Editor’s note, December 25, 8 am ET: This story is being republished for the holiday season. It was originally published in 2020. It might seem unbelievable given that the “Christmas creep” now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. That’s right: December 25 marks the official start of […] Read more ›
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Rescue teams demolish a building which collapsed following an earthquake on April 3, 2024 in Hualien, Taiwan. | Annabelle Chih/Getty Images From Taiwan to South Korea to Silicon Valley, some of the most important nodes in the global tech economy are in disaster-prone places. When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Taiwan’s eastern coast on April 3, the first concern involved the risk to people and property. Here, the news was not... Read more ›
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The upcoming solar eclipse on April 8 should be viewed through eclipse glasses, no matter where you’re watching it from. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images More people will travel for this event than for one of the country’s biggest games. The biggest US travel event of this year might not be Taylor Swift’s sold-out concert tour or a long-awaited March Madness face-off. Instead, it could well be the upcoming solar... Read more ›
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Truth Social’s big shareholders pose potential conflicts of interest for Trump. | Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images With Truth Social going public, big investors could easily buy influence in a second Trump term. Truth Social, Donald Trump’s social media platform, has not exactly been a resounding business success story, but it recently made the former president a whole lot richer. That’s because Trump Media, the network’s parent company, went... Read more ›
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A total solar eclipse in Belitung, Indonesia, on March 9, 2016. | Donal Husni/NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images This scientist has seen nearly 20 solar eclipses. She’s trying to solve a mystery that could help protect Earth. On Monday, April 8, millions of people will get to see the Great North American Eclipse. Most people on the continent will see a partial solar eclipse, the sun gradually getting smaller as the... Read more ›
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s youngest president, was sworn in on April 2, 2024. | Senegalese Presidency/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images When so much of the world is backsliding on democratic norms, Senegal’s election reveals a trend toward democracy in Africa. 2024 is the biggest global election year in history and the future of democracy is on every ballot. But amid an international backsliding in democratic norms, including in countries with a... Read more ›
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SerranĂa de Chiribiquete, a mountainous region in the Colombian Amazon. New data from the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland reveals forest loss declined last year in Colombia, among other countries. | Guillermo Legaria/AFP via Getty Images In a grim new analysis of tropical forests, there are a few important glimmers of hope. Last year, the planet lost 9.2 million acres of its tropical forest, an area a... Read more ›
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Former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally at the I-80 Speedway in 2022 in Greenwood, Nebraska. | Scott Olson/Getty Images The state has an odd rule that gave Biden an electoral vote in 2020. Trump wants to change that. Can he? On Tuesday, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) urged his state’s legislature to change its rules for this year’s presidential election — a change that, if passed, would be... Read more ›
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The highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI, has affected tens of millions of farmed and wild birds in recent years. Over the last couple weeks, it’s begun to infect cattle — and one dairy farm worker. | Nathalie Laurence - Sunspiral Images via Getty Images The rare human case of bird flu raises new concerns about the risks to public health. Bird flu is, famously, a disease that infects birds.... Read more ›
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A solar eclipse in Chile on July 2, 2019. | Sebastian Brogca/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images From why this year is so special to tips for watching, we’ve got you covered. Millions of Americans in the United States will be able to see a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. It will be the last chance for those in the lower 48 states to see one for 21 years. Even if... Read more ›
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Be safe and look cool during the total solar eclipse. | Carlos Tischler/Eyepix Group/Future Publishing via Getty Images Yes, solar eclipses can blind you. Here’s how to protect your eyes. When the total solar eclipse comes to the United States on April 8, there is one rule you must remember: Never stare directly into the sun. Even when the sun is partially obscured by the moon, its rays are still... Read more ›
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Iranian protesters burn US flags during a protest gathering to condemn the Israeli airstrike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 1, 2024. | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images And US troops may suffer the consequences. Even as the fighting has raged in Gaza, a question has hung over the war: Would it escalate into a wider regional conflict involving Iran, its various... Read more ›
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A series of strong earthquakes rocked Afghanistan this week. | Mirwais Amir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Scientists have drastically improved our understanding of seismic events. Here are eight things to know. The largest earthquakes in nearly 25 years rocked Taiwan on Wednesday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring hundreds more. The magnitude 7.4 quake led to a series of aftershocks, the largest of which reached magnitude 6.4. Residents... Read more ›
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Food delivery apps have recently added new fees in response to minimum pay rules in New York City and Seattle. | Getty Images/iStockphoto As delivery discourse rages, don’t forget the middlemen: apps like UberEats, DoorDash, and Grubhub. No one is happy about the delivery apps. Not the customers, who feel gouged by an avalanche of fees. Not restaurants, who feel gut-punched by the commission apps take from them. Certainly not... Read more ›
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Caitlin Clark and Iowa won the Big 10 Women’s Basketball Tournament earlier this month. | Adam Bettcher/Getty Images The most exciting player in college basketball, explained. For the uninitiated, college basketball may seem like a complicated sport. Nearly every second is packed with plays, screens, cuts, and defenses that can be hard to follow. Commentators spray you with names and phrases that you’re supposed to already know. (Izzo? Geno? The... Read more ›
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On April 2, 2024, Palestinians stand next to a vehicle in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), including foreigners, were killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to the NGO. | Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images The killing of World Central Kitchen workers shows no place in Gaza is safe, even for aid groups. An Israeli airstrike Monday killed seven aid workers... Read more ›
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George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images Millions of Medicare patients could soon be prescribed Wegovy — and it’s going to cost taxpayers a lot of money. Last month, Medicare announced that it will cover the new class of anti-obesity drugs, including Wegovy and Ozempic, for patients at risk of stroke or heart attack. It’s a watershed moment for a novel class of medications, one sure to amplify debates about their long-term... Read more ›
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David Williams/Bloomberg via Getty Images What if you were legally allowed to only ever have $2,000 in financial assets at one time? Saving is hard. Whether for emergencies, special occasions, or retirement, a lot of us fall short. In fact, almost half of Americans don’t have three months worth of expenses saved. And for some, it’s partly because they aren’t allowed to. Imagine you have to stop working for whatever... Read more ›
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President Joe Biden attends a campaign event at El Portal Restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 19, 2024. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Democrats are starting their Latino outreach early because they know they have a problem. Joe Biden knows he has a problem with Latino voters. He acknowledged as much during a visit to Arizona last month: “I need you badly,” he said, with a tinge of exasperation,... Read more ›
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Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett talk before President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber at the US Capitol on February 7, 2023. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Simmering tensions between traditionalist Republican judges and MAGA judges are starting to boil over. A federal court is picking an unusual fight with one of the federal judiciary’s governing... Read more ›
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Iranian protesters burn US flags during a protest gathering to condemn the Israeli airstrike against the Iranian consulate in Syria, at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, on April 1, 2024 | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images And US troops may suffer the consequences. Even as the fighting has raged in Gaza, a question has hung over the war: Would it escalate into a wider regional conflict involving Iran, its various... Read more ›
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