ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t
Sam Altman (left), CEO of artificial intelligence company OpenAI, and the company’s co-founder and then-chief scientist...
That’s that who espresso? Sabrina Carpenter, explained.
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When TikTok therapy is more lucrative than seeing clients
Getty Images Dr. Julie Smith is sitting behind a rainbow of five Post-it notes, each meant...
The unionization fight is coming to the South
Volkswagen workers and labor organizers at a United Auto Workers vote watch party on April 19,...
Why movies and albums both got so long
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The controversy over Harrison Butker’s misogynistic commencement speech, explained
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs arrives before Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on...
Raw milk is more dangerous than ever. So why are sales surging?
A man processes milk fresh from a cow on a dairy farm. Universal Images Group via...
Teletherapy can really help, and really hurt
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The Supreme Court decides not to trigger a second Great Depression
Justice Clarence Thomas takes an unexpected face turn in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association. Chip...
Biden’s surprise proposal to debate Trump early, explained
Then-US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during the final 2020 presidential debate....
Psychedelics could treat some of the worst chronic pain in the world
Anton Vierietin/Getty Images Here’s another strange and under-studied prospect of psychedelics: a world without severe chronic...
Why school segregation is getting worse
A teacher and students in a public classroom in Salmon School District in Idaho. Sarah A....
Make "free speech" a progressive rallying cry again
Police arrest a pro-Palestinian activist at the City College of New York on April 30. Spencer...
How to prepare for another season of wildfire smoke
Due to the affects of Canadian wildfires, it was a hazy morning in the Twin Cities...
Why we’ve been seeing the northern lights so often lately
The recent geomagnetic storm allowed auroras to be visible across a much wider area, reaching into...
Meme stocks like GameStop are soaring like it’s 2021
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images A roaring kitty, a legion of Redditors, and failing companies that...
The silver lining in a very bad poll for Biden
President Joe Biden arrives to speak at the SK Siltron CSS facility in Bay City, Michigan,...
Why is Biden blocking the cheapest, most popular EVs in the world?
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How a bunch of Redditors made GameStop’s stock soar
A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks past a GameStop store in the Herald Square area...
Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption trial, explained
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife Nadine Arslanian arrive for a state dinner in honor...
8 surprising reasons to stop hating cicadas and start worshipping them
A periodical cicada in Chevy Chase, Maryland, in the spring of 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty...
The 9 worst court decisions since Trump remade the federal judiciary
Justice Samuel Alito. Alex Wong/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump’s four years in the White House...
Why New York City is lowering its speed limit
Police investigate the scene of a collision between an electric scooter rider and vehicle in Queens,...
Who’s the father? For these baby animals, one doesn’t exist.
Charlotte the stingray was pregnant. That in and of itself was not all that exciting but,...
America’s misunderstood border crisis, in 8 charts
Migrant people of different nationalities seeking asylum in the United States travel on freight cars of...
How to fight without ruining a relationship
Because humans are imperfect, complex social beings, we argue. We disagree. We butt heads. If you’re...
So, what was the point of John Mulaney’s live Netflix talk show?
Cassandra Peterson, Sarah Silverman, and John Mulaney at John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA for the...
UFOs, God, and the edge of understanding
Getty Images If you’re into UFOs and aliens, the last five years or so have been...
Israel’s other war
An Israeli reserve combat soldier takes part in a training drill on May 8, 2024, in...
What we know about the police killing of Black Air Force member Roger Fortson
Chantemekki Fortson, mother of Roger Fortson, a US Air Force senior airman, holds a photo of...
Inside the bombshell scandal that prompted two Miss USAs to step down
Miss USA Noelia Voigt attends the 72nd Miss Universe Competition on November 15, 2023, in San...
How to listen to Today, Explained on the radio
You can listen to Today, Explained on many local public radio stations across the US, with...
Macklemore’s anthem for Gaza is a rarity: A protest song in an era of apolitical music
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How the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisks
A lab at Ginkgo Bioworks in Boston, Massachusetts, in September 2022. Bloomberg via Getty Images In...
The Trump hush money case has been a quiet affair. Enter Stormy Daniels.
Stormy Daniels leaves Manhattan Criminal Court on May 9, 2024, in New York City. Michael M....
Biden is threatening to withhold some weapons from Israel. Is it a real shift in policy?
Palestinians walk around the rubble of buildings destroyed after an Israeli attack on the As Salam...
How TikTok Shop ads turned an obscure, inaccurate book into a bestseller
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Social media platforms aren’t equipped to handle the negative effects of their algorithms abroad. Neither is the law.
Just after the clock struck midnight, a man entered a nightclub in Istanbul, where hundreds of...
North America’s biggest city is running out of water
Mexico City is being threatened by a water crisis after the main reservoirs remain under 40...
What a Zoom cashier 8,000 miles away can tell us about the future of work
Experts say AI automation likely won’t mean human jobs are replaced altogether — instead, humans will...
"Climate-friendly" beef could land in a meat aisle near you. Don’t fall for it.
Beef cattle stand in a barn at a feedlot in Illinois, on April 5, 2011. Daniel...
Drake and Kendrick Lamar don’t care about misogyny
Drake and Kendrick Lamar performing onstage. Prince Williams/Wireimage, C Flanigan/Getty Images The first weekend of May...
Eurovision says it’s "apolitical." History says otherwise.
Jessica Gow/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images The annual Eurovision Song Contest kicked off yesterday and...
Israel’s Rafah operation, explained
Palestinians in eastern Rafah migrate to Khan Yunis after the Israeli army’s announcement on May 6,...
Eurovision is supposed to be fun and silly. This year is different.
Bambie Thug, Ireland’s entry to Eurovision this year, calls herself a “ouija popstar” and a witch....
The Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar feud, explained
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Why the Met Gala still matters
Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala. J. Countess/FilmMagic On Monday night, some of the biggest celebrities...
Your phone can tell when you’re depressed
AI-powered apps may be able to use your data (including selfies) to predict your current mental...
Here’s what sociologists want you to know about teen suicide
Guidance counselor Jacquelyn Indrisano embraces ninth grader Arianna Troville, 16, outside her office at East Boston...
