Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

If you spend time outdoors, you’ve probably encountered coyotes howling after sunset, slinking along the edge of your yard, or running whitetails on your deer property. As a clever scavenger and ...

When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Copilot to read a webpage, the AI decides what the user sees — not your layout, not your ad tags, and not your structured data. Most of what you put on ...