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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Julianna Brion for VoxYes, doing your taxes is hard. No, you don’t need to shell out hundreds of dollars to file them. Every American has the option to file their taxes for free, but very few actually do. This is according to Beverly Moran, an emerita professor of law and sociology at Vanderbilt University, who focuses on tax law, and who adds that 70 percent of tax filers have the... Read more ›
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Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty ImagesContraception, like IVF, poses problems for those claiming personhood begins at conception. The national debate over IVF, unfolding after an Alabama court decision prompted multiple clinics in the state to halt operations, prompts a question: What might be next? Could other fertility treatments and even birth control be under threat given that Roe v. Wade is no longer the law? If the idea that... Read more ›
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A Canada goose stands on the snow-covered figure of a Tyrannosaurus Rex at Cologne Zoo in Cologne, Germany in January 2024. | Federico Gambarini/Picture Alliance via Getty ImagesInside the wild world of AI doomsdayers. If you’ve followed the news in the last year or two, you’ve no doubt heard a ton about artificial intelligence. And depending on the source, it usually goes one of two ways: AI is either the... Read more ›
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Then-president Donald Trump and Justice Amy Coney Barrett. | Ken Cedeno/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNo one is coming to save US democracy, except for ourselves. The Supreme Court has ordered the most important of former President Donald Trump’s four criminal trials to be put on hold indefinitely. It’s an extraordinary victory for Trump and a devastating blow to special counsel Jack Smith. The Court’s decision also raises serious doubts about whether... Read more ›
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Getty ImagesA guide to having actually interesting conversations with strangers. Andy Lowe was not naturally blessed with the gift of gab. But even he, a self-described shy, introverted person, understands its functions. Lowe works at a technology public relations firm where chitchat with clients and journalists is just another part of the job. As a previous user of dating apps (Lowe is happily partnered now), he realized banter reigned supreme.... Read more ›
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Maria Stavreva/Getty ImagesIsolation policies haven’t stopped Covid’s worst outcomes. Other, better policies might. Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) changed its Covid-19 guidance in a big way: People infected with the virus, or with other respiratory viruses, no longer need to isolate for five days before going back to work or school, the agency said. Instead, the agency advises that people can leave home if they’ve been... Read more ›
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New Vox Crossword puzzles come out Monday through Saturday | Amanda NorthropFor the curious in all of us. Can you solve it? Welcome to the Vox crossword. Puzzles come out Monday through Saturday. Make sure to bookmark this page (or add to your phone’s home screen) to find new ones each day. You can also get a weekly email reminder by signing up for our crossword newsletter. Puzzles are constructed... Read more ›
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Princess Kate the last time she was seen in public, greeting the crowd after attending the Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023, in Sandringham, Norfolk. | Stephen Pond/Getty ImagesThe Princess hasn’t been seen in public since Christmas. Princess Kate, formerly Kate Middleton, one day to become Catherine, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom, is missing. Sort of. Kate, Princess of Wales and wife to Prince William,... Read more ›
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Longoria has spent her career reporting, producing, and hosting some of the most critically acclaimed audio documentaries. Vox editor-in-chief Swati Sharma and managing editor Natalie Jennings announced today that Julia Longoria is joining the site to develop and host a new seasonal podcast in collaboration with Future Perfect, its section which examines the big, complicated problems facing the world and the most effective ways to solve them. Longoria begins her... Read more ›
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Boston Globe via Getty ImagesFaked cancer data is the latest sign of science’s fraud problem. Last summer, I covered the saga of Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino, who was credibly accused of flagrantly fabricating data in at least four of her published studies. She was caught when some data sleuths on the internet — investigating research misconduct in their free time — found discrepancies in the data for her papers... Read more ›
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Warner Bros. PicturesA superfan explains Dune: Part 2 for newbies in less than 1,000 words. The biggest movie released so far this year is admittedly a little confusing. Or maybe not confusing, but it sure has a lot of lore. I’m talking, of course, about Dune: Part Two. Denis Villeneuve’s second installment adapting Frank Herbert’s 1960s sci-fi series of books enters theaters this week. Given it’s been over two years... Read more ›
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The Statue of Liberty, as seen on August 14, 2019. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe US knows how to resettle refugees. Why can’t it figure out what to do with the current wave of migrants? The United States immigration system is so dysfunctional that it might sometimes seem as though it has no redeeming features. Asylum seekers are left in legal limbo for years, and immigration courts face a growing backlog... Read more ›
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Warner Bros. PicturesA superfan explains Dune: Part 2 for newbies. The biggest movie released so far this year is admittedly a little confusing. Or maybe not confusing, but it sure has a lot of lore. I’m talking, of course, about Dune: Part Two. Denis Villeneuve’s second installment adapting Frank Herbert’s 1960s sci-fi series of books enters theaters this week. Given it’s been over two years since the first film, and... Read more ›
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Kevin Burbach/Associated PressReckless speeding is epidemic in the US. This simple technology could save tens of thousands of lives. Speeding plays a role in over 12,000 US car fatalities per year, around a third of the national total. But an emergent technology could dramatically reduce that death toll, if not eliminate it entirely. The auto industry has done little to address speeding, and it may be worsening the problem. Although... Read more ›
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A Palestinian girl carries a pot of warm meal while others wait to receive food distributed by charity as Gaza’s hunger crisis worsens, on February 29, 2024, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza. | Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe competing narratives about a deadly aid distribution in Gaza, explained. More than 100 Palestinians were killed and more than 250 were wounded in Gaza City early Thursday morning as they tried... Read more ›
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Space debris is a huge problem, but we can fix it. Humans are filling the space around Earth with trash. Most of this junk comes from abandoned satellites, discarded jet engines, and other mission-related debris. And when these objects unintentionally collide, they explode into thousands of debris fragments that can seriously damage operational spacecraft. With a booming commercial space industry that has put an unprecedented number of new satellites in... Read more ›
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Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Dune: Part Two. Imagine the fate of the universe resting on a dude named Paul! | Warner Bros. PicturesThe good, the bad, and the Bene Gesserit of Dune: Part Two. This article contains spoilers for Dune: Part Two Like a Harkonnen soldier levitating around in the endless desert, one can find oneself a bit lost when it comes to Dune. On paper, the franchise... Read more ›
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Texas is now experiencing its largest wildfire in history. | Greenville Firefighter Association/Anadolu via Getty ImagesThe Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle is the state’s largest blaze on record. Dozens of wildfires are tearing through the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma after igniting earlier this week, including what’s now the second-largest wildfire in US history. Dubbed the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the massive blaze has engulfed more than 1.1 million acres... Read more ›
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Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) receives a standing ovation during the ceremonial swearing-in of Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesSay goodbye to the GOP leader, but not the all-powerful Supreme Court that is his legacy. Measured by how many bills he successfully ushered into law, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who announced Wednesday that he will step down as Republicans’ Senate leader in November, was... Read more ›
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Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThose Tumblr, Reddit, and WordPress posts you never thought would see the light of day? Yep, them too. If you’ve ever posted anything on the internet, chances are that your data has already been scraped, collected, and used to train AI systems like the ones powering ChatGPT, Midjourney, and Sora. Generative AI is designed to succeed as a generalist, and learning to... Read more ›
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