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The only way that an Olympic silver medal, a token signaling that you’re second best out of all of planet Earth’s 8 billion inhabitants, is considered a disappointing shock isContinue readingAmerica took Simone Biles for granted

The fall film festival circuit is where the year’s buzziest and most awards-worthy films often premiere, in cities from Venice and Telluride to Toronto and New York. Then, after theyContinue reading19 must-see movies from the fall film festivals

The Covid-19 pandemic was unfortunately not the only natural disaster of 2020. There were so many that it’s easy to forget everything that happened this year. Here is a briefContinue readingFires, floods, hurricanes, and locusts: 2020 was an epic year for disasters

In the heat of July, amid all the beachgoing and picnicking and general merrymaking, spending a few hours in a cool, dark movie theater (or your own cool, dark livingContinue readingHere’s your July movie checklist

President Donald Trump continues to signal he will use active-duty military forces to quash riots that spring up alongside peaceful protests against police brutality. If he does that, it’s possibleContinue readingA US lawmaker says using troops against protesters will harm the military’s legitimacy

The Andean highlands of South America where Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina collide look a bit like the surface of Mars, with jagged rocks jutting out of a rust-colored terrain. ThoughContinue readingThe troubling link between electric cars and … flamingos?

General Motors and Pacific Gas and Electric this week announced a joint pilot program to test ways GM’s electric vehicles could help the California utility’s customers keep the lights on,Continue readingCalifornia wants to use electric cars to back up the power grid

Scientists trying to zero in on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic have recently filled in some critical blanks. The findings aren’t a smoking gun and might not convince someContinue readingWe have the best view yet of Covid-19’s origins. What should we do about it?

A team of deep-sea explorers announced a groundbreaking discovery this week: The Endurance, a 144-foot ship that sank in 1915 during an expedition led by Ernest Shackleton, has finally beenContinue readingThe bizarre deep-sea creatures living on the Endurance shipwreck

When Mats Eriksson was just starting off as a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit in the 1980s, he truly hated one part of his job. To draw bloodContinue readingDoctors learned how to save premature infants’ lives. They forgot about pain.