John Asante

How we could simplify the American tax filing process

April 17, 2017Economics

If you’re still working on your taxes, you’re probably not alone: Americans will spend more than 6 billion hours preparing their taxes, which includes digging up W-2s, sifting through receipts, and filling out any number of forms. The amount we spend to get it done by firms or by ourselves with software is high.

Here are some handy tips for your NCAA tournament bracket

March 15, 2017Sports

Here’s how to experience SXSW from your living room

March 10, 2017Arts

Alec Baldwin says he’s having the time of his life — impersonating President-elect Donald Trump

January 16, 2017Arts

Medical stretchers are seen abandoned along the corridors at the main hospital during a strike

Kenya tries to come to grips with treating mental illness

January 5, 2017Health

The racial tensions in Tulsa have deep roots

September 25, 2016Conflict

The shooting of an unarmed black man by a white Tulsa police officer is just the latest example of that city’s trouble racial past.

An animation from Ema Ryan Yamazaki’s documentary

Happy Curiosity Day, Curious George

September 17, 2016Culture

It’s the 75th anniversary of the creation of Curious George — and the story of his creation is almost as good as the stories of Curious George.

Handwriting is dying a slow death

September 13, 2016Culture

“The digital revolution is both launching us into a no-handwriting future, and also sending us backwards in time to when the spoken word ruled,” says the author of a new book.

Our closest galactic neighbor may also have a habitable planet

August 25, 2016Science

The discovery of a planet in the “goldilocks zone” of Proxima Cantauri, the star closest to our own sun, gives new hope to the quest to find life outside our solar system.

Meet the 22-year-old with a big idea for cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

August 16, 2016Environment

For the past six years, 22-year-old Boyan Slat has been working to perfect a way to filter vast amounts of plastics out of the world’s oceans. He has a prototype now that might just prove successful.For the past six years, 22-year-old Boyan Slat has been working to perfect a way to filter vast amounts of plastics out of the world’s oceans. He has a prototype now that might just prove successful.

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