In July of 1995, Chicago experienced an intense heatwave, watching temperatures climb tas high as 106 degrees Fahrenheit while feeling like124 degrees. Over the five days this extreme heat lasted, 739 people died, most of them Black, low-income, and ...
Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
The phrase “Green New Deal” has been thrown around a lot as Democrats prepare to take back the House of Representatives for the first time since 2010. Liberal champion, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, brought the issue to the forefront of the Democrati...
The phrase “Green New Deal” has been thrown around a lot as Democrats prepare to take back the House of Representatives for the first time since 2010. Liberal champion, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, brought the issue to the forefront of the Democrati...
If you own a smartphone (or a tractor), you are most likely limited to just one option when it comes to repairs. In recent years, industry giants such as Apple and John Deere have caught flack for creating closed-off ecosystems that force device owne...
If you own a smartphone (or a tractor), you are most likely limited to just one option when it comes to repairs. In recent years, industry giants such as Apple and John Deere have caught flack for creating closed-off ecosystems that force device owne...
“We have been getting a million hits an hour all day.” Gab, a ‘free-speech’ oriented social media platform, posted this statement on Twitter after law-enforcement found that the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue shooter had posted anti-semiti...
“We have been getting a million hits an hour all day.” Gab, a ‘free-speech’ oriented social media platform, posted this statement on Twitter after law-enforcement found that the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue shooter had posted anti-semiti...
In classrooms across the United States, American children learn the basic structure of their government, a system comprised of three branches of elected and appointed officials. They are taught the difference between democratically elected republics ...
In classrooms across the United States, American children learn the basic structure of their government, a system comprised of three branches of elected and appointed officials. They are taught the difference between democratically elected republics ...
Woolsey Fire, Southern California: 96,949 acres burned; 1,500 structures destroyed; 3 people dead. Camp Fire, Northern California: 153,336 acres burned; 84 people dead; 600 missing. In November 2018, two massive wildfires ravaged thousands of acres a...
Woolsey Fire, Southern California: 96,949 acres burned; 1,500 structures destroyed; 3 people dead. Camp Fire, Northern California: 153,336 acres burned; 84 people dead; 600 missing. In November 2018, two massive wildfires ravaged thousands of acres a...
This November, a century-old friendship between American youth institutions was shattered in a federal lawsuit. In a bitter break to a historic partnership, the Girl Scouts sued the Boy Scouts after the Boy Scouts announced that it would begin admitt...
This November, a century-old friendship between American youth institutions was shattered in a federal lawsuit. In a bitter break to a historic partnership, the Girl Scouts sued the Boy Scouts after the Boy Scouts announced that it would begin admitt...
A medical treatment plan that primarily consists of playing bingo and watching Tootsie and Batman sounds like something which is neither medical nor a plan. But if you find yourself in one of the many fraudulent recovery centers in South Florida, you...
A medical treatment plan that primarily consists of playing bingo and watching Tootsie and Batman sounds like something which is neither medical nor a plan. But if you find yourself in one of the many fraudulent recovery centers in South Florida, you...
In 2017, the U.S. birth rate sunk to the lowest percentage in 30 years, prompting concern from labor economists and other groups. This drop can be explained by better family planning, as more and more potential parents have come to accept an undeniab...
In 2017, the U.S. birth rate sunk to the lowest percentage in 30 years, prompting concern from labor economists and other groups. This drop can be explained by better family planning, as more and more potential parents have come to accept an undeniab...
Go West, young man: Horace Greeley’s famous advice has, with one caveat, withstood the test of time. Last January, the US Census Bureau unveiled population data showing that in 2017, western states enjoyed the Union’s highest rate of in-migration...
Go West, young man: Horace Greeley’s famous advice has, with one caveat, withstood the test of time. Last January, the US Census Bureau unveiled population data showing that in 2017, western states enjoyed the Union’s highest rate of in-migration...
Modern environmental regulation and debate tends to focus on electric and industrial production—how it pollutes and how it can be regulated. It makes sense: people across the world see tall smokestacks polluting the air on their way to work every d...
Modern environmental regulation and debate tends to focus on electric and industrial production—how it pollutes and how it can be regulated. It makes sense: people across the world see tall smokestacks polluting the air on their way to work every d...
YouTube—home of Nyan Cats, bad celebrity lip syncs, and more—is also a breeding ground for conspiracy theorists and white supremacists. Although popular conceptions of radical safe spaces bring to mind the Dark Web and non-mainstream platforms, t...
YouTube—home of Nyan Cats, bad celebrity lip syncs, and more—is also a breeding ground for conspiracy theorists and white supremacists. Although popular conceptions of radical safe spaces bring to mind the Dark Web and non-mainstream platforms, t...
Obesity has been labeled a “silent killer,” a modern-day epidemic plaguing the nation. Diet-related disease is the leading cause of death in the United States – accounting for over 1000 deaths per day, it surpasses those related to tobacco, dru...
Obesity has been labeled a “silent killer,” a modern-day epidemic plaguing the nation. Diet-related disease is the leading cause of death in the United States – accounting for over 1000 deaths per day, it surpasses those related to tobacco, dru...