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.
AI creates realistic pictures from pure text
The “great resignation” is a trend that began before the pandemic – and it may be the new normal
Traditional colleges are recognizing Google career certificates
Apes and NFTs run the first metaverse music group 
McDonald’s McPlant takes plant-based meat mainstream
Lasers reveal hundreds of Mayan and Olmec ceremonial centers
Fungus-based “mycoprotein” may be the next future food
Crypto and traditional art are merging — and the result is fantastic
Using AI to help save wine from wildfires
Decentraland announces the Metaverse Festival