It Started as an Online Gaming Prank. Then It Turned Deadly.
A gamer called 911 to report a fake hostage situation, hoping that a SWAT-team visit might scare a fellow player. Instead, police rushed to the wrong house and killed an unsuspecting father of two. Inside the hard-core gaming circles where “swatting” is common — and competition is out of control.
The 10 Best Cities to Visit Next Year
Explore the “Silicon Valley” of China. Go clubbing in Dakar. Eat your way through Copenhagen. Lonely Planet has compiled the definitive list of the top trips for 2019.
It’s one of the most divisive issues in our country. But for this special interactive project, Time got 245 people from all sides of the gun-control debate to meet in the middle.
The number of people who live for a century or longer is expected to grow eightfold by 2050. These 100-year-olds share their advice for staying healthy and happy.
Why It’s Time to Become a “Time Realist”
Imagine looking at a task and instantly knowing how much time — and brain power — it will require. That’s how “time realists” lead their highly efficient lives. Step one: Delete any emails more than a month old.
The Global Sperm-Count Freak-Out
Study after study points to a baffling development: a precipitous decline in male sperm counts. But the trend may say more about male anxiety than it does about fertility.
Permission to Throw Your Children’s Art Away
Kids are constantly making art, which leads to an awkward dilemma: Are you supposed to keep every “masterpiece”? Here’s the argument for tossing it all.
