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In March, I visited the Lowell Observatory — the astronomical research site where Pluto was first discovered — in Flagstaff, Arizona. I stood in line to squint through telescopes at Jupiter and the surface of the moon before the night turned cloudy and drove me inside the Astronomy Discovery Center museum. And like all museum […]...

The pop music landscape is currently a loud reminder that love does not always last. And that the heartbreak that follows a split, while painful, can render great art — or at least art that will get the internet talking if you give the people enough juicy details. And this year is shaping up to […]...

Welcome to The Logoff: The FAA has ordered flight cancellations at airports around the country, starting today — and while the impacts aren’t too dramatic yet, the cuts will get more stringent soon. What happened? Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says that because of the government shutdown’s strain on air traffic controllers, who have been going […]...

For the past two and a half years, events in war-torn Sudan have been characterized by wild swings — not only between which side in the conflict has the upper hand, but between moments of tentative hope and outright despair.  Could that be the case this week, as one of the war’s darkest moments was […]...

You’ve probably noticed that Democrats are talking a lot less about climate change. But connecting clean energy to household bills proved to be a successful way to win voters in the elections across the US on Tuesday.   This off-year election was a pressure test of Democrats’ broad message on affordability and who voters hold accountable […]...

If you own a cellphone, there’s a good chance you’ve gotten The Text: a random recruiter, sending a friendly message with an incredible job opportunity to make a lot of money for just a little bit of work. If it seems too good to be true, that’s because it is. It’s an employment scam.  If […]...

For as long as AI has existed, humans have had fears around AI and nuclear weapons. And movies are a great example of those fears. Skynet from the Terminator franchise becomes sentient and fires nuclear missiles at America. WOPR from WarGames nearly starts a nuclear war because of a miscommunication. Kathryn Bigelow’s recent release, House […]...

Due to the longest shutdown of the federal government in American history, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced this week that he will be reducing the total number of flights by 10 percent at 40 major airports. The move begins on Friday morning, and will impact roughly 3,500 to 4,000 flights daily. “This is proactive,” Duffy […]...

When President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, many American voters wanted immigration reduced, and Trump quickly complied. He boosted funding for immigration enforcement, opened new detention centers, and pushed more Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as Customs and Border Patrol troops, into US cities. While American disapproval of immigration was key to Trump […]...