Happy hour? More like solo hour. A study by HR platform Nectar found that more than two-thirds of workers crave closer colleague connections — with a whopping 80% of 18- to 24-year-olds longing for a work bestie. In a pre-COVID world, grabbing drinks with coworkers or bonding over a daily Sweetgreen salad was a sacred … Read more
will.i.am doesn’t think true artists should worry about artificial intelligence. “The only thing to be worried about is if you’re making music to chase an algorithm,” he told Fox News Digital. “If you’re making music to trend on TikTok. And to do that, you have to really unlock the codes to that matrix. If that’s … Read more
I’m a Gen X (1976!) so if you are too, this writer is empathetic to the shock of realizing we’re middle-aged. I’ll admit, though, that having an ethnic name always excludes it from appearing in lists like these, and that is some (cold) comfort at this stage of the game. Read on to see if your parents … Read more
Spain’s Iberian brown bear population, which was once almost extinct, has made such a strong recovery that a ranger patrol was set up to deter them from roaming into small villages in the country’s north. The regional government of Castile and Leon arranged for the patrol, which consists of nine rangers, to guard residents and … Read more
Not all baby names continue to grow in popularity — and some could even be on the verge of extinction. The baby name experts at BabyCenter, headquartered in San Francisco, California, have been tracking monikers that have been on the decline and are no longer popular among new parents. Based on their research, the team … Read more
Feeling old yet, Gen Z? Gen Z may have brutishly booted millennials off of the top of the social food chain — a peak from which the domineering generation dictates everything from acceptable workplace emoji use to how wannabe fashionistas should wear their socks. But the tyrannical trendsetters now join their icreasingly irrelevant elders as … Read more
Bye-bye, bubbly? Champagne may be in short supply rather soon, according to ClimateAI, a climate resilience platform based in San Francisco. The company said the changing global climate could threaten the popular celebratory beverage. ClimateAI’s artificial intelligence-driven data has suggested that hundreds of grape varieties could be on the brink of extinction, including champagne-making grapes like pinot noir, … Read more
Conservationists and geneticists in South Africa have rediscovered a blind mole species lost to science nearly 90 years ago. The De Winton’s golden mole, known for its iridescent coat and sand-swimming ability, was last seen in 1936. Thought to be extinct, it was recently found by the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and the University of Pretoria. The South African mammal is … Read more
Is the a-crop-alypse upon us? Enjoy your nanners while you can: Scientists warn that the most popular type of banana could be on the brink of extinction due to a disease outbreak that’s ravaging the potassium-filled fruit. “Nobody is even close to solving the problem,” Dan Koeppel, author of the book “Banana: The Fate of … Read more
Nearly two dozen endangered species are now classified as extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the latest conservation “wake-up call.” The agency announced that 21 species will be delisted from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction as of Tuesday but will not go into effect until next month. “Federal protection came … Read more
She was up s–t’s creek on social media. Another day another influencer putting their life on the line for TikTok likes. This time, Spanish social media star Marina Rivera Saldaña found herself in hot water online after swimming in a cove where bathing has been banned following a rash of deaths. Better known as Marina … Read more