Jorm Sangsorn/Getty ImagesExpert knowledge is useful for problem-solving. So is adapting to new challenges. One of the things that human beings seem to fear is uncertainty. Most of us like to know things, and when we don’t know things, we get uncomfortable. And when we’re forced to face the unknown, our response is often to retreat into old ideas and routines. Why is that? What’s so unnerving about ambiguity? Maggie... Read more ›
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Jennifer Lopez singing in the film This Is Me... Now: A Love Story. | Courtesy of Prime Video - © Prime VideoThe bonkers, star-studded musical-biopic-fantasia-mess proves Jennifer Lopez can do whatever she wants. Throughout her career but particularly over the last decade, Jennifer Lopez has earned the title of one of the busiest people in the entertainment industry. From performing at the Super Bowl halftime show to churning out rom-com... Read more ›
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Chasing the light isn’t the only way to enjoy winter. Cecilia Blomdahl documents her life on Svalbard, a Norwegian island close to the North Pole. | Photo courtesy of Cecilia BlomdahlWhat seasonal affective disorder can tell us about ourselves. “I get emotionally down with the short days and feel like hibernating,” says Annabel Lagasse. So she gets on her bicycle and heads up the hill to London’s Hampstead Heath, where... Read more ›
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A vigil for Alexei Navalny in Krakow, Poland, on February 16, 2024. | Omar Marques/Anadolu/Getty ImagesNavalny’s death is the end of an era for Russia — and cements Putin’s grip on power. Alexei Navalny, Russia’s most famous opposition figure and President Vladimir Putin’s most effective rival, has been reported dead. Russian state media — which is loathe to even say Navalny’s name — reported the death on Friday. Prison authorities... Read more ›
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Donald Trump attending his trial on fraud charges at the New York State Supreme Court on October 3, 2023. | Shannon Stapleton/AFP via Getty ImagesThe former president was just ordered to pay $355 million in his New York fraud case, bringing the tally this year to nearly half a billion dollars. Two recent verdicts have now left Donald Trump on the hook for nearly half a billion dollars. On Friday,... Read more ›
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Moor Studio/Getty ImagesA new state bill aims to protect us from the most powerful and dangerous AI models. Last week, California state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a landmark new piece of AI legislation aimed at “establishing clear, predictable, common-sense safety standards for developers of the largest and most powerful AI systems.” It’s a well-written, politically astute approach to regulating AI, narrowly focused on the companies building the biggest-scale... Read more ›
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Doja Cat at the 2024 Grammy Awards. | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicYou can find the hottest accessory of the season at CVS. It was all the way back in the spring of 2018 that Mindy Kaling tweeted, in response to the onslaught of hot fashion people wearing a certain kind of eyewear, “I think we will regret this tiny sunglasses look.” Anne Hathaway then immortalized the tweet by posting a screenshot and writing,... Read more ›
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Palestinian children are seen among tents as they struggle with strong winds, downpours, and floods while Israeli attacks continue in Rafah of Gaza on February 15, 2024. | Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty ImagesVoices from a besieged Rafah. More than four months into the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza residents are struggling to survive winter conditions with insufficient food, drinking water, medicine, and clothing. The majority of them have fled to Rafah, a... Read more ›
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Dakota Johnson as Cassandra “Cassie” Webb in Madame Web. | Sony PicturesThe star of Madame Web is a charming terror. To love Dakota Johnson is to understand that Dakota Johnson probably hates you for it a little bit. When she was in 50 Shades of Grey, all anyone could talk about was Johnson’s sheer lack of chemistry with (and perhaps even strong distaste for) handsome costar Jamie Dornan. For a... Read more ›
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US military vehicles in Syria on August 13, 2023. | Omer Al Diri/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesAdversaries keep chipping away at America’s military credibility. Trump isn’t helping. Does the US still have the power to deter its adversaries? When the US launched airstrikes earlier this month against the proxy militias linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in retaliation for the attack that killed three US soldiers at a base... Read more ›
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An Israeli tank is seen as Palestinians leave the area of Nasser Hospital on January 29, 2024. | Mohammed Talatene/picture alliance via Getty ImagesIsrael’s raid on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis might break international humanitarian law. The Israel Defense Forces raided Gaza’s largest still-operating hospital on Thursday in Khan Younis, a southern city that once sheltered over 100,000 displaced Palestinians but that has been under siege for weeks. The IDF... Read more ›
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Law enforcement responds to a shooting at Union Station during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII victory parade on February 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. | Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesThe Kansas City mayor captures the US’s singular problem with guns, in one quote. In remarks following a mass shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas made a pointed statement about how the tragedy was... Read more ›
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Israeli forces’ flares light up the night sky in Gaza City on November 6, 2023. | Abed Khaled/APLooking to understand the Israel-Hamas war? Start with these Vox podcast episodes. The Israel-Palestine conflict goes back decades, but this latest war has taken an unprecedented toll in terms of the number of people killed, and represents a significant step back from any hopes of securing a two-state solution and a permanent peace.... Read more ›
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An image from the polarizing “He Gets Us” ad campaign depicts an anti-abortion protester washing the feet of a pregnant clinic visitor. | Art by Julia Fullerton-Batten / via YouTubeWhy “He Gets Us” doesn’t get us. What would Jesus do? The answer is more debatable than you might expect, at least according to the highly polarized reactions to a controversial Super Bowl ad. The “He Gets Us” ad campaign, in... Read more ›
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The promise and pitfalls of using light to stop germs. When you think of disinfecting a space, what comes to mind? Wipes? Gels? Sprays? Maybe air purifiers or effective HVAC systems? All of these are great defenses against viruses and bacteria, but one thing has been missing from the toolkit despite our knowing about it for over a century: light. Ultraviolet light is an incredibly powerful disinfectant. Study after study... Read more ›
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Jun Cen for VoxMeet the startup trying to maintain American military dominance in space. Capt. Even Rogers had the best job at the first large-scale war games focused on space, conducted by the US military in 2017. He got to be the bad guy. Most of the military’s work in space had been about maintaining infrastructure in orbit, not reacting to attacks in real time. Worried about deepening tensions with... Read more ›
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A mourner of the victims of the 2023 mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville pays respects at a makeshift memorial. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty ImagesGun deaths among children have risen to their highest level in more than 20 years. A pediatric trauma surgeon describes the physical toll. In 2020, guns surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of death in the United States for children. The rate... Read more ›
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Mourners attend a vigil at the First Baptist Church of Dadeville in Alabama on April 16, 2023, after a mass shooting that left four dead and more than two dozen others injured. | Megan Varner/Getty ImagesWhat experts and advocates say can make a difference in the face of unrelenting gun violence. At least 22 people were shot on Wednesday, and at least one woman is dead, after gunmen opened fire... Read more ›
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The Book of Love by Kelly Link. | Random HouseThe first novel by the acclaimed short-story writer is magical, strange, and just a tad too slow. The Book of Love, Kelly Link’s first novel, is a love story, yes. It’s also a ghost story, and a coming-of-age story, and a portrait of a small town. It’s about magic and music and morality. It’s about how annoying siblings are, and how... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom during his civil fraud trial at New York Supreme Court on January 11, 2024, in New York City. | Jefferson Siegel/Getty ImagesWe’re about to learn how imperiled two of Trump’s prosecutions are. Prosecutors in all four of the cases against Donald Trump are racing against time to try to get to trial before Election Day. But to do so, they each... Read more ›
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