Data center servers, powerful smartphones, and your computer's motherboard have one thing in common. When these devices get too hot, their performance takes a hit, and we can't have that. That's why ...

A new building material developed by engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute could change how the world builds. Made using an enzyme that turns carbon dioxide into solid minerals, the material ...

Our culture and lifestyle editor looks back at the year’s top pop culture moments. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. We’re doing something a little different over the next two weeks. We’ll ...

Inspired by kirigami, a type of Japanese paper art, researchers have created a new material that transforms from a grid into any 3D structure you'd like. Reading time 2 minutes There’s a very thin ...

If a nation’s well-being depends on the strength of its families, America is in trouble. At any given time between 1950 through 1980, about 6% of 40-year-olds had never married. Then the never-married ...

Culture has always had influence, but in 2026, it becomes the headliner. Not the opener. Not the background soundtrack. The star. And here’s the truth too many leaders still refuse to face: Culture ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have created a new carbon-negative building material that could transform sustainable construction. The breakthrough, published in the high-impact ...

Music without instruments and lyrics without meaning. Endless reboots, sequels and superheroes in the cinema. After a burst of magnificent TV dramas in the noughties, every glitzy new show is hailed ...

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Displayed at MOPOP, Jimi Hendrix’s guitar embodies the accidents and defiance that shaped modern sound, and that A.I. can’t replicate. Courtesy Museum of Pop Culture As someone who spends her days ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer looks at whether culture is a cause or consequence of inequality. Image: Free to Choose Network Photo: Free to Choose Network Culture is one of the most underrated ideas ...

Culture is the set of knowledge and practices people use to express themselves and make sense of the world collectively. As Brazilian philosopher Marilena Chauí reminds us, the word derives from the ...