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Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really matters.


Another weird press conference, briefly explained.


It’s obvious that the Court isn’t actually trying to come up with a legal rule that makes sense.


And how much has the Trump administration already accomplished from its playbook?


Why the nation’s movies, video games, and toys went global in 2025.

Ugliness has more to do with the housing crisis than you think.


Entertainment got too good.


It’s not just the smut. It’s about a deeper desire.


How public opinion on crowdfunding soured, explained in one chart.


The high seas used to be the wild west of the ocean, but a new treaty could finally bring oversight.


What comes after “peak protein”?


A small but meaningful split among Republicans is emerging.


Satellites are our only insight into the ongoing conflict — and worth protecting.


The Islamic Republic’s current trajectory is unsustainable. But even authoritarian governments sometimes reform.


He’s far from the first president to face this kind of dilemma.


The AI coworker is making tech people lose their minds. Here’s what it actually is.


Gen Z’s hottest club might just be the multiplex.


The Insurrection Act, explained.


An “impossible situation” for Minneapolis, briefly explained.


Microplastics are bad for us. But scientists are still figuring out the rest of the story.


The MAGA media system is going into overdrive.


The answer could hinge on a Supreme Court ruling from 1890 — and another from 2025.


One of Zohran Mamdani’s most expensive ideas has surprising early momentum.




A big week for Trump’s DOJ doing what he wants.



Since Renee Good’s killing, more residents are trying to protect their neighbors themselves.


The government is recruiting ICE agents with (literal) neo-Nazi propaganda.


The agency’s new math to favor polluters, explained.


Here’s what ChatGPT Health can actually tell you — and what it can’t.


What Heated Rivalry and gay hockey smut can tell us about ourselves.


The Trump administration is cracking down on borrowers who have fallen behind on payments.


The massacres taking place in an internet blackout.


Trans athletes always faced a difficult road in this Court.


Major studies on microplastics are now being called into question.


What algorithms and God-pizza teach us about “mechanical values” and living a good life.


Experts explain whether there’s such a thing as too much fitness.


The Court must deal with the chaos it created around guns.

