In the past two years, Reuben A. Buford May, a sociology professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has spent a considerable amount of time waiting in long lines at various nightclubs in Chicago. However, there’s one thing he has noticed during his experiences: the cover charges he’s asked to pay are not consistent. …
Want to stay updated with Arthur’s writing? Sign up to receive an email notification whenever a new column is published. Many individuals express their desire for happiness and invest significant time and resources in the pursuit of well-being. They search relentlessly for the secrets to finding this elusive state, much like miners searching for gold. …
In February, a couple of months before my 40th birthday, I began experiencing swelling and pain in my left breast. Initially, I attributed it to the various effects of perimenopause. However, as the months passed, my symptoms worsened. In May, I finally arranged for a mammogram, fearing the worst. Unfortunately, getting an appointment for a …
The mercenary group known as the Wagner Group made an audacious move in Russia, covering an impressive 800 kilometers, engaging in combat, and even taking control of a regional military command. This daring display provoked a panic in Moscow, leading to troops digging trenches and the mayor urging citizens to stay home. However, what struck …
In the indie thriller 12 Feet Deep, two sisters find themselves trapped beneath a heavy fiberglass cover in a pool. They struggle, they plead, they even negotiate with a janitor who ends up betraying them. I discovered all of this on TikTok, where I’ve been seeing clips of this obscure, low-budget film circulating on the …
Julie Boland, a psychology and linguistics professor at the University of Michigan, has become accustomed to the awkward silences that permeate Zoom calls, a common fixture of modern communication technologies that lead to inelegant conversations. These pauses disrupt the conversational flow that comes naturally to humans and are a source of discomfort. While books, YouTube …
The Mona Lisa’s size is smaller than three feet tall and about two feet wide, and it hangs in the biggest exhibition room at France’s Louvre Museum. However, in recent weeks, some vigilante AI artists have decided it should be bigger. They are using Adobe Photoshop’s “generative fill” beta tool, which allows users to fill …