Culture

Animation may be entering a new renaissance. Here’s why.
Popular animated films have been rendered in an increasingly realistic style recently. Here’s where animation is heading in the future.
From besting Tetris AI to epic speedruns – inside gaming’s most thrilling feats
Gaming embraces design elements that promote social connection, creativity, a sense of autonomy – and, ultimately, the sheer joy of mastery.
How language and social status change the developing brain
Research shows that a child’s early environment and socioeconomic status (SES) impact their language development and processing skills.
This week in ideas: Good things that happened in 2016
Leslie Dewan on learning from failure
What we need right now is a little bit of Hans Rosling
Why the U.S. government treated satellites and machine guns as the same for 15 years
The fake disease that saved Rome's Jews