Culture

Alternative funeral options are changing how we honor our dead
A small, yet growing number of people are starting to choose funeral options outside traditional burial or cremation.
Science fiction books that predicted the future with terrifying accuracy
Science fiction writers have anticipated a variety of modern inventions, from cars to organ transplants. Some books barely seem like fiction.
The most undervalued problem-solving tool? Lateral thinking.
Lateral thinking is a way of approaching problems. It deliberately forgoes obvious approaches in favor of oblique or unexpected ones.
NFTs are extending the life of street art 
Traditional Thai cannabis cooking is back on the menu 
Are colleges necessary?
Reasons to be optimistic in 2022
A papyrus reveals how the Great Pyramid was built
World-class choir performs advent carols in VR
Viral TikTok recipes fill the menu at virtual restaurants
Inside the world’s most advanced cultivated meat facility
What’s so wrong about sexbots? 
AI artist Botto has made its first million