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Motherboard spoke to economists and historians about why fast food and retail workers around the country are suddenly quitting en masse.

Stemming from the “F-theory” branch of string theory, each solution replicates key features of the standard model of particle physics.

As we teach computers to use natural language, we are bumping into the inescapable biases of human communication.

In 1955, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up to an unmarked building. A 14-year-old child was in the back.

It’s easy to think of “personal boundaries” as a subjective set of preferences.

They are mysterious. They are debilitating. They cost millions in lost time and productivity. And the world of science is finally starting to pay attention.

The long hip-hop album as both product and medium of artistic expression has become more and more imbalanced in the age of social media and streaming, the former taking precedence over the latter.

Joan Macdonald faced growing health problems before she began lifting weights, shattering preconceptions about what’s possible in your eighth decade.

Tips from a comedian and a journalist on the art of going from small talk to big ideas.

How the fruit got a bad rap from the beginning.