Editorâs 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 âChristmas creepâ now begins before Halloween, but the true Christmas season actually starts on Christmas Day itself. Thatâs right: December 25 marks the official start of [âŠ] Read more âș
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A pig en route to slaughter. | Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals MediaDecades of progress for animal welfare are potentially at risk. You may not have noticed it, but the grocery store egg aisle has increasingly been going cage-free. In 2015, just a few percent of eggs sold in the US came from hens that werenât confined in tiny cages. Today, itâs close to 40 percent. That swift change has come in... Read more âș
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French President Emmanuel Macron, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr StĂžre, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Polish President Andrzej Duda, and US President Joe Biden on stage at the NATO summit on July 11, 2023, in Vilnius, Lithuania. | Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance via Getty ImagesAlmost a year on, the Inflation Reduction Act still doesnât sit well with the EU. Joe Biden has made... Read more âș
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Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesAir Force pilots and Israelâs biggest trade union threatened strikes over the legislation. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis throughout the country are protesting the first of a series of proposed radical changes to the countryâs judicial system, which they fear will weaken checks on the executive branch â consolidating power under right-wing President Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies. Over the weekend tens of thousands of... Read more âș
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Justin Kirk as Jeryd Mencken on Succession. | Warner Bros.Onscreen presidents tend to be youthful and dashing. Real presidents, less so. Welcome to Noticed, Voxâs cultural trend column. You know that thing youâve been seeing all over the place? Allow us to explain it. What it is: Theyâre charming, fit, and usually good-looking, with Arlington-cemetery smiles and oilfield hair. Thereâs a decent chance theyâll have served in a familiar conflict... Read more âș
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Chicken grown directly from animal cells, also known as âcell-cultivatedâ meat, is prepared at JosĂ© AndrĂ©sâs China Chilcano restaurant. | Eat JustStar chef JosĂ© AndrĂ©s is piloting a lab-grown chicken dinner. Hereâs what it tastes like. I havenât ordered meat at a restaurant in almost two decades, since I became a vegetarian in high school (and later, a vegan). But last week I found myself scarfing down two chicken skewers.... Read more âș
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Lauren DeCicca/Getty ImagesThai politics could still change despite the best efforts of the military and the monarchy. Hopes for a progressive, democratic Thailand may be dashed after Pita Limjaroenrat and his Move Forward party were dealt a major blow Wednesday when the countryâs parliament barred Pita from standing a second time in elections for Prime Minister. The National Assembly also ousted Pita late Wednesday on recommendation of the Constitutional Court... Read more âș
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Hoover Police DepartmentWhat the viral story of a missing Alabama woman says about all of us. From the beginning, the details of Carlee Russellâs disappearance seemed destined to cause an internet frenzy: Russell, a Black 25-year-old nursing student, went missing from the side of a highway in Hoover, Alabama on the night of July 13th, shortly after calling 911 to report a child wandering alone on the side of the... Read more âș
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American theoretical physicist and professor of physics J. Robert Oppenheimer at the University of California, Berkeley | Photo 12/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThe so-called âfather of the bombâ helped bring us prematurely into the age of existential risk. One would be tempted to describe J. Robert Oppenheimer as a tragic figure â thatâs certainly how Christopher Nolan portrays him in the biopic Oppenheimer. The father of the atomic bomb... Read more âș
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Getty Images/iStockphotoPeople are redefining the 9-to-5 and thatâs a good thing. Hybrid work is the new millennials. Itâs being blamed for destroying everything. Most recently, hybrid work is apparently making it really hard to schedule meetings from 4 to 6 pm, since workers are ducking out slightly early to pick up their kids or get a workout in, according to the Wall Street Journal. Some workers make up for the... Read more âș
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Getty Images/fStopTips for keeping kids, adults, and the elderly cool and safe â even without air conditioning. The Earth has never been so hot. The three days of July 3 through July 5 were the hottest days on record. Temperatures have topped 100 degrees in Arizona, Florida, Texas, California, Louisiana, and Nevada, with no respite in sight. One-third of Americans were under some form of heat watch, advisory, or warning... Read more âș
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You probably donât want your senator calling these guys to make trades after a briefing in the middle of the day. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty ImagesCongressâs newest attempt to ban itself from trading stocks, explained. The vast majority of voters do not want members of Congress to trade stocks. Plenty of members of Congress say they donât think they and their colleagues should be playing the stock market either. And... Read more âș
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Lauren Tamaki for VoxHeat has bigger effects on us than we may realize. A few weeks ago, the world recorded the hottest day ever, breaking a record set just the day before. The milestone for hottest single temperature on the planet may fall any day now as Death Valley approaches 130 degrees Fahrenheit. And last month was the hottest June ever measured across the world. Itâs the hottest summer of... Read more âș
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Margot Robbie, who plays the titular character in Barbie, at the filmâs world premiere. | Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicBrand collabs and Barbenheimer memes catapulted Barbie hype to new heights. The fact is, itâll be nearly impossible for Barbie to live up to its hype. Just as perfection only exists as an ideal never quite made flesh, Greta Gerwigâs desperately anticipated film based on the blonde plastic doll will necessarily disappoint some when the... Read more âș
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Vice President Javier Ortega Smith helps paste up Vox voting posters during a tour of different streets in the center of Pontevedra, on July 20, 2023, in Galicia, Spain. | Beatriz Ciscar/Europa Press/Getty ImagesThe countryâs upcoming elections could see a hard-right party enter national government for the first time in generations. After its July 23 national elections, Spain could be partially governed by a far-right party for the first time... Read more âș
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Ben McKenzie, anti-crypto actor. | Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesItâs probably wise to avoid celebrity advice on money, but The O.C.âs Ben McKenzie has a point. Ben McKenzie thinks you should not listen to famous people when it comes to crypto. Except for him. When other celebrities like Tom Brady and Matt Damon were out there pushing regular investors to ride the digital investing wave, McKenzie â perhaps best known... Read more âș
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Simon Walsh points out diseased coral off the coast of Dominica. | UN Foundation/Kreig HarrisThe Caribbeanâs marine heat wave will have big impacts on tiny islands like Dominica. SOUFRIĂRE, Dominica â The clear waters here tend to be pleasantly warm year-round, a key part of the appeal for snorkelers and divers eager to see the elkhorn, brain, and flower corals just a few feet off the rocky beach. The 72,000... Read more âș
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President Biden is trying to make sure AI companies are being as safe and responsible as they say they are. | Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesSome AI companies have made safety commitments. Is that enough? In its continuing efforts to try to do something about the barely regulated, potentially world-changing generative AI wave, the Biden administration announced today that seven AI companies have committed to developing products that are... Read more âș
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Cillian Murphy plays the âfather of the atomic bombâ in Oppenheimer. | Universal PicturesChristopher Nolanâs masterful epic continues his long-running obsessions. About a minute into Oppenheimer, it becomes obvious why Christopher Nolan wanted to tackle the project. His subject, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the âfather of the atomic bomb,â was a theoretical physicist, a man who obsessed over the building blocks of the universe. He flings crystal goblets into corners to... Read more âș
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Margot Robbie as Barbie. | Warner Bros.Turns out Greta Gerwigâs Barbie movie is a Biblical metaphor after all. In a May feature in Vogue, Barbie director and co-writer Greta Gerwig cheekily compared Barbie and Ken to Adam and Eve. âBarbie was invented first,â she said. âKen was invented after Barbie, to burnish Barbieâs position in our eyes and in the world. That kind of creation myth is the opposite of... Read more âș
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The Turkish bulk carrier TQ SAMSUN, loaded with Ukrainian agricultural products as part of the Grain Initiative, leaves the Port of Odesa, southern Ukraine, on July 16. | Yulii Zozulia/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesRussia quit a deal made to avert a global food crisis and has now launched strikes against the key port city of Odesa. Russia has suspended participation in a deal that let Ukraine ship its grain through... Read more âș
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