Hideki Shirakawa, Who Helped Turn a Lab Error Into a Nobel, Dies at 90
Hideki Shirakawa, a Japanese chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in 2000 for the discovery of plastics that can conduct...
How Gloria Steinem and Ms. Magazine Transformed the Publishing Industry
When Gloria Steinem started Ms. magazine in 1971, most women’s magazines concentrated on how to keep a house and how...
Trump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts Rates
President Trump threatened on Friday to halt a broad swath of U.S. trade unless the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates,...
Trump Plans to Use Qatari Jet for Another Overseas Flight Despite Security Concerns
President Trump is planning to take the Boeing luxury jet donated by the Qataris when he travels to Ireland next...
‘A Win for Meta’: A Debate on the Big Social Media Ruling
Last week, Meta reached a settlement with attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories. The...
How to Define the ‘Reasonable’ in Reasonable Doubt
The outcome of Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial may hinge on how the jurors understand the concept of reasonable doubt. But...
Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold
For decades, Gloria Steinem invited women into her Upper East Side apartment, a cozy space packed with mementos from her...
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
‘Facing El Chapo’ Stream it on Netflix. A ripped-from-the-headlines story, “Facing El Chapo” recalls the real-life capture of the Mexican...
The World’s First Bugs Had Way More Legs
Erik Tihelka’s first glimpse of one of the world’s oldest insects came from an outdated Russian textbook that he bought...
When the World’s Best-Known Feminist Was Accused of Insulting Women
Remember the time the world’s most famous feminist implied that young women liked Bernie Sanders more than Hillary Clinton basically...
A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.
Iran has grown more confident in its ability to attack targets in the Middle East and appears determined to continue...
Trump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands
The Trump administration on Friday took another step toward stripping federal protections from millions of acres of wetlands, which help...
The Hit Song ‘Choosin’ Texas’ Hits a Nerve: Is Texas the South?
On a recent Saturday night at Ego’s, a popular Austin karaoke bar, the room went quiet as two young women...
Can a ‘Prairie Populist’ Democrat Win a Senate Seat in Trump’s Iowa?
Josh Turek pushed past the Ring-a-Duck and the Tilt-a-Whirl before rolling up to the Iowa State Fair staple called Hot...
2 Trump Envoys Headed to Moscow and Kyiv to Revive Peace Talks
Two of President Trump’s top envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are traveling to Moscow and Kyiv this weekend, in...
