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“If I could start over,” said Ko Jang-su, “I would do anything but open a cafe.”Mr. Ko’s cafe is one of the busiest coffee shops in his densely populated neighborhood of Seoul. Still, on weekday mornings it sits empty.It is not hard to understand why: Mr. Ko has more than 50 competitors nearby, and in South Korea, that is hardly unusual. In Seoul, the density of cafes rivals that of Paris.The passion for coffee — one national survey suggested that Koreans now reach for it more often than rice — has bred a fantasy among some hoping to cash in…

Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25bn on Tuesday to provide 25 million American children under 10 an incentive to claim the new investment accounts for children created as part of Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation.The historic gift has little precedent, with few single charitable commitments in the past 25 years exceeding $1bn, much less multiple billions. Announced on GivingTuesday, the Dells believe it’s the largest single private commitment made to US children.It is also unusual in that it will operate through investment accounts set up by the US Department of Treasury that will be managed by private companies.…

I love instant cameras because of how they help me slow down and be creative without the distractions of a phone. Holding a real print also feels grounding in a screen-dominated age, which is why I think a lot of people these days are drawn to them — and why models with old-school vibes like the Polaroid Flip make such great gifts. It’s usually pricey, but today you can buy the Flip for $184.99 ($35 off) directly from Polaroid, which is its best price to date. Amazon is also selling the camera with two packs of film for $212.49 ($37…

A higher proportion of people in England are now contacting their GP surgery online than by phone, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).Data covering three weeks from mid-September suggest just over 43% of people went online to contact their GP – an increase of a percentage point from the previous month – compared with 41% percent on the phone.It comes after all NHS practices were required by the government to provide web bookings from October. The government says more than eight million people used online consultation services in October, up by a fifth from the…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Tracking the first astronauts’ visit to Mars won’t be as simple as watching a clock or marking days off of a calendar. Thanks to relativity, time actually moves faster on the Red Planet than it does here on Earth. For years, scientists have wondered about the exact temporal difference between planets, but physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) finally have an answer. Their calculations published on December 1 in The Astronomical Journal not only answer a longtime question, but help advance humanity’s…

Several U.S. airports now offer visitor passes that let non-ticketed guests clear security to shop, dine, or meet travelers right at their arrival gate.Anybody who remembers flying before 9/11 can recall what is perhaps one of the most charming habits of that bygone era: meeting friends and family right at the departure gate. Before the terrorist attack in 2001 immediately shuttered post-security areas in airports to anybody not traveling that day, it was common to meet someone directly at their arrival gate at the airport. The same was possible for those seeing off their compatriots when they departed; travelers could…

Five hours of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s senior negotiator appear to have failed to produce a breakthrough on securing a Ukraine peace deal.A Kremlin spokesman said the Moscow meeting was “constructive”, but parts of the plan remained unacceptable to Russia.Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner attended the talks after weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at ending the war. The US team has not commented since leaving Moscow.Earlier on Tuesday, Putin said changes proposed by Kyiv and Europe to a US-backed draft peace plan were unacceptable, adding if Europe “wants to…

The IRS has released some guidance about the new Trump accounts, including details about the $1,000 pilot program for new babies.gettyThe IRS has released new guidance on Trump Accounts, a new type of individual retirement account (IRA) for eligible children created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA).What Are Trump Accounts?Trump accounts are a new kind of retirement savings account created by Congress as part of OBBBA. Under OBBBA, a Trump account can be opened for any qualifying child under 18 at the end of that calendar year. A qualifying child must have a Social Security number.To open the…

A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away. The missile didn’t even make it 4,000 feet.Russia’s military has been silent on the accident, but the missile’s crash was seen and heard for miles around the Dombarovsky air base in Orenburg Oblast near the Russian-Kazakh border.A video posted by the Russian blog site MilitaryRussia.ru on Telegram and widely shared on other social media platforms showed the missile veering off course immediately after launch before…

Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterGetty ImagesCoulier appeared in all 192 episodes of sitcom Full House in the late 80s and early 90sActor Dave Coulier, who starred in the US TV sitcom Full House, has announced he has been diagnosed with tongue cancer.It comes seven months after Coulier, 66, told fans he was cancer free, following his 2024 diagnosis of stage three non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, a form of blood cancer.Speaking to NBC’s Today show, Coulier said his tongue cancer has “a 90% curability rate”, adding that he is undergoing 35 rounds of radiation that will end on 31 December.Coulier explained his latest diagnosis is…