprus’ tiny hippos and elephants in record time

Thousands of years before a tiny pygmy hippopotamus from a zoo in Thailand named Moo Dang became an internet sensation, an extinct species of dwarf hippos (Phanourios minor) roamed a lush Mediterranean island. These small hippos and dwarf elephants (Palaeoloxodon cypriotes) lived on Cyprus.

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The Most Stylish Man in Tennis Is Here to Make a Statement

When Frances Tiafoe walked onto the court for the U.S. Open men’s semi-finals on September 6, all eyes flashed to him—not only because he’s one of America’s leading tennis stars, but also because he was wearing a bright purple outfit.

America's favorite electric truck is the Cybertruck

Say what you will about the Tesla Cybertruck and the people who drive it, but folks who want an electric pickup truck are choosing it over the competition at an astonishing rate.

The Rise of the Rural Creative Class

A growing body of research shows that innovative businesses are common in rural areas, and rural innovation gets a boost from the arts.

This lizard’s skin creates an underwater bubble helmet

Animals have evolved all manner of methods to evade danger.

Why did bloody knights write love songs about spring blossoms?

The masculinity of medieval knighthood was expansive enough for both graphic violence and the joys of a flower meadow

Why It Matters When Music Stars Talk About Reproductive Health

For many years, reproductive health topics like birth control, abortion, and emergency contraception (commonly referred to as Plan B) weren't topics you heard much in public arenas, popular music included.

Grace Paley on the Art of Growing Older

“The main thing is this — when you get up in the morning you must take your heart in your two hands. You must do this every morning.”

Snap Is Trying to Make Computers Fun Again

Smartphones are so over. Today, Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, one of the most popular social-media apps for teenage users, is announcing a new computer that you wear directly on your face.

Billy Corgan on Heels vs. Baby Faces, and the Case of Donald Trump

At Paquita, a tea shop in the West Village, Billy Corgan, the Smashing Pumpkins’ fifty-seven-year-old front man and main songwriter, asked if there was a pu-erh, a fermented Chinese tea, that he could try. “I’m a tea snob,” he said.

Why finding a job is so awful right now

After four decades of earning a living in the world's preeminent tech hub, David Jolles gave up on Silicon Valley. It's been a year and a half since he was laid off from his role as a project manager at a fintech company and he estimates he's since applied to some 1,000 jobs.