Trillions of cicadas are about to emerge. Get ready. Trillions of chirpy, red-eyed periodical cicadas are getting ready to emerge from underground in a rare double emergence event. These specific types of cicadas crawl out from below the ground every 13 or 17 years and can make as much noise as a …
One of the most difficult and expensive questions that a society faces is how to care for those who cannot care for themselves, and how to pay for it. Over the last century, the United States has radically changed how it answers this question when it comes to treating people with severe mental …
Long before vanlife became a social media trend, I was living that lifestyle as a kid. For a certain segment of society, vanlife is all the rage. The …
Project credits Project editors: Merrill Fabry, Lucy Feldman, Ayesha Javed, Dan Macsai, Sanya Mansoor, Cate Matthews, and Erin McMullen Art and design: Katie Kalupson and Lon Tweeten Audience: Samantha Cooney, Annabel Gutterman, Kitty Ruskin, Kari Sonde, and Meg Zukin Contributors: Charlotte Alter, Alex …
Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the BBC, Politico, and Reuters The News The U.K. moved a step closer to a smoking ban for younger generations …
The WNBA draft puts pro basketball’s longstanding pay gap on stark display. Caitlin Clark, a college basketball phenom and the top pick at Monday’s WNBA draft, will make a staggeringly low salary in her rookie year compared to her NBA counterpart. Despite her record-breaking performance in the NCAA …
Some fans are saying the comment was innocent and he was just asking her to model her dress, others are saying it's a clear example of how women in media are objectified. "Ted Lasso" star Hannah Waddingham shot down a photographer who allegedly told her to "show me leg," while she walked down the …
The number of people who owe the government has also been rising. If it seems like you’re not getting a tax refund like you used to, you’re not alone. The share of taxpayers who get money back at tax time is slowly and, a little mysteriously, shrinking. At the same time, the number of people having …
I can recall how my teenage bedroom ceiling looked: I spent a lot of time staring at it; popping a CD (remember those?) into my stereo and listening beginning to end while lying on my bed. And doing nothing but that. For a long time, I would have called that boredom, but, looking back now, a few …
This playful aesthetic is all about making you feel good about the space you're in. If you’ve been struck by the stream of colorful interiors crossing your social media feeds lately, you’re probably experiencing the dopamine effect. Dopamine is one of the feel-good chemicals in the human brain—and …
