Well, this is it. Today is Stranger editor Hannah Murphy Winter’s last day. I can’t just do Slog AM like it’s any other day! So yes, while I will highlight some of the morning’s most notable headlines, I also...
Renaissance BioScience is working on a project to extend the reach of its yeast-based bio-pesticide technology from above-ground insect pests to target soil-dwelling crop pests.
The initial target of its RNA interference bio-tech weapon? Destructive wireworms.
Founded in Vancouver in 2013,...
Through the years, Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Ralph Johnson has stepped onstage in Seattle more times than he can count, but it was far from love at first sight. “I was born and raised in Los Angeles, so we...
Launched in January 2025, the rocket sent two commercial lunar landers toward Earth’s nearest neighbour.
With its work done, the rocket lacked the fuel to return to Earth or move into deep space. It remained in an unstable orbit until...
Planning a day involves two different kinds of mental work. First comes arrangement: seeing what competes for the same hour, what depends on something else, and whether the plan can fit into the time available. Later comes retrieval: remembering...
Kmart and Target appear to have launched $89 smart glasses in Australia, lowering the financial barrier to wearable recording equipment and AI image recognition tools.
The launch coincides with escalating public debate over smart glasses and their capacity to record...
The advice to set better boundaries at work has become close to a default response to feeling overwhelmed by a job. Say no to the extra meeting. Turn off notifications after six. Stop answering messages on the weekend. The...
“Reverse age-gap relationship” has become the shorthand for a woman dating or marrying a man significantly younger than her, the inverse of the far more common pattern of an older man with a younger woman. The phrase, and the...
In 2005, the psychologists Angela Duckworth and Martin Seligman published a study in Psychological Science of 140 eighth graders that has been cited more than a thousand times since. Self-discipline, measured months before the school year ended through self-report,...
Unlike many other gaming events around the world, this isn’t one that simply sells out. The game’s Community Team runs a lottery for tickets. Only those with active accounts can enter, and if you win, you gain the ability...
