Getty ImagesTeaching an old dog new tricks. Many people consider learning to be an active endeavor, one that takes place in a classroom with a teacher and homework and tests. This intentional form of education is just one way to acquire knowledge. In fact, we absorb new information every day, often unintentionally: the best way to store tomatoes, the quickest way to get to work, the dog’s preferred chew toy.... Read more ›
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Paige Vickers/VoxPoor families are more likely to be separated by the government. The Dobbs decision will make it worse. When Michael’s mother called Maine’s primary welfare assistance hotline asking for help, she was a depressed and homeless 18-year-old single mother of three. It was the winter of 1996, and her boyfriend — her last source of additional support — had left her. A social worker with Maine’s Child Protective Services... Read more ›
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Aurora Samperio/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in college admissions could embolden actors to challenge the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts of employers. Corporations have already scaled back the diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts they launched in 2020 amid an ultimately stunted racial reckoning. Now the question is whether the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions will lead them to further rein in these programs... Read more ›
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Sjoerd van der Wal/Getty ImagesDutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s resignation could be a bellwether for European Parliament elections A bitter divide over immigration policy has brought down Mark Rutte, The Netherlands’ longest-serving prime minister, demonstrating Europe’s increasingly polarized debate about how to manage the thousands of people risking their lives in hopes of resettling there. Rutte handed in his resignation on Saturday to the Netherlands’ King Willem-Alexander, ending the longest-runnin Read more ›
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Activists protest outside the Ugandan embassy over Uganda’s parliamentary Anti-Homosexuality Bill on April 25, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesOutlawing homosexuality has forced health care underground. In the six weeks since Uganda’s president signed the country’s Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) into law, the LGBTQ community and its supporters in Kampala, Uganda’s capital and largest city, have faced escalating harassment and security threats. The regulation has led to more than. Read more ›
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It’s still not clear what might convince Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to drop his opposition and allow Sweden into the alliance. | Yavuz Ozden/dia images via Getty ImagesThe Turkey-Sweden-NATO drama, briefly explained. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is pretty much the most popular guy in town these days — if that town is Vilnius, Lithuania, and if you’re popular because everyone has to be nice to you so you’ll... Read more ›
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Activists hold photos of US Supreme Court justices as they block an intersection during a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in December 2021, in Washington, DC. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesThe way to beat a partisan Supreme Court is to hold a grudge against it for a really long time. Chief Justice John Roberts ended his final opinion of the Supreme Court’s just-completed term by scolding his liberal colleagues.... Read more ›
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According to a study by the US Geological Survey, nearly half of the tap water in the United States is contaminated with “forever chemicals” that are considered dangerous to human health. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesA new study detected PFAS in 45 percent of the country’s tap water supply. Here’s what you can do. According to a new federal study, 45 percent of the United States’s tap water supply could contain... Read more ›
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US President Joe Biden exits the White House on his way to Marine One on the South Lawn on July 6, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesWhy cluster bombs are different from other US weapons sent to Ukraine. The United States is going to provide Ukraine with cluster bombs, a controversial decision because of the threat these indiscriminate weapons can be to civilian populations. Ukraine has been seeking... Read more ›
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MetaInstagram’s new copycat app is nowhere near as fun as Twitter. Can anything be? Threads, Instagram’s latest attempt at a “Twitter killer” app, launched on the evening of July 5, inviting the same question as every other app that has tried to capitalize on Elon Musk’s extremely mismanaged takeover of Twitter: Will this, finally, be the one to make Twitter irrelevant? Before we get to the answer (spoiler: It’s “no,”... Read more ›
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US President Joe Biden exits the White House on his way to Marine One on the South Lawn on July 6, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe Biden administration’s potentially controversial decision, explained. The United States is reportedly going to provide Ukraine with cluster bombs, a controversial decision because of the threat these indiscriminate weapons can be to civilian populations. Ukraine has been seeking cluster munitions for months... Read more ›
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Taylor Swift attends Fox’s Teen Choice Awards on August 11, 2019, in Hermosa Beach, California. | Rich Fury/Getty ImagesAfter losing her masters to Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift is in the process of making new ones. Taylor Swift’s third full album of rereleased vintage classics — Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) — has arrived. Swift began releasing her rerecorded music in April 2021, when she dropped Fearless (Taylor’s Version), a new take... Read more ›
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at an event in Tokyo in June 2023. | Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images“Arms race” is the wrong mental model for AI. Here’s a better one. You’ve probably heard AI progress described as a classic “arms race.” The basic logic is that if you don’t race forward on making advanced AI, someone else will — probably someone more reckless and less safety-conscious. So, better that you should... Read more ›
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The FDA has granted full approval to lecanemab, also known as Leqembi, which promises to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. | Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty ImagesIt’s a glimmer of hope for patients and families — if the US health system can handle it. A proven treatment to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s — a devastating disease that robs individuals of their personality, autonomy, and ultimately life —... Read more ›
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A protester holds a sign outside the Miami federal courthouse where former President Donald Trump was arraigned later in the day on June 13, 2023. | Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesSecurity footage, unwitting lawyers, and more details in the Mar-a-Lago search warrant affidavit reveal how prosecutors built their case against Trump. We now have more information about how prosecutors conducted their search for classified documents that former President Donald Trump kept after... Read more ›
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The Anopheles mosquito can infect a person with the malaria parasite. | Paul Starosta/Getty ImagesThe cases, identified in Florida and Texas, raise a lot of questions. In late May, Sarasota County, Florida, health officials confirmed they had identified a case of locally transmitted malaria. In mid-June, they confirmed the second. On June 26, after an additional two cases were confirmed, Florida health officials issued a statewide mosquito-borne illness advisory —... Read more ›
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People walk through the gate at the Harvard University campus on June 29, 2023, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | Scott Eisen/Getty ImagesLegacy admits, athletic recruits, and the children of donors, faculty members, and VIPs still have a leg up under the Supreme Court’s new ruling. The Supreme Court’s decision to effectively ban the consideration of race in college admissions reversed more than 40 years of precedent. It also left other kinds... Read more ›
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A child runs through a fountain in Vilnius, Lithuania to cool off on June 21, 2023 amid a heat wave that brought temperatures nearing 90 degrees Fahrenheit. | Mindaugas Kulbis/APHeat waves like those in Texas and Europe are likely to get worse on the whole, not better. Surprise! This summer is extremely hot. How hot? July 4 was the hottest day on Earth since record-keeping began more than 40 years... Read more ›
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Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty ImagesMalaria kills half a million people a year in Africa. We can prevent that — if we act fast enough. In 2000, nearly 900,000 people died of malaria, the vast majority of whom lived in poorer regions of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa. It’s one of the biggest public health problems in the world, threatening nearly half the world’s population. Over the last 20 years,... Read more ›
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks with Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers before the start of a meeting between President Joe Biden and governors visiting from states around the country in the East Room of the White House on February 10, 2023, in Washington, DC. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesGov. Tony Evers flexed on Republicans with a creative gubernatorial veto. This week, Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers made key changes to the... Read more ›
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