Old Rome Reappearing

from The Charlotte Observer Roman ruins reappear from river in drought-stricken Europe almost 2,000 years later BY ASPEN PFLUGHOEFT Europe’s drought and heatwave revealed an ancient Roman military camp complex, Aquis Querquennis, as water levels in the Lima River in...

The Welcome Hangover

from VICE How Alcohol Lost Its Cool A third of pub visits are now alcohol-free, but drinking has been losing its cred in pop culture for a while now. by Daisy Jones COLLAGE: OWAIN ANDERSON, ALL IMAGES VIA ALAMY “Wake up in the mornin’ feelin’ like P Diddy...

The Retrologist

from InsideHook Meet the Man Behind the Instagram Feed That Captures the Coolest Images of Roadside America Neil Patrick Harris chats with The Retrologist creator Rolando Pujol about life on the road and his favorite kitschy corners of the country BY NEIL PATRICK...

Fake AI

from Common Sense There Is No Such Thing as A.I. Art DALL-E compiles, sifts, and analyzes. But it doesn’t dare. It doesn’t take risks. Only humans, our vulnerable species, can. Walter Kirn writes. by Walter Kirn (“Picasso style dramatic acrylic painting of a confused...

Understanding Heaven

from The Wall Street Journal The Power of a Cosmic Perspective The way we think about human fate and responsibility has always been bound up with our understanding of the heavens By Neil deGrasse Tyson A 19th-century illustration of the Leonid meteor shower seen by...

The Placebo Syndrome

from The New Hampshire Union Leader Why do you like the music you like? Science weighs in By Nayantara Dutta Special to The Washington Post Have you wondered why you love a particular song or genre of music? The answer may lie in your personality, although other...