Social Media
What Is Math?
A teenager asked that age-old question on TikTok, creating a viral backlash, and then, a thoughtful scientific debate
Before Chain Letters Swept the Internet, They Raised Funds for Orphans and Sent Messages From God
Recipe exchanges, poetry chains, photo challenges and other ostensibly comforting prompts are enjoying a resurgence amid the COVID-19 pandemic
New Research Suggests We're Living in Historically Unhappy Times
A tool that analyzes tweets and a study from University of Chicago researchers show that Americans' happiness has reached new lows in recent weeks
Labrador Tops Most Popular Dog Breed List for 29th Year in a Row
The rankings stay much the same from year to year, but in 2019, Pembroke Welsh corgis broke the top ten for the first time
Why the Anne Frank House Is Reimagining the Young Diarist as a Vlogger
The controversial series stems from the museum's desire to reach a younger generation by telling history in new ways
Unwind With These Free, Museum-Led Meditation and Mindfulness Sessions
The Rubin Museum of Art and the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art offer an array of relaxing experiences
Museums Challenged to Showcase 'Creepiest Objects' Deliver Stuff of Nightmares
We’re really, really sorry
Meet the Artist Behind Animal Crossing's Art Museum Island
The art within Shing Yin Khor's virtual world represents a sassy response to the game's built-in natural history museum
These Artists Used Clay to Build Their Dream Homes in Miniature
Ceramics artist Eny Lee Parker hosted a contest that asked quarantined creators to imagine their ideal rooms
How to Avoid Misinformation About COVID-19
False information about the pandemic is rampant; here’s how experts say you can identify what news to trust and what might be faulty
Quarantined Couple Builds Art Museum to Entertain Pet Gerbils
The story of two bored art lovers who found a way to "a-mouse" themselves
#5WomenArtists Campaign Tackles Gender Inequity for the Fifth Year in a Row
Though women make up nearly half of visual artists in the United States, they represent just 13 percent of artists in museum collections
Welsh Man Is First to Walk the Length of the Yangtze River
Adventurer Ash Dykes took over a year to walk from the river's source in Tibet to its mouth in Shanghai
Miami Museum Launches Exhibition Exclusively on Instagram
Over eight weeks, 'Joyous Dystopia' is posting digital works by eight different artists
A New Pop-Up Exhibit in NYC Immerses Visitors in a Deep-Sea Experience
Designer Randy Fernando says the show strives to be "interactive and playful," while also "incorporating touches of activism"
Superbloom Turns Southern California City Into a #Poppynightmare
Lake Elsinore has seen tens of thousands of people descend on Walker Canyon to see the recent superbloom, overwhelming local resources
It Only Takes a Few Years for Perceptions of Extreme Weather to Normalize, Study Suggests
According to a survey of two billion tweets, people stop viewing weather anomalies as extreme after just two to eight years of recurring temperatures
Pew Finds Social Media Has Surpassed Print Newspapers as Americans' Main News Source
The research center says 20 percent of Americans rely on sites like Facebook, Twitter for news updates, while 16 percent cite print as main news source
By the End of 2018 More Than Half the World Will Be Online
In the past decade, there's been a huge spike in internet access though that number is beginning to slow down
Hey Fellow Kids, This Is How You Flip a Water Bottle
New paper by undergrads illuminates the physics behind the Water Bottle Challenge
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