As Americans hit the road for the holiday, they may find things crowded, more expensive and with less staff to keep things running smoothly.
Leonardo da Vinci Designs the Ideal City: See 3D Models of His Radical Design
Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ray Bradbury: they and other 20th-century notables all gave serious thought to the ideal city, what it would include and what it would exclude. To that extent we could describe them, in 21st-century parlance, as urbanists. But the roots of the discipline — or area of research, or profession, or obsession — we …
Hear the Earliest Recorded Customer Complaint Letter: From Ancient Sumeria 1750 BC
Three-thousand, seven-hundred, and seventy-one years ago, in the city of Dilmun, near Ur in Mesopotamia, there was a merchant named Ea-nasir. His business was in selling metal ingots that he purchased in the Persian Gulf. Was he a good merchant? Not according to one of his customers, Nanni. If Yelp had existed back in 1750 …
Bass Sounds: One Song Highlights the Many Different Sounds Made by Different Bass Guitars
If you’re a seasoned bass player, the diversity of bass sounds in the “Bass Sounds” videos here will hardly surprise you. Most other people — including many musicians — have little understanding of the range of the bass, an instrument thought to just hold down the low end. Yes, it does do that, but it …
Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Agency
Microsoft reported that it had detected the intrusion and that the same hackers behind the earlier SolarWinds attack were responsible.
A deadly raid shows the Taliban hasn’t cut ties with al Qaeda, despite promise to US
A raid on a remote village in Afghanistan kills an ageing al Qaeda leader wanted by the FBI. Messages to the group’s cells around the world are seized. Two drone strikes on militants in northwest Syria swiftly follow.
Bruce Brown Is the Nets’ ‘Swiss Army Knife’
With all that Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden can do, it might seem like they don’t need any help on the Nets. But Brown has played a key role this season.
Russian Wagner mercenaries’ African exploits immortalized on big screen
It had all the hallmarks of a Hollywood premiere: Excited crowds, a giant screen, even a red carpet.
Silicon Valley is in a high-stakes standoff with India
The biggest names in tech are locked in an increasingly tense stand-off with India over strict new social media rules they fear will erode privacy, usher in mass surveillance and harm business in the world’s fastest growing market.
Jose Peraza Helps Powers Mets to Pair of Wins Over Rockies
The infielder nearly matched his season R.B.I. total. The Yankees, meanwhile, split a doubleheader with Toronto.