While the rest of the world celebrated January 1st, 2026, Ethiopia remained in its year 2018. This is due to the nation's adherence to the Geʽez calendar, which follows older calculations for Christ's ...

While the whole world celebrated the new year 2026, there was one country on the planet which still is in the year 2018. The country we are talking about is Ethiopia. This might be a surprise fact for ...

Following a mixed opening half to the 2010s, cinema found its footing in the second half, as some of the finest films of the 21st century seemed to arrive in a cluster. By the time we get to 2018, the ...

The 2018 Ballon d’Or ceremony introduced two modern awards fans now know as commonplace and annually celebrated. Aside from the men’s award being handed out to a first-time winner, the 2018 ceremony ...

This story is from an installment of The Oeno Files, our weekly insider newsletter to the world of fine wine. Sign up here. Mariotti attributes the balance of density and freshness to ideal seasonal ...

After ten years, Yale University has ended its partnership with Harvard to provide a version of Computer Science 50. The jointly taught computer science class — which piloted at Harvard in 1989 before ...

Meta has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) in the European Union for a Facebook security breach that affected millions of users, which the company disclosed back in September 2018. The ...

Well, it's that time of year again. With October here to stay (at least for a few more weeks), folks are flocking back to John Carpenter's original 1978 classic, Halloween, to celebrate the spooky ...

A coalition of 22 state attorneys general is calling on Congress to address “the glaring vagueness” that has led to legal cannabis products being sold over the counter across the country — including ...

Five years have come and gone since the 2018 NHL Draft, and quite a bit has been learned regarding the top of this particular class. Only a few players selected have developed into stars, but that's ...

AI has got a new gig. Harvard is tapping artificial intelligence to help teach its most popular coding class next school year. Starting in September, the Ivy League school’s Introduction to Computer ...

Starting this fall, a popular intro-level coding course at Harvard University, CS50, will be taught by an AI instructor. You know, because Harvard probably can’t afford to pay human teachers. “Our own ...