Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

Jenny Jiao Hsia, the creator of the award-winning indie game Consume Me, is surrounded by boxes of teenage memories. She has the boutonniere from her high school prom. Saturated photos of family trips ...

Humans are eating art, though not in the literal sense. Consider the word “consume.” Modern creative culture has facilitated a shift in interaction with media, and it can be seen through something as ...

AI browsers like ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity Comet are transforming how users explore and interact with the web. Unsplash/BoliviaInteligente The internet has always been about access — access to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Internet disruptions tied to Amazon's cloud computing service affected people around the world Monday trying to connect to online services used for work, social media and video games.

Sometimes a simple thing can make a big difference. One program is helping metro Atlantans experiencing homelessness get back on their feet in any way that they can. Hope Thru Soap was started nine ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Jenny Jiao Hsia and AP Thomson explore eating disorders and diet culture through a darkly absurd puzzle game.

It ain't easy being a teenage girl in the early 2010s. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I've spent far too much of my life deeply ...

Jenny is enjoying her last summer vacation before her senior year, but it isn’t going as expected. After her critical mother compares her to a rival and suggests she’s overweight, it goes all to her ...

In addition to schoolwork and chores, the young protagonist of Consume Me experiences the pressures of disordered eating. By Shannon Liao In a video game landscape filled with fast-paced first-person ...

Why do video games go through such great lengths to invent grand conflict when the mundane battles we face in everyday life contain higher stakes than any fictional war? Oh, you think fighting a ...