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The rise of touchscreens pushed buttons out of vogue. But they're making a comeback
Author Rachel Plotnick tells Piya Chattopadhyay how the rise, fall and return of buttons can teach us a lot about labour, culture and human-machine relationships.
From epic political fantasy to haunted poker, here are some of 2024's best video games
Despite a difficult year for the industry, including thousands of layoffs, 2024 saw many critically acclaimed games hit digital shelves.
Millennials are set to inherit tons of their parents' stuff — whether they want it or not
Older generations spent their lives accumulating furnishings, china and tiny sombreros they bought on vacation in Mexico. Now, a lot of that stuff is being handed down to the next gen, whether they want it or not.
From epic political fantasy to haunted poker, here are some of 2024's best video games
Despite a difficult year for the industry, including thousands of layoffs, 2024 saw many critically acclaimed games hit digital shelves.
Microphones and rain buckets are being used to help detect landslides before they happen
Scientists say giving people hours, or even a few minutes, of early warning has grown in importance, as climate change makes natural disasters more common and dangerous than ever before.
Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens after 2019 fire. It's not the first time it needed saving
Nearly 200 years before a catastrophic fire gutted the Paris landmark, Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame helped turn the tide of public opinion and save the cathedral.
Preventing child sex abuse must involve treating pedophiles, even past offenders, say experts
Experts in the field of child sex abuse prevention argue we need to bring pedophilia out of the shadows if we want to end abuse.
Tetris Forever makes the case that video game history is best told in playable form
Tetris Forever is a documentary that blends archival footage and original interviews with the people responsible for the game — including creator Alexey Pajitnov — and playable versions of the game that have been released over the last 40 years.
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This veteran decolonized Remembrance Day events to honour Indigenous military service
Jeff Monague has worked to incorporate Indigenous elements into Base Borden's Remembrance Day ceremonies — an acknowledgement he never had as a soldier.
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Station Eleven is set in a post-pandemic world. It gained popularity during COVID-19
Emily St. John Mandel's reflects on how Station Eleven — a novel set against the fallout of a devastating pandemic that kills the majority of the world's population — propelled her career, the awkwardness of being cast as prescient and how she feels about the book now, having lived through an actual pandemic.