Editorâs 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 âChristmas creepâ now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. Thatâs right: December 25 marks the official start of [âŠ] Read more âș
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Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey at the 96th Annual Oscars held at the Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. | Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty ImagesThe Best Supporting Acting Oscars are always a little wacky, because ⊠what do they mean? Robert Downey, Jr. just won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Christopher Nolanâs Oppenheimer. âI would like to thank my terrible... Read more âș
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Princess Kate the last time she was seen in public, greeting the crowd after attending a Christmas morning service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023, in Sandringham, Norfolk. | Stephen Pond/Getty ImagesUntil March 4, the princess hadnât been seen in public since Christmas. Princess Kate, formerly Kate Middleton, one day to become Catherine, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, has finally reappeared. Sort of. On March 10, Kensington Palace... Read more âș
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Getty Images/fStopAccording to experts. Child-rearing can feel like a crowd-sourced endeavor. An entire market of books exists solely for the purpose of instructing parents on best practices for raising their kids. Every well-meaning person in a parentâs life will proffer their unsolicited opinions. And online, a new trend or term championed by creators somehow renders every other parenting style dangerous or outdated. Whatâs worse is this churn of ideals changes... Read more âș
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A protester dressed as a pack of birth control pills dances in front of the US Supreme Court. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWith courts coming for abortion and IVF, itâs hard not to wonder what the Supreme Court will go after next. When the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade, it swore up and down that its decision didnât necessarily have any implications for other rights. ââAbortion is a unique actâ... Read more âș
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The mushroom cloud produced by the first explosion by the Americans of a hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the South Pacific, in 1952. | SSPL via Getty ImagesAs it heads into the Oscars, what Oppenheimer gets right â and wrong â about the threat of nuclear weapons. My wife and I went to see Oppenheimer on opening weekend in July, and I wore my best Los Alamos-themed costume. We... Read more âș
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Supporters of the Houthis take part in a rally against Israel and in solidarity with the people of Gaza on February 28, 2024, in Sanaâa, Yemen. | Mohammed Hamoud/Getty ImagesWhat do Yemenâs suddenly world-famous rebels really want, and what will make them stop? Until last week, the damage wrought by the campaign of attacks Yemenâs Houthis have been waging against shipping in the Red Sea has been mostly measured in... Read more âș
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Paige Vickers for VoxAnd other tax questions from Vox readers, answered. On the Money is a monthly advice column. If you want advice on spending, saving, or investing â or any of the complicated emotions that may come up as you prepare to make big financial decisions â you can submit your question on this form. This month, weâre answering four reader questions about taxes â and to ensure that... Read more âș
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In this photo illustration, an 11-year-old boy looks at the TikTok app on a smartphone screen in the village of St Jean dâAulps on April 4, 2023, near Morzine, France. | Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesA user revolt has only made Congress more determined to ban TikTok. But itâs not over. This week, congressional offices on Capitol Hill were inundated with phone calls and social media posts begging them to reconsider an... Read more âș
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A view of a large Oscar statue on the red carpet during the set-up of the 96th Academy Awards red carpet at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on March 7, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. | Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty ImagesA better question to ask than who wins the Oscar: Who benefits the most, win or lose? Ah, the Oscars. Sunday nightâs 96th Academy Awards are the night of... Read more âș
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Muslims wait to break their fast on the 21st day of the holy month of Ramadan at Jama Masjid on June 6, 2018, in New Delhi, India. | Burhaan Kinu/Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesWhat is Ramadan? How does fasting work? Whatâs up with the moon? Ramadan is the Muslim holy month, and most of the world's estimated 1.8 billion Muslims will observe it in some form. Which means there's a... Read more âș
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Christian Horner during the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix on March 2, 2024. | Peter Fox/Formula 1 via Getty ImagesThe Christian Horner alleged sexting scandal isnât just gossip. It reflects the sportâs systemic misogyny. The line between spectacle and sport has always been blurry. But when it comes to Formula 1 â the global motorsport with some of the fastest cars and deepest pockets â the biggest institutional players seem to... Read more âș
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Cattle at a JBS facility in Brazil. | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesMeat giant JBS said itâll reach net zero emissions by 2040. LOL. As public concern about climate change grows, so does demand for lower-emissions consumer goods. And as major meat producers face the fact that their climate impacts may turn away conscientious consumers, they are increasingly claiming to offer low-carbon meat. That includes the Brazilian multinational JBS, the worldâs... Read more âș
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President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThereâs been too much focus on trivialities, as the State of the Union shows. The verdict from the media is in â President Joe Biden put to rest concerns about his age for the time being with a âfiery,â âforceful,â âpunchy,â and âvigorousâ State of the Union address Thursday. And... Read more âș
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Getty Images/iStockphotoThe key is to ease into it. Twice a year, Americans shift the clock â an hour forward in the spring, an hour back in the fall â in a well-known practice known as daylight saving. Originally introduced during World War I as a means of conserving fuel and power by extending the amount of daylight each day, the tradition has persisted in some capacity since 1966. This year,... Read more âș
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A rally in New York City in support of Israeli women sexually assaulted during the October 7 attack by Hamas. | Lev Radin/VIEWpressThe UN report gives clarity, not answers. We now have one of the most definitive sources so far in the contentious discussion about militants from Gazaâs perpetration of sexual violence on October 7. The UNâs office on sexual violence in conflict released a report Monday finding âreasonable grounds... Read more âș
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Wolfgang Kaehler/Getty Images; VoxThis and more reader questions on climate change, explained. Climate change is complex and will play out differently depending on where you are (and who you are). Itâs confusing! Itâs contradictory! And what am I to do? EVs are expensive, my house leaks heat, and my AC is nonexistent. Itâs hot, itâs freezing, itâs hot, aarrggggghgbkjdhfsj! Our worldâs climate is changing in ways that well-meaning scientists are... Read more âș
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âItâs not you, itâs me.â | GPO/Handout/Anadolu/Getty ImagesBidenâs new plan to build a pier on the Gaza coast seems to say yes. The continued military aid to Israel says otherwise. For years, there have been signs that the Democratic Partyâs historic support for Israel might be wavering. Joe Bidenâs staunch support for Israel after October 7 seemed to suggest that this theory was overblown â that when push came to... Read more âș
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Getty ImagesGuess where the US ranks? While running a microfinance company working across rural India in 2014, neuroscientist Tara Thiagarajan had a free Sunday, a portable EEG headset, and a question: What is modernization doing to our brains? In a DIY experiment using herself and colleagues as baselines, they found striking differences in brain activity between their urban brains with lifelong exposure to modernity, and those whoâve spent their lives... Read more âș
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President Joe Biden during the State of the Union address at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2024. | Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe president dodged the ânorms trapâ by going straight after Trump on democracy. During Thursday nightâs State of the Union address, President Joe Biden issued an unmistakable warning about the threat Donald Trump poses to American democracy. The speech also implicitly made a more... Read more âș
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Biden addressing Congress Thursday night. | Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe president is getting walloped on the economy. Hereâs how he tried to change that. The state of Joe Bidenâs reelection campaign is weak. The president entered Thursday nightâs State of the Union address with a 56 percent disapproval rating, which is roughly the same as Donald Trumpâs was in the immediate aftermath of January 6. In national polls, Biden... Read more âș
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