What does it mean to be “smart” or “dumb”? Few questions are more deceptively complex. Most of us have strong opinions about what those words mean, but scratch the surface and it becomes clear that ...

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. Experts were sure that the 20th century would make us stupid. Never before had culture and technology reshaped daily ...

1. Nothing wrong with living bi-curiously! But I'm not sure that's what they meant. 7. I feel bad for laughing at this one, but I can't help myself. I hope things get better for this person...and that ...

Smart dumb phones continue to gain traction in 2025 as reliable, compact, and distraction-free alternatives to smartphones. These devices offer core connectivity features like 4G, app support, and ...

In one of the great scenes of one of the great gangster movies, Mike Newell’s “Donnie Brasco,” an aging Mafioso named Lefty Ruggiero paces a hospital corridor while his son fights for his life ...

After Fátima Bosch was publicly chastised by Nawat Itsaragrisi during a Miss Universe pre-sash ceremony in Thailand, calling the 25-year-old “dumb” for not following through with an obligation of the ...

Editor's take: For years, tech companies and real estate agents have sold the promise of the fully automated smart home – a space where voice-activated lights, cameras, and climate systems work ...

In a recent write-up, [David Delony] explains how he built a Wolfram Mathematica-like engine with Python. Core to the system is SymPy for symbolic math support. [David] said being able to work with ...

Truly intelligent, altruistic people care about intentionality, according to a Scientific American study — whether that's making decisions, understanding how their actions affect others, or looking at ...

You’re in a meeting, the slides are rolling, people are nodding, others are fiddling on their phones, and then it happens. You have a question. You want to be seen as engaged, so you open your mouth, ...

Rob Gronkowski was one of the greatest tight ends in NFL history, and some would say no player who ever played his position was better than him. Playing alongside legendary quarterback Tom Brady for ...