Celebrity Life
Apple’s Star-Studded Murder Comedy The Afterparty Is the Perfect Antidote to the Winter Blues
Attending a high school reunion is like committing a murder in at least one respect: you need a compelling reason to do it
A Lesson of the Holocaust: One Person Can Make All the Difference
“We saw a child in mortal danger. We knew that we had the possibility to take her and to protect [her], and it was beyond our feeling or thinking that we would reject it,” Andrzej Sitkowski thought back to when he was 15 and his entire family mobilized to save two Jewish girls and later…
How Blockchain Could Solve the Problem of Digital Identity
When Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, has been asked lately about his favorite projects being built on the blockchain, he often names Proof of Humanity.
Amy Schneider’s Jeopardy! Streak Ends at 40 Consecutive Wins and $1.4 Million
Schneider’s success put her in the ranks of Ken Jennings and the quiz show’s other all-time greats. It also made Schneider, a trans woman, a visible symbol of achievement
The Oscar-Shortlisted Documentary Writing With Fire Shines a Light on the Only All-Women News Outlet in India
It’s 2016 and inside a newsroom in India, a group of rural female journalists are discussing why they need to pivot away from print reporting to digital. It’s a conversation that would feel familiar to journalists across the world—except many of the reporters at the online news outlet Khabar Lahariya have never even touched a…
Moderna Booster May Wane After 6 Months, Company Says
The Moderna vaccine and booster don't protect against Omicron as well as they do against the original SARS-CoV-2
Pressure Mounts for Biden to Nominate a Black Woman to the Supreme Court
Joe Biden’s summer is starting to look brighter. With widespread media reports that Justice Stephen Breyer will retire from the U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the current term, the President may have an opportunity to take a major step in his goal to build a more diverse federal judiciary. Biden pledged on the…
The James Webb Space Telescope Is in Position—And Now We Wait
It'll be a few more months before it starts peering into the early days of the universe
We Urgently Need a New National COVID-19 Response Plan
The recent Chicago public school crisis, collapse of Broadway theater in New York City, ongoing changes in NBA and NFL screening protocols for players, and extreme scarcity of rapid tests throughout the nation all serve as a deafening wake-up call for urgent revision of our national COVID-19 response plan. These and similar scenes of chaos…
Powell Will Take Action to Reduce Inflation as Soon as March
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it plans to begin raising its benchmark interest rate as soon as March, a key step in reversing its pandemic-era low-rate policies that have fueled hiring and growth but also escalated inflation. With high inflation squeezing consumers and businesses and unemployment falling steadily, the Fed also said…
COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Drive Is Faltering In the U.S.
The COVID-19 booster drive in the U.S. is losing steam, worrying health experts
The World’s Farmers Need to Prepare for Serious Cash Crop Disruption
Scientists unpack how rising temperatures will upend where avocados, cashews and coffee grow