Jesse Singer articles

Pick up a coffee mug. Unlock your phone. Sign your name. Odds are, the same hand takes over every time without you giving it a thought. And for 90% of us, it is the right hand. What shocks most people is that our closest primate relatives do not have that same strong hand preference. But scientists finally think they know what happened to us.

Most people walking around with a metal detector are hoping to find an old coin, a lost ring or at least something more exciting than another bottle cap. One man searching near a small German village found something much bigger. Then, instead of telling anyone, he quietly took it home and kept it hidden for eight years. Why?

For Americans, crossing into Canada can feel like driving into a slightly colder version of home. The stores look familiar, the cars look familiar and everyone is still arguing about parking. But it turns out the two countries do quite a few everyday things very differently—and some of the differences are stranger than anyone would expect.

If you had the chance to live on Mars, would you actually volunteer? Believe it or not, the space agency has just announced it's looking for people willing to spend an entire year on a Mars mission. And yes, it's accepting applications.

Today, humans sit comfortably at the top of the food chain. Nearly two million years ago, we were nowhere close. Early humans were getting smarter—but something else still had a very good chance of getting to them first.

The vacation home had enough bedrooms for everyone. The family entered every adult and child on the reservation. Then the price jumped by another $600 because the children supposedly counted as “extra guests.” That certainly feels like a surprise fee. But one small detail could completely change the answer.

Planning a family vacation usually means 37 browser tabs, three arguments about hotels, and somebody suddenly announcing they hate museums after the museum tickets have been purchased. But one family handed the entire planning job to AI—and came home wondering why everyone else is still doing this the difficult way.

For decades, people have argued about one question: if aliens really exist, what would they actually be like? Scientists look to the stars. Governments investigate mysterious sightings. Hollywood imagines flying saucers and little green men. But one Catholic nun has offered a completely different answer—and it may be the most unsettling one yet.

The CDC’s latest state life expectancy table makes one thing hard not to do: wonder where your own state lands on the list. Well, here they are...ranked 50 to 1.