These scientists are super-charging evolution to save coral reefs
PALAU, Micronesia — The ride out to sea was, in a word, unpleasant. The coastal waters of Palau, an island...
Can you read this study and still love football?
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Football is dangerous. Parents are finally steering their kids away from it.
When the NFL season kicks off next month, millions of Americans will gather around their televisions to watch athletes of...
Pumpkin spice lattes — and the backlash, and the backlash to the backlash — explained
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The real reason voters hate data centers so much
Welcome to The Midterms, Actually. Every week I’ll be writing about two things: one big idea or trend I see...
Trump’s new attempt to seize control of the Federal Reserve, explained
Less than two months after the Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump’s attempt to fire a member of the...
The Supreme Court just revived Trump’s attempt to sabotage the 2026 election
In March, President Donald Trump issued a blatantly illegal executive order claiming that he had the power to unilaterally rewrite...
Trump blows up the US-Canada relationship
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The view from a very angry Canada
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This transplant surgery could save countless lives. Why aren’t we doing more of them?
In an episode from the fifth season of Grey’s Anatomy, Miranda Bailey, played by Chandra Wilson, orchestrates an ambitious 12-person paired...
Is Reddit still for humans?
The internet kind of sucks right now. And it’s been getting harder and harder to use over the past several...
Cage-free eggs are likely worse for the climate. The answer isn’t to switch back to caged ones.
Popular conceptions of farming tend to associate good animal welfare with environmental virtue — an intuition so strong that researchers...
Dead billionaires should pay higher taxes
Americans want to soak the rich. But few have strong opinions about precisely how. Indeed, even among our nation’s most...
The tragedy of Jason Arday
In March 2023, Jason Arday, a rising star in British academia, became a professor of sociology of education at the...
You want a baby. Is it ethical to choose surrogacy?
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