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Bubble tea is ubiquitous in Taiwan, but so are the thick, colorful straws used to slurp the drink. Thats not stopping the country from joining a growing number of places across the world implementing bans on single-use plastic straws. The policy, announced i…

In the best of worlds, Chris Lewicki and Peter Diamandis might have changed the course of human civilization. Their startup, Planetary Resources, was launched in 2012 with the modest dream of mining asteroids for minerals, metals, water, and other valuables. …

If you rent a home or apartment and feel like you can barely keep up with your monthly payments, you’re not alone. An affordable housing crisis is squeezing people all across America, and it’s getting worse. Access to secure, affordable, high-quality housing…

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AI has the potential to become so manifest and omnipresent that the global AI economy could be worth $150 trillion by 2025. But too much hype in the absence of AI products undermines the cultural enthusiasm that will be vital to en…

In this special series, LGBT celebrities and public figures talk to Tim Teeman about the Stonewall Riots and their legacysee more here. Daniel Newman is an actor (The Walking Dead), model, and musician. When/how did you first hear about the Stonewall Riots,…

Image copyrightDeborah FeingoldImage caption Judith Krantz's memoir, Sex and Shopping, was published in 2000 The author Judith Krantz, who found success by writing about "sex and shopping", has died in California aged 91. Krantz wrote her first novel, Sc…

To send or not to send the carefully composed text? It's a question many a love-seeking youth has asked themselves in an age in which swiping leads to texting leads to hanging out leads to banging leads to ... who the heck knows? Yep, we're talking about the …

It was a sugar overload for Penelope Scotland and North‘s birthday celebration! While Kourtney Kardashian‘s daughter Penelope won’t turn 7 until July 8, she celebrated this past Saturday alongside Kim Kardashian West‘s oldest child North, who turned 6 that d…

Australia’s David Warner walks off after his century. (via Reuters/Andrew Boyers) Australia opener David Warner was once called “Bull” for his rampaging cricket but has earned a new nickname at the World Cup after returning from a 12-month ball-tampering ban…

The premise of Good Omens is deceptively simple: An angel named Aziraphale and a demon known as Crowley team up to stop the apocalypse. The way the story plays out is anything buta millennia-spanning, globe-trotting romp involving a psychic witch, a misplaced…