Until now, the only accounts of the Xiongnu came from their enemies. Chinese records from 2200 years ago describe how these fierce mounted archers from the wide-open steppes of today’s Mongolia clashed with armies in what is now northwestern China. Their onslaughts spurred the Chinese to build what would become […]
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Turkey fines social media giants for breaching new internet law
Turkey has fined global social media companies, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, $1.18 million each for not complying with a new social media law, which critics say is designed to muzzle dissent.
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BMW raises prices for a second time in six months
For the second time this year, prices have risen across the BMW line-up.
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Deep-sea mining is making the seabed the hottest real estate on Earth
ON 2 AUGUST 2007, bright light shone on the ocean floor beneath the North Pole for the first time, as a van-sized submarine settled on the seabed. Inside, pilot Anatoly Sagalevich deployed a mechanical arm to erect a Russian flag. That act stirred up more than the yellow-tinged polar sediments.
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Disappearing messages come to Facebook-owned WhatsApp
Facebook-owned WhatsApp said Thursday it would introduce disappearing messages on WhatsApp, a move ramping up its challenge to rival Snapchat.
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Four energy-saving lessons from the first lockdown which may help us through the winter
The gold standard of research in science is the randomized controlled trial. The COVID-19 restrictions may at times seem random and most certainly feel like a trial. But are they controlled enough to learn from?
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Proposition 22, backed by Uber and Lyft, passes. Drivers say they’ll keep fighting
A $205 million campaign comes to an end.