The Supreme Court sounds surprisingly open to a case against a death sentence
The death chamber gurney at a prison in Texas. | Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images From the moment the...
Author : Shawn Bernier
Where lab-made DNA is created — and barely policed
Almost 20 years ago, James Randerson ordered a sequence of smallpox DNA. Smallpox is the only human disease to...
Zillow’s short-sighted move to overlook climate risk
Earlier this month, the real-estate listing site Zillow ended a subtle social experiment. In 2024, they began to embed...
Is MAGA falling apart?
President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House on December 2, 2025. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images...
The quest to solve the mysteries of teen minds
What’s actually going on in a teenager’s head? What happens in peoples’ brains as they transform from children into...
Why we need so much lithium
Lithium used to be almost an afterthought — found in small quantities in medicine and tempered glass, and peaking...
Trump axes Biden’s student loan plan
President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon during an executive order signing ceremony in the Roosevelt...
What Venezuelans really want
People walks to cross the Internation Simon Bolivar border bridge between Colombia and Venezuela, while relatives of Colombian nationals...
People are nicer than you think
It’s probably happened to you: A stranger starts talking to you at a party. In this moment, you’re not...
This bizarre online community is a warning about where the internet is headed
Key takeaways The GoonVerse is a porn-centered subculture, but its real significance is how it exposes the internet’s broader...