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Bowling alleys look much different than they did in the ’80s. Today’s lanes have everything from bumpers that automatically move up and down to bowling balls that smell like fresh oranges.
While these innovations have attracted more casual bowlers, how do the pros feel about these changes? And do these “advancements” actually make it harder to bowl a strike?
How new technology is helping ten-pin abide in the 21st century
Thousands of craft breweries around the world are vying for beer lovers’ hearts and wallets. To stand out, some beer makers are using high-tech tools to fine-tune their recipes and ingredients.
Data-driven brews. Climate-resilient hops. This is the future of beer.
Heartbroken lovers have donated stiletto shoes, stale gingerbread cookies, axes, a “toaster of vindication,” and thousands of other items to the Museum of Broken Relationships. The accompanying tales are often filled with bitterness and rage, but some are melancholy, thoughtful, or surprisingly cheeky.
A toy bunny. A 'stupid frisbee.' A 'toaster of vindication.' If it reminds you of your ex, the curators will take it.
For some avid runners, a mere 26.2-mile race is no longer tough enough. Some turn to ultra-marathons and obstacle courses, but others are finding quirkier ways to up the ante, from running in head-to-toe panda costumes to balancing fruit atop their heads for the entirety of a race.
Or dressed as a candy bar, or with a pineapple on your head. Meet the wave of runners aiming for a different kind of record.
Many professional restaurateurs and serious cooks have long preferred cooking with gas. Some rely on the open flames when cooking dishes from places like East and Southeast Asia. If environmentalists want to phase out gas stoves, they’ll need to win over the chefs.
Here’s why some professionals are still loyal to open-flame cooking and others are making the switch.
Phasing out natural gas might depend, in part, on winning over the professionals.
“FoodTok” has elevated previously obscure chefs, professional and amateur. It has democratized food, for better and worse.
Is TikTok the future of cooking? One writer tested three viral recipes, including Big B***y Dip, to find out.
But I also learned how these crazy recipes can change dinner for the better.
What happens when AI can think for itself?
AI researchers from a range of disciplines share their predictions — and some aren’t as scary as you’d think.
And why the experts hope it never happens
Private companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX charge civilians millions of dollars for a few laps around the Earth. “Cheaper” voyages to the edge of space offer less than 10 minutes of zero gravity, but still cost passengers hundreds of thousands of dollars and wreak havoc on the ozone layer.
So when can we expect space tourism to become environmentally friendly and affordable for all?
Can we make off-Earth travel affordable and (sort of) environmentally-friendly?
We put our questions to Jeopardy! champ and host Ken Jennings, who dished about his missed opportunity to star on a daytime soap opera, the way one of his kids became a hero to him, and his other favorite quiz show.
The Jeopardy! host on weird spreadsheets, waterlogged bugs, and his other favorite quiz show
Getting new populations into winter mountain sports has been a continuous struggle for the industry. Because they require expensive equipment and are typically set in transportation-sparse areas, skiing and snowboarding are geographically and financially out of reach for many.
But, Big SNOW American Dream — an indoor ski and snowboard facility in a mall off the New Jersey Turnpike — is helping to solve this issue.
In a mall a few miles from Manhattan, underprivileged kids are finding hills, gear, and a chance to get hooked.
The DMZ — the strip of land dividing North and South Korea — may be the only place in the world where visitors can board an aerial tram and fly above a war zone. Technically still in active conflict with its reclusive neighbor, South Korea has managed to turn one of the world’s most dangerous borders into a tourist attraction.
At South Korea's border with North Korea, tourists gawk at the hermit kingdom - and ponder the countries' future.
New takes on Tudor history are examining the queens' experiences from a feminist perspective and connecting them to cultural moments like the movement. But there’s a fine line between amplifying women's stories and turning their tragedy into kitsch.
Old royal stories are getting a feminist retelling. Is the new version any truer to history?
We are thrilled to announce that we made Pocket's Best of 2022 list! Our article "How Wordle Brought Us Back Together" is featured in their collection of "stories that lived in our heads rent-free this year." 🎉
What’s the magic formula for creating a story that unites the internet? If 2022 was any indication, it involves either toddlers, word games, or letting out our inner goblins.
Indoor "vertical farms" are using LED technology and automation to grow crops. By using artificial light, these indoor farms can operate in places where traditional agriculture would never work: bustling cities, the frozen tundra, and even outer space.
Thanks to LED technology, indoor farming is making a comeback.
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In Bakersfield, California, home to 380,000 people, the number of chronically homeless people dropped from 238 to 3 over the last six years — making Bakersfield one of the first cities in the nation to functionally end homelessness.
Collecting personal information helps identify specific needs - in Bakersfield, California and elsewhere.
When Mount Vesuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago, volcanic ash preserved the ancient civilization of Pompeii. But some of the frescoes have shattered into thousands of pieces, and researchers believe these murals could provide new information about daily life in the ancient city.
Recently, scientists began using AI and robots to sort through 15,000 fragments and reconstruct the frescoes — a task that, up until now, had seemed impossible.
Robots will gently reassemble the fragile pieces from a city buried by a volcano 2,000 years ago.
Disney-Pixar’s animated film sparked an international frenzy of tourist interest — and in the process, perhaps forever changed the way is celebrated.
How Disney is rewriting the script on one of Mexico's beloved traditions
Planning a wedding can be a major hassle. To avoid the stress, couples are buying their weddings online.
Event companies like Simply Eloped are offering "click-and-choose" wedding services. Couples can select a date, location, and venue, answer a few questions, pay a deposit, and book the event without speaking to another person — at a fraction of a wedding’s usual cost.
These websites take the stress out of wedding planning - at a deep discount.
We also want to congratulate our deputy editor Erick Trickey on his Best of CASE District I Award, chosen by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education! 🏆 👏 Click the link below to read his award-winning profile on a marine scientist who spent a total of 89 days living under the sea.
To confront climate change, scientists like Mark Patterson are tapping into surprise, adventure, and wonder.
Congratulations to our deputy editor Schuyler Velasco on her Best of CASE District I Award, chosen by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education ! 🏆 👏 Click the link below to read her award-winning story about the return to crowds after a long period of pandemic-induced isolation.
Gathering again will be a joyous step in collective healing — and it may come more naturally than we think.
Mushroom hunting has gone high-tech. One writer uses advanced mapping technology to scour Montana’s Crazy Mountains for morels — a highly coveted type of wild mushroom.
To find the fungi, she climbs up and down the mountains and combs through pine needles and ash. Over the course of her five-day search, she discovers what’s gained — and what’s lost — in the hunt.
High-tech mapping has made foraging easier and faster. What's gained - and lost - in the hunt?
“I met my first South Korean robots as I checked into the Henn na Hotel in Seoul. Two animatronic Tyrannosaurus rexes towered over the room. Behind the front desk stood two gleaming white androids, with big round heads framing green digital eyes and thin green smiles. I headed for the androids.”
One writer traveled to South Korea and got a glimpse of our robot future. Here’s a look at the charming and quirky machines he encountered.
Our future waiters and hotel clerks still have a lot to learn.
Society’s fascination with time travel — forward and backward — is nothing new. So, are scientists any closer to turning this concept into a reality?
The answer is tricky — and unfortunately for fans of Back to the Future, it does not include a DeLorean.
Forward, yes. But forget about going back.
When navigating tricky terrain or battling harsh weather, one misstep can put a hiker’s life in serious danger. And until recently, SOS messages sent from the mountains often didn’t reach their targets.
In the past five years, backcountry cell service and GPS-enabled devices have greatly improved. As a result, cellphones and beacons have decreased emergency response times and helped to save lives.
But are these devices doing more harm than good by encouraging risky behavior?
Cellphones and beacons have saved lives. Have they also encouraged risky behavior?
“I expected to mock the Golf Cart Life endlessly. Instead, I fell in love with it.”
In towns across the U.S., golf carts are replacing cars. Residents are using these low-speed, eco-friendly vehicles for ordinary errands and slow rolls down main streets.
So when one writer moved to Cottleville, Missouri, which bills itself as a "golf cart community," he set out to discover why these vehicles are becoming increasingly popular.
More community, fewer carbon emissions - why "low-speed vehicles" are taking over towns
Millions of land mines left behind from decades-old conflicts remain buried around the world. These explosives injure or kill thousands of people each year.
So to help protect humans, one non-profit trains rats to sniff out these devices. The critters, who are too light to trigger the land mines themselves, have detected more than 150,000 explosives.
These rodents, one of whom received a gold medal for his valor, are just one example of how animals are using their unique skills to help humans.
The rats are fine: How once-overlooked animal skills are helping humans
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Experience Writer Matt Crossman went on a fishing journey to see (nevermind catch) the mysterious Crane Creek rainbow trout. He came back with lots of stories and even more questions. They boiled down to: "What IS that?" In this chat, Matt talks to Professor Dan Distel, Director of the Ocean Genome Legacy Center in Nahant, MA, where scientists have collected 28,000 DNA samples from oceans around the world in an effort to answer pretty much the same question, just on a much larger scale.
What if you could keep a digital record of your voice for the future, or hear a loved one say something new even after they're gone? It sounds like science fiction, but the technology is underway. Join Experience Editor-in-Chief Joanna Weiss in conversation with speech scientist Rupal Patel, founder and CEO of @VocaliD a data-drive voice AI company that synthesizes AI-voice personas for individuals with limited speech and brands in a new era of customer communication. Voice synthesizing has already been used to create digital assistants like Alexa and synthetic voices like the one Stephen Hawking used. Now, researchers are banking voices to capture qualities like pitch, breathiness, and resonance, with the goal of someday enabling a real person’s voice to keep saying new things. But in an era roiled by deepfakes, the prospect raises a whole set of ethical questions. Read the story: https://expmag.com/2021/06/hear-your-grandmothers-voice-reconstructed/ Get these and other stories in your InBox. Sign up for the Experience Newsletter: https://expmag.com/newsletter
"We had voyaged into the wilderness despite its lack of Internet access, not because of it," writes Alexandra Samuel. How it felt when her Star Trek- and tech-obsessed family went off the grid: http://bitly.com/2QneSrF
At 57, Delia Cabe finally learned to swim. Here's how she overcame her fear: https://northestrn.me/2QjWEaw
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