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The health risks from climate change that almost no one talks about

This story is a collaboration between Vox and Grist and builds on Expecting worse: Giving birth on a planet in crisis, a project by Vox, Grist,...

yesterday 10

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Zoya.teirstein

How The Fellowship of the Ring explains post-9/11 America

When Peter Jackson’s epic adaptation of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring debuted on December 10, 2001, it was considered a likely...

yesterday 10

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Constance Grady

The Joe Rogan Experience is a mirror for America

Joe Rogan is many things — a comedian, a commentator, and a contrarian; a reality TV star and martial artist-turned-host of the most listened to...

yesterday 4

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Christian Paz

Are we living in the movie Her yet?

When it came out in 2013, the movie Her was set in the “slight future.”  That “slight future” is, astonishingly, here. After all, AI-powered...

yesterday 3

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Adam Clark Estes

Inside Vox’s Entrepreneurship, Explained panel

Last Thursday, Vox hosted a panel of New York City-based small business owners in an intimate Entrepreneurship, Explained panel discussion...

yesterday 3

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Claire White

The 25 pieces of culture that explain the last 25 years

Here’s a picture of what life looked like at the turn of the millennium: We couldn’t stop gossiping about the extramarital affairs of the scandal-...

yesterday 5

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Vox Staff

A court victory for Trump’s foreign aid cuts, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

yesterday 2

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Cameron Peters

Rudolph and all of the other reindeer are probably dying from climate change

It’s bad enough that climate change is ruining the dream of a white Christmas for many people, as warming makes snow in some regions less likely....

yesterday 1

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Benji Jones

The uniquely American panic over adultery

Americans have long considered cheating one of the worst things you can do to another person that doesn’t end in jail time.  We witnessed the ire...

previous day 10

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Alex Abad-Santos

Trump’s disastrous pick to oversee US economic data

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

previous day 30

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Cameron Peters

Stop romanticizing the 1990s. The data shows today is better.

Let me introduce you to four of the most dangerous words in politics: “the good old days.” Humans have a demonstrated tendency to remember the...

previous day 8

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Bryan Walsh

The surprising origins of the “wellness” boom

“Wellness” is a word influencers use as a hashtag on videos of them pouring collagen into smoothies and as the theme of a celebrity chef’s new...

previous day 4

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Jonquilyn Hill

There’s a big, important limit on Trump’s power to seize control of DC’s police

On Monday, President Donald Trump released an executive order invoking a rarely used federal law that allows him to temporarily seize control over...

previous day 3

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Ian Millhiser

What Israelis actually think about starvation in Gaza

How do Israelis feel about the increasingly horrifying crimes their government is committing in Gaza? This is one of the key questions going...

previous day 2

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Zack Beauchamp

The twisted reason why the Trump administration claims to care about eagles

The Trump administration is worried, it would seem, about eagles — like, the big birds of prey with sharp talons and famously good eyesight. ...

previous day 2

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Benji Jones

Trump’s takeover of the DC police force, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

monday 30

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Cameron Peters

The government is literally telling firefighters “help is not on the way”

This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every spring, Forest...

monday 40

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Kylie Mohr

A solution to the child care shortage is hiding in plain sight

Josh Brooks hadn’t planned for a career taking care of young children, but in tenth grade he started spending time with his friend’s younger...

monday 20

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Rachel Cohen

AI can write you a new Bible. But is it meaningful?

What happens when an AI expert asks a chatbot to generate a sacred Buddhist text? In April, Murray Shanahan, a research scientist at Google...

monday 10

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Sigal Samuel

Can’t commit to vegetarianism but want animals to suffer less? You’ve got options.

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism —...

10.08.2025 4

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Sigal Samuel

We’re hardwired for negativity. That doesn’t mean we’re doomed to it.

Over the past week or so, the US economy took a major hit, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it was no longer in the business of...

10.08.2025 10

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Bryan Walsh