Social Divorce

from The Guardian The zeitgeist is changing. A strange, romantic backlash to the tech era looms by Ross Barkan ‘The 19th-century romantics feared an inhuman future – hence their rebellion. Today’s romantics, still nascent, sense something similar.’ (Painting: Wanderer...

Always and Forever

from The Wall Street Journal That Scannable Spotify Tattoo Sounded Like a Good Idea at the Time It’s becoming popular to get inked with a barcode so you can flash your flesh to turn on music. But the codes can stop working as skin sags and ink fades. By Megan Graham...

Apocalypse Shower

from The Washington Post The massive meteor shower that convinced people the world was ending By Dave Kindy Leonid meteor shower over rural town in 1833. (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) This week’s Geminid meteor shower is expected to be one of the most...

Why Dogs Are Better

from The Daily Mail New study suggests having a pet cat increases the risk of schizophrenia – experts say it could be due to toxic parasites that pets carry By CAITLIN TILLEY Could owning a cat double your risk of schizophrenia? That’s the conclusion of a...