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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A Culex pipiens mosquito specimen in the insect collection at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. | E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesScientists are reporting increasing insecticide resistance among American Culex mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus to humans. West Nile virus causes disease in thousands of Americans each year, leading to flu-like illness in about one-fifth of people who get it and, less commonly, serious problems... Read more ›
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Working from home as a parent comes with its own problems. | Getty Images/iStockphotoFor all its benefits, the practice can be a double-edged sword — especially for moms. In March 2020, millions of American parents turned kitchen tables into desks, closets into boardrooms, and Zoom meetings into opportunities for impromptu dance performances when they started working from home to care for their kids during the pandemic. Of course, some parents... Read more ›
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Love triangles like the one in The Summer I Turned Pretty are classic tales that keep us wanting more. | IMDBHow love triangles capture our hearts and our attention. Jenny Han’s young adult trilogy The Summer I Turned Pretty, and its Amazon Prime TV show adaptation, depicts a classic love triangle, with a few notable twists. Teen protagonist Belly (Lola Tung) is caught between the love of two brothers, Conrad... Read more ›
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A French bulldog. | Getty Images/iStockphotoFrenchies and other flat-faced dogs struggle to breathe all year. Extreme heat is making it worse. Earlier this year, the French bulldog — or the “Frenchie,” as the breed is affectionately known — was named the United States’ most popular dog, ending the Labrador’s 31-year reign. But some of the characteristics that make the Frenchie so irresistibly cute — the scrunched-up flat face, the little... Read more ›
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Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThe travel authorization is set to roll out in 2024 and will affect travelers across the globe. Travelers to Europe from many countries, including the US, will soon be required to apply for a travel authorization known as ETIAS, or the European Travel Information and Authorization System, to visit destinations like France, Italy, and Spain, as well as 27 other European countries. For years, US... Read more ›
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ORTN - Télé Sahel/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Mohamed Bazoum has refused to resign despite Wednesday’s military takeover. Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of Niger’s presidential guard, with other members of Niger’s armed forces, on Friday declared himself head of a transitional government he called “the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland,” while international leaders and organizations including the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States... Read more ›
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Grandparents are an important part of the lives of children. Here’s how to manage their involvement. | Getty Images/fStopParenting is hard. Managing your own parents can be harder. Having children can be an exciting opportunity to do things differently than your own parents did. Even if you have a great relationship with your parents, you probably won’t see eye-to-eye on everything — just because we love them doesn’t mean it’s... Read more ›
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A macaque sits in a cage in a University of Muenster laboratory in Muenster, Germany, on November 24, 2017. | Friso Gentsch/picture alliance via Getty ImagesWhere biomedicine gets it wrong about primate research. A friend says they can always tell when you’re hungover. The way you close the cage latch. With so little to do, their attention can focus on those subtle differences in movement: the way it turns, whether... Read more ›
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ORTN - Télé Sahel/AFP via Getty ImagesPresident Mohamed Bazoum has refused to resign despite Wednesday’s military takeover. Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of Niger’s presidential guard, with other members of Niger’s armed forces, on Friday declared himself head of a transitional government he called “the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland,” while international leaders and organizations including the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States... Read more ›
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John Wilson’s eponymous show premieres for its third and final season on July 28. | HBOThe wonderfully weird HBO series returns for its final season. There’s a delightful specificity to How To With John Wilson, the HBO series that’s beginning its third and final season on July 28. “Hey, New York,” Wilson says in voice-over at the beginning of every episode, generally over a shot of something mildly amusing on... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers / VoxThe borax challenge was never just a dangerous TikTok trend. Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only; the writers are not recommending drinking Borax. Just don’t. The video has all the emblems of someone sharing their recipe for a nutritious smoothie: ingredients laid out on the counter, captions touting their health benefits. But Leah Anduiza, who posts on TikTok as @thetruthaboutparasites, is not telling her 47,000... Read more ›
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A “soft landing” from last year’s inflation crisis appears increasingly plausible. | Getty ImagesIs it time to celebrate the economy’s “soft landing” yet? The US economy is looking good. A “soft landing” — getting last year’s skyrocketing inflation under control without a recession — appears increasingly plausible. All of its structural inequities largely persist, of course, but wages are strong, unemployment is low, and the economy is still growing. The... Read more ›
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The female lone star tick sports a distinctive white dot on its back. | Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesWhy cases of alpha-gal syndrome are on the rise. Very little can stop the average American from eating beef — and quite a lot of it. On a per-capita basis, Americans eat nearly 60 pounds of red meat a year, equivalent to more than one quarter-pound hamburger every other... Read more ›
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Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky, OpenAI President Greg Brockman, Meta President Nick Clegg, Inflection AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google’s President of Global Affairs Kent Walker, and Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith at the White House. | Getty ImagesCompanies like OpenAI and Google could make unthinkable profits from successful AI. Will they share the wealth? There’s a lot of money in AI. That’s not... Read more ›
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Vox/Udo Schmidt/Wikipedia/Getty ImagesTinder for these insects is actual tinder. For Melanophila beetles, forest fires aren’t just hot. They’re hot. As flames start ripping through forests, as they often do in the late summer, most animals flee or take refuge for obvious reasons: They don’t want to die. But Melanophila beetles flock to the flames and start looking for sex. While the wood is still smoldering, they find a mate and... Read more ›
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BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesWhat to make of the uptick of Covid-19 this summer — and what to expect this winter. Don’t call it a comeback — because it’s not, really — but Covid-19 appears to be in the midst of another summer uptick, a reminder that the virus that caused so much economic and social turmoil in the past few years has not been completely eliminated as a... Read more ›
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Then-President George W. Bush holds Baron Mosima Loyiso Tantoh, son of South African HIV-AIDS activist Kunene Tantoh, during a White House visit on PEPFAR in 2007. | Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty ImagesA program that’s saved 25 million lives is at risk of losing its congressional authorization for the first time. You may not have heard of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). But you should: It has saved more lives... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty ImagesThe AI debate splitting the tech world, explained. Last week, Meta made a game-changing move in the world of AI. At a time when other leading AI companies like Google and OpenAI are closely guarding their secret sauce, Meta decided to give away, for free, the code that powers its innovative new AI large language model, Llama 2. That means other companies can now use Meta’s Llama... Read more ›
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Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Action USA conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on July 15, 2023. | Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty ImagesTrump allegedly tried to destroy evidence in the federal case involving classified documents. Special prosecutor Jack Smith unexpectedly filed a new indictment against former President Donald Trump on Thursday night — a totally different indictment from the one many... Read more ›
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Former US President Donald Trump watches from a box on the 18th green during day one of the LIV Golf Invitational - DC at Trump National Golf Club on May 26, 2023, in Sterling, Virginia. | Rob Carr/Getty ImagesHere’s what you need to know about the new charges in the classified documents case against Trump. Former President Donald Trump is facing new federal charges over his alleged refusal to return... Read more ›
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