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Can we ever understand our dogs?

Dog people tend to be pretty confident they know what’s going on with their animals.  When we put out a call on the Explain It to Me podcast for...

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Miles Bryan

Obsessive step counts are ruining walking

According to my phone, I’ve been averaging about 6,600 steps a day so far this year. My meager effort pales in comparison to the 15,000, 20,000, or...

yesterday 2

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Allie Volpe

The most surprising victim of Trump’s terrible tax agenda

The Republican Party’s saving grace is supposed to be its commitment to economic growth and consumer abundance.  Sure, the GOP may see unemployed...

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Eric Levitz

The Republican spending bill is a disaster for reproductive rights

Three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republicans in Congress are poised to further erode access to abortion and reproductive...

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Nicole Narea

The horrifying revelations of the Idaho student murders

Update, June 30, 2025, 6:30 ET: Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to all charges in the murders of the Idaho Four. The plea deal allows...

yesterday 0

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Aja Romano

Why is everyone crashing out?

It was abundantly clear to everyone that Huda wasn’t doing well. Huda Mustafa, the breakout villain on Love Island USA‘s seventh season, spiraled...

previous day 10

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Kyndall Cunningham

What the rise of “buy now, pay later” services tells us about the economy

You’ve probably noticed it by now: You’re shopping online for some makeup or a new pair of running shoes or a water table for your toddler, and...

previous day 10

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Miles Bryan

The Democratic Party is ripe for a takeover

The signs have been bubbling up for months: The Democratic base is fed up with the status quo of their party. Democratic voters believe their party...

saturday 40

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Christian Paz

How the largest digital camera ever made is revolutionizing our view of space

Last Thursday, I took my son to the Rose Center for Earth and Space at New York’s Museum of Natural History. In the Hayden Planetarium, we watched...

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Bryan Walsh

Cancel the grizzly bear

In the early 1900s, long before smartphones and selfie sticks, tourists flocked to Yellowstone National Park — not for the geysers or scenery, but...

27.06.2025 2

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Christine Peterson

A million kids won’t live to kindergarten because of this disastrous decision

The deadliest country in the world for young children is South Sudan — the United Nations estimates that about 1 in 10 children born there won’t...

27.06.2025 40

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Kelsey Piper

The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision isn’t as devastating as you think

On Friday, the Supreme Court released its long-awaited decision in Trump v. CASA, a case challenging President Donald Trump’s attempt to strip many...

27.06.2025 6

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Ian Millhiser

What the ‘12-day war’ teaches us about Trump’s foreign policy

When President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he ordered the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities, critics on both the left and the...

27.06.2025 9

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Andrew Prokop

The Supreme Court just imposed a “Don’t Say Gay” regime on every public school in America

On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled that parents with religious objections to books with LGBTQ characters must be allowed to opt their children out...

27.06.2025 7

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Ian Millhiser

The hilarious implications of the Supreme Court’s new porn decision

The Supreme Court upheld a Texas anti-pornography law on Friday that is nearly identical to a federal law it struck down more than two decades...

27.06.2025 20

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Ian Millhiser