Census 2020: Michigan has a few areas of growth, wide swaths of decline | Bridge Michigan
Western Michigan and southeast suburbs are growing gangbusters, but Detroit, the U.P. and Thumb continue to lose residents.
How the Pandemic Now Ends
Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic will be over one day—but the way there is different now. But although vaccinated individuals are well protected,…
Ghosts – Believer Magazine
Last year I became fascinated with an artificial intelligence model that was being trained to write human-like text. The model was called GPT-3, short for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer 3; if…
Suzanne Ciani: A Lifetime at Electronic Music’s Forefront
It’s clear from the outset that Ciani was always tireless, but her energy and commitment to artistic excellence has failed to flag. A lot has happened since Ciani began playing…
Will the next coronavirus variant be worse? No one knows.
The virus is evolving. Here’s what scientists do and don’t know about the future of Covid-19.
short lease in a slick machine: a personal essay about apartments
Suddenly, we were in a prison of design. This was a place for performing living, and we, as normal people, simply wanted to live – wanted to leave clothes in…
Builder causes £425,000 in damage to new flats ‘after not being paid’
The destruction caused half a million euros (£425k) worth of damage. A building contractor tore down the balconies of a new apartment block ‘out of frustration’ after he allegedly did…
How Our Investigation Into Untested DNA Evidence Helped Solve a 1983 Murder
When reporter Catherine Rentz found a 1983 article about a student who was raped and murdered, she immediately recognized the similarities to crimes committed by a serial perpetrator she’d been…
In the New Video Game ‘Stray,’ Players Venture through a Decaying Cybercity as a Stealthy Cat
Having the stealth and nimble reflexes of a cat is the only way to escape the dangerous droids and perilous environment of “Stray.” Created by BlueTwelve Studio, the highly anticipated…
There Will Be No Alien Invasion
That’s right. Bleach kills all things, even alien eggs. The duct tape of death. No invasion is coming from those eggs.