The International Date Line Is ‘Pretty Arbitrary.’ Here’s Why.
That squiggly line through the Pacific where days begin and end has no legal authority and technically doesn’t exist.
By Mike Ives
That squiggly line through the Pacific where days begin and end has no legal authority and technically doesn’t exist.
By Mike Ives
Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process?
By Jon Gertner, Adrienne Hurst, Marion Lozano, John Woo, Daniel Ramirez and Anj Vancura
In a world where facts are currency, almanacs offer a different value.
By Jonathan Malesic
Can the online encyclopedia help teach A.I. chatbots to get their facts right — without destroying itself in the process?
By Jon Gertner
On @depthsofwikipedia, Annie Rauwerda is compiling some of the crowdsourced site’s most bizarre pages.
By Anna P. Kambhampaty
Consider giving to education-related charities this holiday season.
By Peter Coy
The online encyclopedia is often cited as a place that, on balance, helps combat false and misleading information.
By Davey Alba
Dictionaries reward you for paying attention, both to the things you consume and to your own curiosity.
By Rachel del Valle
Amid a pandemic and QAnon conspiracies, this librarian is focused on facts.
By Mary Mann
The health agency will license much of its material to the online encyclopedia, allowing the information to be reposted widely into almost 200 languages.
By Donald G. McNeil Jr.
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