Kumbh Mela, a Hindu pilgrimage that started earlier this month in India, has survived wars and famine since its origin. But the biggest threat has been the spread of illness – back then as now.

In a Saturday statement, China's State Administration for Market Regulation accused Alibaba of abusing its market dominance.

As many as 68 percent of iPhone users are expected to deny advertisers permission to track them thanks to Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature, in what is beginning to look like a significant blow to the advertising industry (via AdWeek).

A new Apple TV is rumored to come out this year.

Climate change is rightly cited as an environmental crisis that could lead to human extinction. Yet there is another pollution issue, indirectly related, that could make it literally impossible for human beings to reproduce.This article first appeared in Salon.I am talking, of course, about plastic ...

The Grammy-nominated rapper's longtime attorney said he had little brain activity.

The United States climate tsar John Kerry has told a conference that coal use must be immediately abandoned if the world is to have any chance of meeting Paris agreement targets.

Evidence from the Pilbara region suggests Earth in its youth behaved very differently to how it does today, and had more water within it than previously thought.

The effort has taken on momentum amid President Biden’s pledge that the nation will start to regain post-pandemic normalcy this summer, and with a growing number of companies saying they will require proof of vaccinations before reopening their doors.

Kylie Jenner has spoken out publicly following criticism of her support for a GoFundMe effort for a makeup artist. Jenner recently shared an Instagram story seeking prayers for makeup artist Samuel Rauda and directing her 222 million followers to a GoFundMe started to help pay his medical bills. According to the GoFundMe, Rauda was in an accident and "underwent major surgery on Sunday, 3/14/21." No details about the accident were offered.

Carlton Tavern reopens six years after planning ruling that campaigners hope will prevent developers demolishing other sites

In 1975 and 1982, 4 of the Soviet Union’s Venera probes captured our only images of Venus’ surface.

Some vintage memes, in a new format.

Cryptocurrency is a mess. The amount of energy required to generate and keep records of it is staggering, with Bitcoin mining alone generating around 37 million tonnes of CO₂ every year. Its carbon footprint is absolutely enormous, on par with that of entire countries.

Jonah Peretti announced move in staff meeting on Tuesday while HuffPost’s Canada operation was also closed

Bitcoin and ethereum have been on record runs higher in 2021, but mining for cryptocash is getting more expensive.

In a surprising turn of events, the United States government is calling upon its country’s industry to reverse engineer components for the Air Force’s B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. An official call for this highly unusual kind of assistance was put out today on the U.S. government’s contracting website beta.SAM.gov.