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The giant loophole that lets Big Dairy keep baby cows in solitary confinement


What the AI jobs panic is missing.


It may not be possible to TACO out of this one.


What Trump wants from a DHS funding measure, briefly explained.


Can MLB split the difference between humans and machines?
How we fell for World War II propaganda.


How to cope when your kid won’t sleep.


Markwayne Mullin, a Trump loyalist with an unconventional record, takes over Homeland Security at a moment of crisis.


The drone math giving Iran an edge, explained.


Every detail matters in puzzles, and details are where AI art often falls short.


Right-wing populists say that Trump has embraced George W. Bush’s foreign policy. They’re half-right.


The battle over what OpenAI owes the public.


A lot of people find money stuff overwhelming — but it’s never too late to start educating yourself.




Shifting goals and asymmetric leverage make a clean victory elusive — for all countries involved.


We discovered its cause 144 years ago. It’s still a massive problem.


After years on psychiatric drugs, some ask if they owe it to themselves to try coming off the medication.


The peculiar legal argument behind Trump’s attack on citizenship was invented by 19th-century anti-Chinese racists.


Airport delays are spreading. Trump wants ICE agents to fix it.


At least four justices appear to be on board with a frivolous lawsuit attacking voting by mail.


How chatbots could reverse social media’s worst consequence.


I feel guilty about how much I hate being pregnant. Experts say I shouldn’t.


And the magic number when owning an EV starts to pay off.


Vibe coding and what it means for the future of programming, explained.


How scientists (and the rest of us) are finding 16,000 new species a month.


A new theory about why human beings evolved the need to feel purpose.


Why new allegations against a high-profile chef are prompting a reckoning in the world of haute cuisine.


Paul Ehrlich predicted hundreds of millions would starve thanks to overpopulation. Here’s what actually happened.


The former House speaker on the midterms, Trump, and democracy.


A biographer says it’s not enough to reckon with Chavez’s actions. What’s needed is accountability.


How Trump is celebrating his favorite things: gold and himself.


The Mideast energy truce is breaking down.


How a basketball league for “grannies” is reimagining aging.


4 billion people are fed by fossil fuels. The Iran war is showing just how fragile that is.


Introduced species can wreak havoc on native ecosystems. Many states are flooding their waterways with them.


Iranians are still trying to work, study, and parent under the constant threat of both airstrikes and regime violence.




It’s become impossible to simply enjoy the mess and ignore the real-life trauma behind it.


The response to the Texas Senate candidate’s comments on animal welfare highlight the challenge of talking about meat in US politics.

