American TikTok Users Are Fantasizing About ‘Being Chinese’
If you’re reading this, you’re Chinese. Or so says a genre of online content, which delivers instructions to the newly...
Americans Are Stuck in Dead-End, Exploitative Part-Time Jobs
What comes to mind when you think about working part time? For Americans who work salaried jobs, part-time work tends...
As Iran War Drags On, Europe Wants to Avoid a New Migration Crisis
The longer the war in Iran continues, the more European officials worry it will spur a new refugee crisis. That...
Do You Spend Too Much Time Wearing Headphones?
Do you ever wear headphones when you’re around other people? For example, while riding in the back seat of the...
People Are Making Money Betting on Pretaped ‘Survivor’ Episodes
On prediction markets, you can win money by forecasting the future: Who will be elected president in 2028? Which team...
Betting on Ayatollah’s Ouster Ignites Ire Over Prediction Markets
People worldwide were betting on the fall of Iran’s late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on prediction markets long before...
Why Is ‘Iris’ by the Goo Goo Dolls Still Everywhere?
As Ebuka Okorie of Stanford University prepared to shoot a free throw at a recent postseason college basketball game, a...
Israel Intensifies Strikes on Beirut, Targeting Areas Once Considered Safe
The Israeli military expanded its airstrikes on central Beirut on Wednesday, destroying buildings and sending residents fleeing from neighborhoods that...
Citizens’ Vision Inspired a New Park Under the Brooklyn Bridge
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. Today we’ll look at a park that is blooming under the Brooklyn Bridge. We’ll also find...
A ‘Hail Mary’ for Earth, Built on Solid Science
Andy Weir’s “Project Hail Mary,” published in 2021, is a story about humanity’s last-ditch attempt to save Earth from “astrophage,”...
A Rare Trip to the Front Line With Ukraine’s President
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Why Some Birds Seem to Be Developing a Cigarette Habit
Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos, house finches in Mexico and song thrushes in New Zealand have all developed a curious...
Pritzker’s Gamble to Become a Kingmaker in Illinois Pays Off
Gov. JB Pritzker was not on the ballot in the Illinois Senate race, but that was hard to tell from...
Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Push to Cleanse His Past Online
An email sent to Jeffrey Epstein in September 2010 presented an intriguing opportunity. “Would you be interested,” it read, “in...
Got an Idea About Who Robbed the Gardner Museum? Get in Line.
It seems just about everyone has been fingered at one time or another as the perpetrator of the largest art...
