So when you break a 60-year old mark, people take notice. But when it's for the most losses in a season, that's not the kind of attention you ever want for your franchise. That is where the 2024 Chicago White Sox find themselves at 120 losses and counting while dethroning the 1962...
the fear that machines will steal jobs is centuries old. but so far new technology has created new jobs to replace the ones it has destroyed. machines tend to be able to perform some tasks, not others, increasing demand for people ...
Of all the strong emotions humans show, jealousy is one of the most unsettling. It tends to bring out the worst in us, even though most of us know better. It's an age-old problem, having been recorded since biblical times, and no doubt experienced even before that. ...
Over the years, whenever we’d taken prototype versions of sports arenas to consumer tests, everyone thought them ‘underwhelming.’ So when it came to Old Trafford, we knew that if we were going to do this, it needed to be BIG! The LEGO version is scaled at about 1:600. What kind ...
social apps. In less than six years TikTok has weaned the world off old-fashioned social-networking and got it hooked on algorithmically selected short videos. Users love it. The trouble for the platforms is that the new model makes less money than the old one, and may always do so. ...
At 100, the mouse can still roar. But it faces a new kind of rival 来源:The Economist “Why do we have to grow up?” Walt Disney once wondered. As it launches its centenary celebrations on January 27th, the Wal...
Around us stroll Ugandan army soldiers, who make up the entire African Union contingent based in Obo and are committed to finding and killing Kony. The soldiers embrace Onen as one of their own, and in fundamental ways he is. He was 22 years old the night in 1998 that Kony’s soldiers...
These accounts live on Instagram, posting MEGA links to specific ripped content in the caption of aesthetically themed grid posts. They are the first stop on the path to a perfect fan edit. Dominique Thomas, a 25-year-old from Moline, Illinois, runs a scene pack account with another fan ...
An alternative train is one between the same or similar origin & destination leaving between 30 minutes & 72 hours after your original choice of train. For example, a train leaving from Old Delhi or Delhi H.Nizamudin might be considered alternatives to a train from New Delhi. If there are...
The 100-year-old, Oak Brook, Illinois-based hardware chain, which has permeated America’s smaller neighborhoods with more than 5,000 locations, appears to be pulling in shoppers even as its big-box hardware rivals Home Depot and Lowe’s are struggling to do the same. ...