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• New Year's resolutions are often seen as unattainable. 
• So should we ditch the annual tradition? 
• Some say, "yes," while others say it's time to reframe our goals.

Creating a list of goals for New Year's Day is perhaps a tradition older than Jesus, but it might be time to retire the annual ritual.

For many Americans, goal setting in 2024 will consist of

Off years in US politics are supposed to be relatively quiet. Heading into 2023, we expected a divided Congress to pass very little sweeping legislation. We knew that Republicans would be jockeying for the GOP presidential nomination. And you can always expect a surprise or two.

Oh, how quaint that seems now.

Congress was so dysfunctional that even by modern standards the chaos in the Capitol was

• 2023 was a chaotic mess.
• Next year's calendar is already jam-packed with primaries and trial dates.
• Buckle up!

2023 has been one for the books.

Between a prolonged fight to choose a House speaker, a second prolonged fight to pick a new speaker after

• South Africa has opened a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, accusing it of genocide.
• Israel responded to the proceedings application by calling it a "blood libel."
• South Africa broke diplomatic ties with Israel in November and shut down its embassy in

In 2023, I posed 23 challenges as part of the Gizmodo Monday Puzzle series. Some require a bit of math, and others a light familiarity with physics; but most can be solved through logic and creative thinking. For each of the following puzzles, I provide a link to the solution, but I suggest you resist the temptation…

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• Royal Caribbean's 274-night Ultimate World Cruise set sail on December 10, 2023.
• The ongoing around-the-world sailing has attracted plenty of internet attention.
• Take a look at the ship these travelers will be living on for the next nine months, the Serenade of

• Aidan Fairhall was a public school teacher in England.
• He moved to China nine years ago.
• Now, he says he feels reverse culture shock when back home in England.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Aidan Fairhall, a 34-year-old international school chemistry teacher

• Drones have been present in the war in Ukraine on a scale and in ways not previously seen in conflict before.
• Both Ukraine and Russia publish extensive drone footage, sometimes first-person views of

• The US's mountain of debt has become a cause of concern for investors this year.
• The government is likely to spend more on interest payments than on defense over the next five years, per Capital Group.
• The ballooning debt burden could eventually chip away at the demand

• Huawei has defied sales expectations this year 
• The Shenzhen-based tech giant said it expects to bring in more than $98.5 billion in revenue in 2023.
• The release of Huawei's 5G smartphone in August cause concern in Washington

Chinese tech giant Huawei has said it expects to deliver more than $98.5 billion (700 billion yuan) in sales

• A millennial couple spent 7 months building a floating coconut home in Langkawi, Malaysia.
• Hakim Azly and his wife Reena Sayra are one of the 100 winners of Airbnb's OMG Fund contest.
• Visitors can book a one-night stay at the floating coconut home on Airbnb for $135 a night.

Floating in the middle of mangrove forests near

• Costco's pharmacies are open to everyone including people without insurance.
• The retailer offers mail-order service and also takes pet prescriptions.
• But only members can take advantage of the retailer's massive drug discounts.

Costco pharmacies are open to everyone, even those who don