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Let’s memorize a poem! Not because it’s good for us or because we think we should, but because it’s fun, a mental challenge with a solid aesthetic reward. You can amuse yourself, impress your friends ...

Two pupils look at their smartphones in a classroom in Hamburg, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2026. Reporter The European Union is giving tech companies no more excuses to implement age checks for social media ...

Europe doesn’t want to hear any more excuses from tech platforms for why they can’t verify users’ ages. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday announced a new European age ...

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith argues that poetry is a neglected and needed balm in her new book, "Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times." When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our ...

Online chat service Discord has announced it will begin testing age verification for some users, joining a growing list of platforms trying to work out who is actually behind the screen. The move ...

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Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s most recent collection, “The New Economy,” was a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry, and one of their poems was included in “A Century of Poetry in The New ...

You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. The study, "Adversarial Poetry as a ...

In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey joins Willie Geist to discuss his new movie, “The Lost Bus,” including what it's like working with his 17-year-old son, Levi. He ...