Last week, while I was brushing my teeth before bed, my phone flashed up with a voice note sent by a close friend. "Rachel!" my friend yelled down the phone with some urgency. "The days of the dick ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Via NBER, here’s a working paper from researchers Ming Gu, Siew Hong Teoh, David Hirshleifer and Shijia Wu: ...

In a complex legal and ethical battle, the Graduate Institute of Financial Sciences (GIFS) is demanding a staggering R246 million from the South African government, accusing the Insurance Sector ...

People in the U.S. use a lot of toilet paper—and spend a lot on it, too, more per roll than anywhere else in the world. And researchers expect that number to continue to grow. Throughout the Americas, ...

Paper is a ubiquitous part of everyday life, but how is it made, and where did it originate? Ancient Egyptians made an early version of plant-based paper using papyrus — which is where the word "paper ...

Has color and front light! Easy to navigate and use. Feels like writing on paper. Large display. ReMarkable Connect lets you access notes on another device. This tablet now has a color E Ink screen, a ...

Any way you slice it, a paper cut is painful. Magazines, letters and books harbor a devious potential for minor self-induced agony. But other types of paper — like thin tissue paper or the thicker ...

Every corner of the internet is packed with GIFs, whether that's an Instagram story, a comment on a Reddit post, a chat from your friend, or a promotional email from a shoe brand. And honestly, why ...

Abstract: Generating video highlights in the form of animated graphics interchange formats (GIFs) has significantly simplified the process of video browsing. Animated GIFs have paved the way for ...

Tired of your usual rotation of looping animations? Convert Live Photos and videos to GIFs in just a few taps with the iPhone's Shortcuts app. I've written for various publications, such as Gay Cities ...