Oil refineries like this one in Corpus Christi, Texas, are heating up the planet. | Roschetzky Photography/Shutterstock There’s a range of possibilities for how much
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Taylor Swift is the millennial Bruce Springsteen
Taylor Swift performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City in December 2019. | Taylor Hill/FilmMagic The two musicians tell the same stories of
America is now a Covid-19 hot spot
A volunteer greets local residents at a food distribution center in New York City on March 18, 2020. | John Moore/Getty Images These maps show
How some Black Americans are finding solace in African spirituality
Porsche Little, an aborisha studying Ifá and Lucumí traditions, at home in Brooklyn, New York, July 2020. | Courtesy of Porsche Little Between the pandemic
We train police to be warriors — and then send them out to be social workers
A police academy graduation ceremony held in Madison Square Garden in New York City, on April 18, 2018. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images The fatal mismatch
Socially distant lap dances, and other pandemic strip club concerns
A dancer in the pre-pandemic days collects tips. | Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post/Getty Images Dancing in a mask, and other coronavirus concerns. It’s never
On Mars, an autonomous rover and helicopter will roam free
The Perseverance rover is the size of a small car and more technologically sophisticated than anything you’ve ever seen. | NASA / JPL Some powerful
Amazon just posted record sales and profit in the middle of a pandemic
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in 2018. | Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images The record sales that prompted Amazon to pay workers more during
Why Facebook and Twitter won’t fact-check Trump’s latest false claims about voting
Facebook and Twitter aren’t fact-checking Trump’s latest social media posts containing false claims about mail-in voting. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Trump’s claims may be dangerous
Australia just had its worst day of coronavirus. Yet health experts remain optimistic.
A portable sign with instructions to social distance is seen in on July 29 in Sydney, Australia. | Jenny Evans/Getty Images Epidemiologists have faith that