In 1938, when Gerry Outdoors invented the first backpack with a zipper, backpacks were still primarily in use for hiking, camping and alpine recreation. Between the 1930s and ‘60s, some kids also made ...

The ways we talk about the future have been decidedly...darker over the past half century, a hard turn from the sunny optimism that informed most visions of the world to come for decades before that.

Premieres Wednesdays, April 3 - May 8, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encores Sundays, April 7 - May 12 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 This non-fiction documentary series will help viewers imagine – and ...

The score and cinematography in Brief History of a Family create a unique atmosphere. Xilun Sun's enigmatic performance keeps audiences guessing until the end. The film's ambiguity in the finale lacks ...

Modern wars show how easily leaders meet rhetorical burden of justification and avoid strategic burden of ending them.

Cynicism is a quality taken almost for granted in tech journalism, and certainly we are as guilty as the next publication. But both the risk and the promise of technology are real, and a new ...

In the wake of three transformative decades, what lies ahead in the next 30 years? Are we on a road to our own doom? Join us for a candid conversation on this existential inquiry with futurist Ari ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. This week, we’re taking a step back from the news cycle to explore the rich history of ...