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The gloriously versatile plantain
Maximizing plantains’ qualities requires treating them slightly differently when they’re green and firm, and when they’re spotted yellow and black.
A hidden trove in Leadville gives a glimpse of opera in the Wild West
“I still get excited about it now,” she said in a recent interview, “and I get all flushed.”
The endless pleasures of vegetarian cooking
That¶¶Ňőap the thing about a good vegetarian recipe: It leads you to a delicious meal, then makes hundreds more possible.
The app with the unprintable name that wants to give power to creators
FYPM, which is based in Santa Monica, California, is one of several companies now aiming to bring pay transparency to influencers, whose field is one of the fastest growing among...
Can AI grade your next test?
It applauded his work but also pinpointed an error. “Seems like you have a small mistake,” the critique noted. “Perhaps you are running into the wall after drawing the third...
Apple’s iPhones will include new tools to flag child sexual abuse
Later this year, iPhones will begin using complex technology to spot images of child sexual abuse, commonly known as child pornography, that users upload to Apple’s iCloud storage service, the...
Sod Poodles, Yard Goats and Trash Pandas, oh my
One of the hottest commodities in the minor leagues right now isn’t a fireballing pitcher or a phenom slugger. Instead, a garbage-can-flying raccoon astronaut named Sprocket has captivated baseball’s lower...
QR codes are here to stay. So is the tracking they allow.
QR codes are more widespread than ever, appearing on restaurant menus and at retailers. They have also let businesses integrate more tools for tracking, targeting and analytics, raising red flags...
How theater bonds the Colorado town of Creede
I had never heard of Creede Repertory Theater until the name came up after Googling “most remote theater in the United States” one day. My curiosity was piqued.
A fire in Minnesota. An arrest in Mexico. Cameras everywhere.
The eight-month saga of a young Minnesota couple on the run exposed an emerging global surveillance system that might one day find anyone, anywhere, the technology traveling easily over borders...