A reader writes: This is a situation currently unfolding at my husband’s office so I’m a very amused bystander and thought I’d get your opinion on this craziness. My husband works in IT and is on the leadership team at a midsized private company. He was part…

The ends of the college and pro football seasons were already a perilous time for people recovering from a gambling addiction. Then came the onslaught of ads for legal sports betting.

Meet the giant pyrosome. This super-organism is made of thousands of identical linked individuals called zooids that can form a hollow tube wide enough for a person to enter! Learn more.

We could be getting even closer to stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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Sony has agreed to acquire Bungie in a $3.6 billion deal, continuing January's torrid pace of video game consolidation

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Another huge acquisition in the gaming industry

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Over the last five years Yemen has stumbled into a unique monetary situation. I initially wrote about Yemen's odd currency status two years ...

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How did YouTube make all the top-ranked comments wholesome and funny? And are those techniques generalizable?

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When I started dating my partner, I quickly noticed that grad school was making her very sad.
This was shortly after I’d started leading an engineering team at Wave, and so the “obvious” hypothesis to me was that the management (okay, “management”) one gets…

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The word game, released in October, has millions of daily users.

The Times remains focused on becoming the essential subnoscription for every English-speaking person seeking to understand and engage with the world. New York Times Games are a key part of that strategy.