Slow, low-heat cooking is perfect for delicious one-pot dishes and getting the best flavor from cheaper cuts of meat such as lamb shoulder or chicken thighs. With intuitive control panels, the best appliances allow you to throw all the ingredients into the pot, turn it on, and get on with your day while your food… Continue reading Best Slow Cookers (2023) for Soups, Stews and Casseroles
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The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023
In 2023, the world has felt like it was balanced on a precipice. A United States presidential election looms, with a resurgent candidate that threatens to bring with him all the chaos of 2016 and 2020. Artificial intelligence developed so quickly that it seemed to have suddenly sprung into being, heralding vast societal promise and… Continue reading The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023
Video Game Adaptations Could Keep Beating Marvel at the Box Office in 2024
Mario’s success will lead to a “deluge” of video game adaptations, argues Joost van Druenen, a New York University business professor and author of One Up: Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games. Van Dreunen reckons that superheroes are “going the way of the cowboy,” referring to the shifts in Hollywood’s dominant genres… Continue reading Video Game Adaptations Could Keep Beating Marvel at the Box Office in 2024
5 Best Food Processors and Choppers (2023)
If you’ve already got a blender, stand mixer, or juicer, you may feel like you’re all set for prepping for meals, but—as the best chefs will agree—no kitchen should be without a decent food processor. The perfect multitasking tool for slicing, dicing, chopping, and more, with a good food processor you’ll always feel like you’ve… Continue reading 5 Best Food Processors and Choppers (2023)
The 10 Best Albums of 2023
The best albums of 2023 were actually released in 2022. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé dominated the year through global stadium tours, blockbuster movies, and countless digital column inches. Beyoncé began the year by performing a lucrative and divisive private concert in Dubai and ended it in Kansas City when her Renaissance tour, an inclusive celebration… Continue reading The 10 Best Albums of 2023
The Best TV Shows You Missed in 2023—and Where to Watch Them
Even if you believe, as some do, that the world has moved from Peak TV to Trough TV, there are still more shows released in any given year than any one person could consume (trust us, we tried). Between major networks, cable television channels, and streaming services, there’s just too much to watch. You’re bound… Continue reading The Best TV Shows You Missed in 2023—and Where to Watch Them
The Hollywood Strikes Stopped AI From Taking Your Job. But for How Long?
That, in turn, led to increased interest in what protections organized labor could provide workers, even as some unions, like the United Auto Workers and Teamsters, seemed to fall behind on addressing AI’s potential to encroach on jobs. In a recent piece for Harvard Business Review, MIT engineering professor Yossi Sheffi argued short-sightedness on these… Continue reading The Hollywood Strikes Stopped AI From Taking Your Job. But for How Long?
The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans
And yet, defiantly, these alien seas remain liquid. A Mirror-Wrapped Ocean Scientists suspect that a handful of moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn—and maybe even some spinning around Uranus and Neptune—harbor oceans. Hefty Ganymede and crater-scarred Callisto produce weak, Europa-like magnetic signals. Saturn’s haze-covered Titan, too, very probably has a liquid-water subsurface ocean. These “are the… Continue reading The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans
AI Is Telling Bedtime Stories to Your Kids Now
The problem with Bluey is there’s not enough of it. Even with 151 seven-minute-long episodes of the popular children’s animated show out there, parents of toddlers still desperately wait for Australia’s Ludo Studio to release another season. The only way to get more Bluey more quickly is if they create their own stories starring the… Continue reading AI Is Telling Bedtime Stories to Your Kids Now
Undersea-Aged Champagne Is Starting to Surface
If you’ve ever been hit by a flying champagne cork, you will be painfully aware of the pressure in a bottle of fizz. And that pressure inside—and outside—the bottle has caught the imaginations of champagne innovators. “We conduct many trials every year to fine-tune the pressure to the vintage,” says Louis Roederer’s chef de cave,… Continue reading Undersea-Aged Champagne Is Starting to Surface