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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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards testifies before the Senate Budget Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 26, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesEven traditionally wet states are experiencing unprecedented wildfires. An unprecedented series of wildfires is burning in Louisiana, making it the latest state to navigate a major natural disaster in recent months. Wildfires — though they take place in the state annually — aren’t... Read more ›
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The weeklong festival in the Black Rock Desert produces about 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide. | Jordan England-Nelson/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty ImagesBuilding a temporary city of 80,000 people in the desert is actually bad for the planet. Sunday was not a fun day for the thousands of people on their way to Burning Man. In the days leading up to the bacchanal, traffic is typically a nightmare on... Read more ›
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Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesWhat “Eris” and “Fornax” tell us about the future of the pandemic. In the latest data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Covid-19 hospitalizations rose 18.8 percent between August 13 and August 19. Overall, they have been increasing since July 1. And in the last week, there was a 19 percent increase in locations reporting their highest levels of SARS-CoV-2 ever in sewage wastewater... Read more ›
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The federal government has announced the 10 medications that will be included in the first round of drug price negotiations. | Getty ImagesMedicare is finally negotiating prescription drug prices — and patients stand to save a lot of money. More than a decade after Democrats first ran on the proposal, Medicare is finally set to start negotiating prices for certain prescription drugs. This week, the federal government announced the 10... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty ImagesAmericans are lonelier than ever. Here’s an idea. Here is a list of clubs I am currently part of: the Difficult Book Book Club, where we read 90 pages per week of a very long and/or complex book and then meet up at a bar to discuss (so far we’ve read all of Infinite Jest and about one-third of The Power Broker, currently accepting recs for book... Read more ›
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Hurricane Idalia made landfall on the west coast of Florida on Wednesday morning. | National Hurricane CenterSeveral factors put Idalia on track to rival damage from previous deadly hurricanes. Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida on Wednesday morning as a dangerous Category 3 storm with wind speeds of 125 miles per hour. Meteorologists are projecting severe impacts along Florida’s Gulf Coast: storm surges of up to 16 feet, several inches... Read more ›
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A man views rifles for sale in Carpentersville, Illinois. | John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty ImagesThe factors that lead to tragedies like the UNC-Chapel Hill shooting are deeply ingrained in US politics, culture, and law. A grad student accused of shooting and killing a faculty member at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on August 28 has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and possessing a... Read more ›
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A Palestinian woman stands near an Israeli army checkpoint on October 13, 2021, near Bait A’wa village on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Hebron. | Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty ImagesWith “Sorry, Mohammad,” Ben-Gvir goes viral. The State of Israel has occupied the Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem since the 1967 war. The Palestinians living in those territories quite simply do not have... Read more ›
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Hurricane Idalia is expected to make landfall on the west coast of Florida on Wednesday morning. | National Hurricane CenterSeveral factors put Idalia on track to rival damage from previous deadly hurricanes. Hurricane Idalia is now barreling toward Florida’s west coast, where it’s expected to make landfall Wednesday morning as a Category 3 storm. Meteorologists are projecting severe impacts in Tampa and other cities in northwest Florida: storm surges of... Read more ›
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Vox; Associated Press; Getty ImagesThe GOP field is growing slightly less crowded as Trump maintains his dominance. Donald Trump remains the favorite of GOP primary voters. But that hasn’t stopped another 14 candidates from jumping into the race for the Republican nomination in the hopes that they can dethrone him — or at least interview for a position in the next administration. The former president, who announced his candidacy in... Read more ›
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Players of Pachuca pose with a message in support of Jennifer Hermoso of the Spanish National Team prior to the sixth round match between Pachuca and Atlético San Luis as part of the Torneo Apertura 2023 Liga MX at Hidalgo Stadium on August 28, 2023, in Pachuca, Mexico. | Hector Vivas/Getty ImagesSpanish soccer president Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed a player after the World Cup. He’s refusing to resign. After the... Read more ›
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Uganda’s queer activist Papa De raises a fist outside the Ugandan High Commission during a picket against the country's anti-homosexuality bill in Pretoria. | Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty ImagesJust months after a version of Uganda’s “kill the gays” bill became law, the first person was charged under one of its most extreme provisions. One of the world’s strictest anti-LGBTQ laws is starting to bear out real, potentially deadly consequences. This... Read more ›
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Former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks at a forum in 2022 in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe first big hearing in the case over Trump’s interference in the Georgia 2020 election could shape how the trial will unfold. Monday marked the first major hearing in the case over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia — and the outcome could... Read more ›
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A piece of Good Meat’s cultivated chicken is lifted off a plate at the Eat Just office on July 27, 2023, in Alameda, California. | Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesWe can grow no-kill meat at scale — it’s just a matter of funding. From “no-kill” chicken grown in bioreactors to juicy plant-based burgers, alternative protein options are cropping up (in extremely limited quantities) in the grocery aisle, at restaurants, and... Read more ›
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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech titled “Hand in Hand Toward a Community of Shared Development” at the BRICS-Africa Outreach and BRICS Plus Dialogue in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 24, 2023. | Photo by Li Xueren/Xinhua via Getty ImagesAn expert helps explain China’s economic woes. By now you’ve probably heard, China’s economy is not doing so well. The country’s once-booming real estate sector is stalled. China has slipped into... Read more ›
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Vivek Ramaswamy in the spin room following the Republican primary presidential debate hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 23, 2023. | Al Drago/Bloomberg via GettyVivek Ramaswamy says he would simply just solve America’s tough problems. At last week’s Republican presidential debate, the moderators asked whether Vice President Mike Pence did the right thing in refusing Donald Trump’s demands that he try to overturn Joe Biden’s victory when... Read more ›
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Power lines pass over the town of Goldsboro, Pennsylvania as steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island. | Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty ImagesThis decision is radioactive, even by the very low standards of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge James Ho is not a nuclear scientist, an expert in energy policy, an atomic engineer, or anyone else with any specialized knowledge... Read more ›
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Former White House chief of staff during the Trump administration Mark Meadows speaks during a forum titled House Rules and Process Changes for the 118th Congress in 2022 in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe first big hearing in the case over Trump’s interference in the Georgia 2020 election could shape how the trial will unfold. The first major hearing in the case over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to... Read more ›
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Andy Feng/Getty Images/iStockphotoGenerative AI tools are generating less interest than just a few months ago. When generative AI products started rolling out to the general public last year, it kicked off a frenzy of excitement and fear. People were amazed at the images and words these tools could create from just a single text prompt. Silicon Valley salivated over the prospect of a transformative new technology, one that it could... Read more ›
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One radio engineer had a plan. And it worked. Today, one of the hottest parts of the global economy is in Silicon Valley. And it’s thanks to, in large part, a radio engineer who had a plan. Fred Terman was key in building a technological hub in an area previously best known for its prunes. Thanks to his work developing Stanford Research Park, a new cycle of business innovation began... Read more ›
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