In the economically disadvantaged Lincoln Park neighborhood of New Rochelle, NY, two long-sought community projects have, after decades, finally come to fruition. All they needed was to combine forces and colocate. The Boys & Girls Club of New Rochelle has been a center of this majority Black and Latinx community for nearly a century, but...

Two 56-foot-long homes face each other on a slope. One features an exterior made of glass with no interior walls, letting visitors peer all the way through it. The other is clad entirely in brick, save for three portholes in the back, making its interior a total mystery. Both homes, called the Glass House and the Brick House, respectively, were built...

Artificial intelligence is notorious for generating six-fingered hands. In most circumstances, that extra digit is a creepy problem to solve. But for KFC it was a golden marketing opportunity—or so the brand thought. “The more fingers you have . . . the more fingers you can lick,” the fried chicken chain wrote in a deranged recent social media post....

Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was cultivated by direct descendants of slaves in rural Alabama who have faced oppression, geographic isolation and intense material constraints. As of this year,...

As cars and trucks get smarter and more connected, the humble lights that have controlled the flow of traffic for more than a century could also be on the cusp of a major transformation. Researchers are exploring ways to use features in modern cars, such as GPS, to make traffic safer and more efficient. Eventually, the upgrades could do away...

On a Thursday night in February, more than 200 moms and tweens packed into Townhouse, a speaking venue in Greenwich, Connecticut, for a talk by esthetician Nicole Caroline. Over the past year, an influx of Caroline’s clients had come in asking for skincare recommendations for their Sephora-obsessed kids: is the Drunk Elephant Retinol A-Passioni that...