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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Bita Honarvar/Vox; Getty ImagesThe CDC is getting close to recommending it to prevent STIs like chlamydia and syphilis. Years after it was first proven to work, a new tool for preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is now closer than ever to entering mainstream medicine. That tool is doxyPEP, an antibiotic that works like a morning-after pill — but instead of preventing pregnancy within hours of unprotected sex, it prevents STIs... Read more ›
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Carla Gugino as the Red Death in Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher. | Eike Schroter/NetflixI’m not convinced any of these people have ever behaved inappropriately with a corpse! What does it mean to adapt Poe for the modern age? Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series, The Fall of the House of Usher, a loose adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe short story, certainly fits in many of the... Read more ›
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A family of giraffes at the Bronx Zoo in New York City feed in their indoor enclosure on February 18, 2018. | Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesZoos say they’re leaders in protecting wildlife. But is it true? This week, a leading wildlife conservation group declared that zoos play an essential role in protecting wild species from extinction. “Zoos, aquariums and botanic gardens are critical conservation partners, and their role should... Read more ›
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More than 8.5 million Americans have lost their Medicaid benefits in 2023. | Getty ImagesMedicaid unwinding’s terrible toll, explained in 4 charts. In the six months since states began double-checking the eligibility of people enrolled in their Medicaid programs for the first time in three years, more than 8.5 million Americans have lost their Medicaid benefits. Based on enrollment numbers at the start of the year, that means roughly 1... Read more ›
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Reps. Kevin McCarthy, left, and Steve Scalise point out friends as they await the arrival of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the House Chamber of the US Capitol on May 17, 2022. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesAnd Jim Jordan is waiting in the wings. For a brief moment, many Republicans hoped the party’s nomination of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) for speaker of the House could quickly unite their fractious conference.... Read more ›
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Reps. Kevin McCarthy, left, and Steve Scalise point out friends as they await the arrival of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the House Chamber of the US Capitol on May 17, 2022. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesHe won the first stage of the speaker of the House vote. Then the bad news started pouring in. For a brief moment, many Republicans hoped the party’s nomination of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA)... Read more ›
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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife Nadine Arslanian arrive for a state dinner in honor of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. | Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesWas the Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair bought by the Egyptian government? Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has been indicted yet again. On Thursday, prosecutors from the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern... Read more ›
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Israel declared war on Hamas, one day after the Palestinian militant group conducted a brutal attack. Israel has already launched what it describes as one of its largest aerial bombardments ever on the Gaza Strip. | Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhat will “full” war between Israel and Hamas mean? And 6 other questions about the conflict. Israel and Hamas are involved in their worst outbreak of violence in decades, one... Read more ›
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Hot, dry weather this year fueled by El Niño is contributing to wildfire conditions in countries like Indonesia. | Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images2023 will break more weather records as the southern hemisphere heads into spring. El Niño, the warm phase of the Pacific Ocean’s temperature cycle, has already pushed temperatures around the world to levels never recorded before. Humanity this year experienced the hottest July, the hottest August, and the hottest... Read more ›
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Taylor Swift attends the “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” concert movie world premiere on October 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. | John Shearer/Getty Images for TASShe’s preserving herself at an unprecedented echelon of fame. Taylor Swift has finally reached her saturation point. You can see that she’s been aiming for this kind of fame since her first single, “Tim McGraw,” in 2008: the kind of status where people are... Read more ›
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SAG-AFTRA is still on strike — and negotiations have broken down again. | Apu Gomes/Getty ImagesThe two big sticking points between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP, explained. The Hollywood writers strike officially ended on Tuesday, October 10, when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) voted to ratify its contract with the AMPTP (the organization that represents Hollywood’s major studios and production companies). But the actors are still very much on the... Read more ›
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Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner gives a rose to contestant Sandra in the premiere. | Craig Sjodin/ABC via Getty ImagesThe best Bachelor yet is revitalizing a tired old franchise. The Bachelor franchise is like many of its contestants: early 20s, desperate for attention, and growing tired of itself. In order to save it from its worst tendencies, The Bachelor needed a change, a new energy, something — anything — to breathe... Read more ›
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The island of Dominica faces some of the most acute threats from climate change. Residents have begun to adapt. | Umair Irfan/VoxDominica’s traditional foods are countering modern threats. KALINAGO TERRITORY, Dominica — Inside a small yellow roadside shop on the edge of a lush hill, two sisters are reviving an ancient staple to serve modern tastes and stave off a future threat. The sisters, Valary Antoine and Arnique Valmond, are... Read more ›
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We’re listening. Is anyone trying to contact us? | Getty ImagesReal scientists are searching for alien life. Don’t let the kooks distract you. This summer, a stony-faced David Grusch, a former US Air Force intelligence officer, sat before a House Oversight subcommittee and made some extraordinary claims. Chief among them is that the American government has a clandestine program that locates then reverse engineers unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) — an... Read more ›
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Smoke from a fire that broke out after a rocket attack from Gaza fills the streets of the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, on October 11, 2023. | Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty ImagesMisinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is easy to find online. Here’s how to avoid spreading it. After Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 7, killing at least 1,000 and taking at least 150 hostages,... Read more ›
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Israel declared war on Hamas, one day after the Palestinian militant group conducted a brutal attack. Israel has already launched what it describes as one of its largest aerial bombardments ever on the Gaza Strip. | Sameh Rahmi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhat will “full” war between Israel and Hamas mean? And 6 other questions about the conflict. Israel and Hamas are involved in their worst outbreak of violence in decades, one... Read more ›
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A man cries while sitting on the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza on October 8, 2023. | Yousef Mohammad/Picture alliance/Getty ImagesMassacring civilians is neither decolonization nor self-defense. In southern Israel, Hamas terrorists broke into a room where a family of five was hiding and slaughtered every one of them. In Gaza, a father wrapped in gauze held his child, butchered in an Israeli strike, for the last time.... Read more ›
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Kevin McCarthy, who’s not having a great time. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe US House is acting like a parliament. That’s not great for America — or for you. The vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week was another clear indicator that the House of Representatives is becoming something un-American. It’s not that the vote inherently undermined national security, nor did it somehow betray the fundamental values that have underpinned... Read more ›
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A reflection of the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach, Florida, on October 10, 2023. | Marco Bello/AFP via Getty ImagesWhy we need empathy at the hardest moments In 2021 — the most recent year for which we have the full data available — 5 million children died before their fifth birthday. Preventable stillbirths in labor are very common. If a child makes it out of the first 28 days of... Read more ›
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Bobbi Althoff. | Frazer Harrison/Variety via Getty ImagesThe celebrity interviewer is really good at selling disinterest. Bobbi Althoff doesn’t want you to take her seriously. Althoff hosts The Really Good Podcast. The phrase “really good” isn’t an earnest declaration of quality, but rather the summation of Althoff’s brand of perpetually detached, flat-affect daring: Go ahead and tell her it’s not “really good.” She would never claim the talk show is... Read more ›
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