Pocket’s Top 10 Stories for August 2021

Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic will be over one day—but the way there is different now.

It‘s really quite simple: In any conversation during which the temperature has started to rise, wait 10 seconds before you respond.

Learn how to use active reading to remember more from books.

Many of us believe that unexpected events or shocks create fertile conditions for major life and career changes by sparking us to reflect about our desires and priorities. That holds true for the coronavirus pandemic.

Reshaping previous ideas on the story of civilization, Gobekli Tepe in Turkey was built by a prehistoric people 6,000 years before Stonehenge.

Facebook and Twitter admit that marketers accessed the phone numbers people gave them for security verification. Here’s how to protect yourself without handing over your digits.

Going back to the office soon? As a speech trainer, one common source of anxiety I've been hearing from people is the social interaction they'll once again have to make with colleagues.

The question at the heart of science fiction and fantasy is “what if?”

Air conditioning warms the planet. Here’s how to break a vicious cycle.

Sophie Zhang, a former data scientist at Facebook, revealed that it enables global political manipulation and has done little to stop it.