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Archives for July 2025

The Logoff
Columbia pays Trump’s ransomColumbia pays Trump’s ransom
The Logoff

Why is Columbia paying the Trump administration $200 million?

By Cameron Peters
Supreme Court
3 Supreme Court justices just said they’re fine with race discrimination in elections3 Supreme Court justices just said they’re fine with race discrimination in elections
Supreme Court

Turns out only half of the Republican justices want to kill off the Voting Rights Act.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Why tariffs haven’t caused runaway inflation — yetWhy tariffs haven’t caused runaway inflation — yet
Politics

If you’re worried about inflation from Trump’s tariffs already, just wait until fall.

By Nicole Narea
Future Perfect
Trump’s blaming California for high egg prices. It makes no sense.Trump’s blaming California for high egg prices. It makes no sense.
Future Perfect

What won’t Trump blame on California?

By Kenny Torrella
Technology
Delta is using AI to give you a personalized airfare. It could be the future of pricing.Delta is using AI to give you a personalized airfare. It could be the future of pricing.
Technology

Companies can harvest everything from your location to your search history to determine how much you pay.

By Adam Clark Estes
Video
Why children get so many vaccinesWhy children get so many vaccines
Play
Video

Children get a lot of shots in the first few years of life. Here’s why.

By Kim Mas
Future Perfect
We don’t know how many people will die because of Trump’s USAID cutsWe don’t know how many people will die because of Trump’s USAID cuts
Future Perfect

The chaos of Trump’s global health cuts make the human toll near-impossible to calculate. That’s by design.

By Kelsey Piper
Life
How millennials ruined summer campHow millennials ruined summer camp
Life

Once a world of lanyards and nature walks, camp looks a lot different than it used to.

By Anna North
Climate
Why your energy bill is suddenly so much more expensiveWhy your energy bill is suddenly so much more expensive
Climate

And why it’s not getting cheaper any time soon.

By Umair Irfan
The modern taboo that Americans just can’t seem to break
Advice

What if we were a little less scared to talk about death?

By Sara Youngblood Gregory
Politics
How the Jeffrey Epstein scandal became the mother of all conspiracy theoriesHow the Jeffrey Epstein scandal became the mother of all conspiracy theories
Politics

It’s a Pizzagate/QAnon scandal. It’s a Trump scandal. It’s a Me Too scandal. It has something for every political subculture.

By Andrew Prokop
Culture
Should we feel weird about the Coldplay cheating drama?Should we feel weird about the Coldplay cheating drama?
Culture

What we lose when there’s no privacy in public.

By Kyndall Cunningham
Down to Earth
What the heck is “corn sweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous?What the heck is “corn sweat” and is it making the Midwest more dangerous?
Down to Earth

It’s pretty much just as gross as it sounds.

By Benji Jones
Climate
A “mosh pit of molecules” is trapping heat over much of the US right nowA “mosh pit of molecules” is trapping heat over much of the US right now
Climate

The science behind the brutal heat dome, explained.

By Matt Simon
Culture
Will we ever know why Bryan Kohberger murdered the Idaho Four?Will we ever know why Bryan Kohberger murdered the Idaho Four?
Culture

Without a trial in the Idaho student murders, a wave of true crime media seeks to supply answers.

By Aja Romano