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How long until 2020 is over If you’ve been browsing social media (and honestly, what else is there to do?) the last few hours, you might see people freaking out over an answer Siri has been giving to the question, “Hey Siri, how long until 2020 ends?” What really makes Gen Z different from older generations? We asked...

Younger millennials This is not your father’s middle age. And chances are, if you’re a millennial, you don’t even get the reference to the Oldsmobile advertising slogan from the late 1980s. (We know, we know: What’s an Oldsmobile?) But the period of time between youth and old age is in flux. A new Harris Poll conducted exclusively for...

left-handed personality characteristics It might be hard to believe, but left-handed people make up only an estimated 11% of the population. As child educational psychologist, author, and former UCLA associate professor Charlotte Reznick, PhD (who is left-handed herself) explains, this fragment of the population sees the world through a unique lens. “When we’re left-handed, our right brains are...

Are coursera courses free Are Coursera courses still free? At Class Central, we get that question so often that I wrote a guide to answer it. Generally speaking, Coursera courses are free to audit but if you want to access graded assignments or earn a Course Certificate, you will need to pay. This change was first announced in...

Stem player It looks like a UFO. There’s not a sharp corner to be seen on the sleek, gray orb. But glance to a nearby wall, and you’ll realize that this “spaceship” is actually a rule-bending projector, just as comfortable displaying media in a rectangle as a circle. The Stem Projector ($1,000 on preorder) is the latest release...

Wild hogs Hordes of Canadian wild beasts dubbed “super pigs,” which have been running amok in the frigid north, are now about to set foot in the United States. Their arrival could wreak havoc on the ecological balance by menacing our native flora and fauna, wildlife, crops, livestock, pets, cities, and water quality, animal experts warn. That web...

Tires that don t go flat There’s no force in the universe more humbling than a flat tire. Here you are, god of combustion engines, cruising effortlessly at 40 miles per hour in your Kia crossover with half a Costco’s worth of steamy rotisserie chickens in the back when, bdump bdump bdump. And then the inner monologue begins:...

Meena harris In 2016, Meena Harris started designing statement T-shirts that quite literally made a statement. Her most famous one read “Phenomenal Woman,” quoting a Maya Angelou poem. Harris, who is also the niece of Kamala Harris, saw the T-shirt as political tool—not to promote her aunt, but to celebrate underrepresented women. The brand quickly became a full-fledged...

Performance plan If you ask your network what the three scariest words during performance review season are, there’s a good chance you’ll hear “performance improvement plan” from more than a few people. Performance Improvement Plans (or PIPs) get a bad rap. And many people equate being put on one with being fired (which is only sometimes true). While...

litquidity Shitposting is serious business. Just ask Lit, the pseudonymous creator behind the financial meme account Litquidity. He’s amassed 700,000 Instagram and 270,000 Twitter followers for his snarky commentary on the cultural mores of budding American Psychos and Bored Ape collectors. But his ambitions go well beyond skewering Goldman Sachs interns for emptying their bank accounts on Hamptons...