What's it like to face a young phenom like Messi, Bellingham?

With Lionel Messi and Jude Bellingham starring at the World Cup, here are firsthand accounts from those who got an early ...
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Vashon schools near cellphone vote as budget pressures mount

As the school year nears its end, Vashon Island School District leaders are nearing a decision on what role — if any — ...

The 10 Worst Movies That Tried To Be 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,' Ranked

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was a global phenomenon that spawned many knockoffs, with films like Purple People Eater, Badi, ...

From Jason Donovan to dial-up: A mother’s ’80s quiz proves a huge generation gap | Rebecca Morse

Do you feel like technology is leaving you behind? Does AI make you feel overwhelmed and guilty that you’re wasting the world ...
Psychology Today

What VHS Rewind Time Reveals About Screen Time

A few Mary-Kate & Ashley VHS tapes, an 11-year-old, and a broken VCR revealed why the most important part of media may be the ...
Pocket-lint

How long do VHS tapes last before they deteriorate?

Roger is a long-time tech journalist with many site credits including AppleInsider and Android Authority. His specialties include everything from Apple, Android, and Windows devices through to ...
Variety

Behind the Movie Claiming to Be the First Straight-to-VHS Release in 20 Years — And Why It’s a ‘Middle Finger’ to AI

There was once a time when “straight-to-VHS” was a slur, code for largely terrible bargain bucket movies made for next to nothing yet sporting wildly-overpromising covers. Today, it’s not even a thing ...
Push Square

Sony Will Permanently Delete 550+ Movies You Already Paid For

If you own a movie on a Blu-ray, short of someone breaking into your house and running off with it, you own it forever. That’s not the case with digital purchases, of course, and this latest story is ...

The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales

This coincidence—one household possessing such a quantity of superfluous Christmas decorations that its members are moved to put them in their driveway and impel passersby to remove them; my having ...
Psychology Today

14 Signs You Were Parentified as a Child

Parentification is when a child is forced to take on the role of an adult. Many children get pushed into the role of caretaker for their younger siblings or become the referee in their parents’ ...
NPR

Bumblebees have tiny brains but they can solve problems like chimps and elephants

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...
NPR

Your Child's Brain

Each month Your Child’s Brain will bring together experts in child brain health, including researchers, educators, physicians and therapists as well as families to discuss contemporary topics about ...