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There are contactless thermometers, the Nose Frieda, co-sleeping. Trends in parenting gear and childrearing practices seem to evolve at faster... more

From Dubai to Dublin to Dallas and back, air carriers are cashing in on a big business: credit cards.  In fact,... more

As the highest class of international racing for open-wheel, single-seater cars, F1 is worth more than $18B and stands to... more

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Ever heard of Viagra, Rogaine, or Ozempic?  The process for turning a chemical compound into a household name is both a... more

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Love a game, buy a game. Really love a game, buy a new, improved version of that game. The video... more

Think of the world’s dirtiest industries and you’re probably thinking along the lines of oil or meat… but the buildings... more

We’ve long associated virtual reality with escaping to someplace more exciting, but the technology has never quite caught up with... more

Smart rings have been around for years. And according to some tech experts (and a lot of consumers), they might... more

You’ve seen the endless sea of red when you’re stuck in traffic. But chances are, you haven’t given the simple... more

The Quartz Obsession is back for season 7, and this time, host Gabriela Riccardi will talk to guests obsessed with... more

These days, we’ve got photographic evidence of our memories just about everywhere we turn. But what about the memories that... more

What began with a simple window has become an exercise in efficiency—and fast food chains are always looking for ways... more

Pro Tools—and other digital editing software like it—has become so entrenched in music creation that attempting to dislodge it would... more

It’s late December 2023. The presents are wrapped, the cookies have been set out, and Brenda Lee’s 65-year-old song “Rockin’... more

There’s no single solution for fixing climate change, but one resource—one slimy, beautiful, underwater resource—has the potential to lend a... more

In November 2023, OpenAI announced that soon, everyone will have the ability to make their own GPTs—generative pre-trained transformers, little... more

Hiring is becoming less human. Companies large and small are turning to a suite of automated tools to help them... more

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves throughout the tech and banking sector. The bank had played a pivotal... more

In the US, voting is seen as a civic duty. It’s voluntary, but it’s an act of patriotism and a... more

Everywhere you go, there’s plastic: plastic water bottles, plastic coffee cups, plastic grocery bags... And recycling plastic is notoriously tricky—what... more

ChatGPT isn’t always right. In fact, it’s often very wrong, giving faulty biographical information about a person or whiffing on... more

Apple’s early App Store ads famously proclaimed, “There’s an app for that”—anything you wanted to do on your phone, the... more

Making one’s home “smart” may appear to be a logical step for modern dwellings, but with virtual assistants triggered by... more

Once the globe’s largest festival, World’s Fairs provided a glimpse into inventors’ newest creations, technologies, and human-contrived feats. The 1893... more

This season, host Scott Nover and Quartz journalists around the world are checking in on how technology will, won’t, or... more

In many parts of the world, you’ve got a number attached to your name, and the value of that number... more

Leather is tough to greenify—vegan leather saves animals, but is largely made of petroleum-based plastic that doesn’t biodegrade. Plus, it... more

What drives the global economy? Any student of economics is likely to mention the “invisible hand”—the collective self-interest that acts... more

In the past few years in the US, the transition to digital medical data records has made access to one’s... more

Space business is often associated with rockets, space tourism, and attention-seeking billionaires. But the most impactful industry to launch into... more

Wildfires are getting larger, closer to human settlements, and more frequent. America’s west coast is especially vulnerable, which has Silicon... more

Humans have been burying their dead for at least 40,000 years. But in the last couple of centuries, especially in... more

Nuclear fusion has long been a futuristic power source of sci-fi: clean, non-radioactive, bountiful energy capable of exceeding all of... more

Tree planting certainly seems like a wholesome, tidy way to make up for carbon emission. Take a flight? Plant a... more

Episode Five of our sister podcast: Work Reconsidered from Quartz. We all want to achieve great things. But in the... more

Episode Four of our sister podcast: Work Reconsidered from Quartz. A growing number of companies and countries are experimenting with... more

Episode Three of our sister podcast: Work Reconsidered from Quartz. How would you feel if anyone who wanted could look... more

Episode Two of our sister podcast: Work Reconsidered from Quartz. Giving good, useful feedback is deceptively difficult. Managers aren’t trained... more

Episode One of our sister podcast, Work Reconsidered from Quartz: After sitting empty for two years, offices are finally getting... more

TRAILER for our sister podcast, Work Reconsidered from Quartz: We’re in the middle of a work revolution. The pandemic upended... more

We’ve partnered with Hark Audio, a podcast curation app, to share some of our all-time favorite Obsession show moments. Stay... more

Asynchronous, on-demand talk radio was a bold proposition back in 2004, when podcasts first started making waves. Less than 20... more

Prices for goods from furniture to meat have been steadily rising for months. It’s the most obvious symptom of inflation,... more

Shipping snafus have hit everything from Pelotons to paper towels, and they're coming for perfume. From Chanel No. 5's secret... more

Though scientists have known about dyslexia for well over a century, education systems still struggle to teach students with the... more

2.1—that’s how many children every woman “needs to have.” Any fewer, and a country’s population will eventually stop growing, age,... more

Pasta's path to pantries all over the world is inextricably tied to Italy, the country that used technology and mass... more