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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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who signed one of the unconstitutional laws before the Supreme Court in the NetChoice cases. | Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesWe’re about to find out if the Supreme Court still believes in capitalism. In mid-2021, about a year before he began his longstanding feud with the biggest employer in his state, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation attempting to seize control of content moderation... Read more ›
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Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesTikTok accounts are using audio from a banned wellness coach to sell salt and castor oil. Barbara O’Neill, who makes a living as a holistic health educator, has given lectures claiming that cancer is caused by a fungus and that she has helped people cure their cancer with baking soda and highly restrictive diets, and discouraging those who listened to her from seeking chemotherapy. She... Read more ›
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A injured Kansas City fan is tended to by medical officials following a shooting at a celebratory parade. | ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP/Getty ImagesThe factors that lead to tragedies like the Kansas City shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law. One person was killed, and at least 20 injured, in a shooting following a post-Super Bowl rally in Kansas City meant to celebrate the city’s Super Bowl-winning Kansas City... Read more ›
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Ride-hail drivers rally at a staging area near O’Hare International Airport during a work strike on February 14, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesThe protests spotlight gig workers’ lack of basic labor protections. On Wednesday, Lyft, Uber, and DoorDash drivers mounted one of their largest strikes ever as part of a push for fair pay and better protections. The strikes, which took place in as many as 44... Read more ›
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Maria Stavreva/Getty ImagesIsolation policies haven’t stopped Covid’s worst outcomes. Other, better policies might. On February 13, the Washington Post reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to issue new guidelines that would substantially pull back on recommendations for people infected with Covid-19. The guidelines, which are expected to drop in April, will reportedly no longer recommend that most Americans infected with the virus stay away from work... Read more ›
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Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka celebrate with their supporters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 14, 2024, after the polls closed in the Indonesian presidential and legislative general election. Subianto is claiming victory in the first round of the presidential election. | Aditya Irawan/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesA relic from Indonesia’s dictatorship is the new president. Indonesians have chosen Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo as their next president, despite his history as a... Read more ›
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Matte paintings have transformed movies for over 100 years. AI could be the next step in making them. When I look at movies from the ’20s to the ’90s, I’m blown away by the worlds that filmmakers were able to create with their visuals. From Mary Poppins to Ben-Hur to Star Wars, they truly made things that people had never seen before — all with little to no help from... Read more ›
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A piece of GOOD Meat’s cell-cultivated chicken cooks on a grill at the company’s California office in July 2023. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThe political beef over cell-cultivated meat, explained. Earlier this month, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared his support for banning a food product that barely exists — cell-cultivated or “lab-grown” meat — by dismissing the very concept at a press conference. “We’re not going to do that fake meat,”... Read more ›
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US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a US Border Patrol station on January 8, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. | John Moore/Getty ImagesIt weaponizes the practice in a new way. After an embarrassing flop last week, House Republicans successfully impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday. This time around, the return of Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) helped guarantee Republicans the votes they... Read more ›
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Silicon Valley was an early leader in psychedelic research in the 1960s, helping shape an enduring narrative about the ties between tech innovation and drug use. | Getty ImagesSure, Elon Musk’s into ketamine and Peter Thiel has his doping Olympics, but drugs and tech are nothing new. Elon Musk uses drugs. So do some of the people he works with — including directors on the Tesla board — sometimes allegedly... Read more ›
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Brittany Holloway-Brown for VoxHow America has made it harder for Black people to marry. Romantic relationships are in a weird place right now. Sure, I have anecdotal evidence; I could open my phone and see a dating app horror story in any one of my group chats. But I don’t have to take you through the dating woes of DC 30-somethings because data supports this too. Statistically, things are shifting.... Read more ›
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Carol Yepes via Getty ImagesDon’t think of love as a language. Experts say to think of love as a balanced diet instead. As Meyers-Briggs quizzes are to corporate bonding retreats, love languages are to Hinge profiles. They show up again and again on dating sites, and on relationship advice forums and social media memes and debunking podcasts. There is something about the idea of love languages that seems to make... Read more ›
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The Ford’s Maverick Hybrid pickup truck saw a huge jump in sales last year. | Umair Irfan/VoxIn the age of electric vehicles, the hybrid is still a contender. Are electric vehicles hitting a pothole? Ford announced last month that it was cutting production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. General Motors and Volkswagen last year said they would reduce electric vehicle manufacturing. All-electric and plug-in hybrid carmakers are struggling... Read more ›
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Exterior of Lakewood Church on February 12, 2024, in Houston. | Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle/Getty ImagesSome conservatives have seized on the shooting to frame trans people as threats. Following a Sunday shooting at a Houston megachurch that wounded two people, conservatives have seized on aspects of the perpetrator’s identity — and misinformation about it — to further their attacks on trans people and immigrants. Police have disclosed that the shooter previously... Read more ›
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