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The Colorado River drought is so bad you can see it from space

Lake Mead’s decline is visible on surrounding rocks as the reservoir falls to record low water levels amid a megadrought.…

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Netflix’s smash-hit romance Purple Hearts is a political hate-watch

Sofia Carson and Nicholas Galitzine in Netflix’s controversial new film Purple Hearts. | Hopper Stone/Netflix Purple Hearts tries to romanticize…

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Airlines are trying to resurrect the Concorde era

Boom Supersonic wants to bring back supersonic flight, but experts have their doubts. | Boom Supersonic Is there such a…

2 years ago

Why does the WeWork guy get to fail up?

WeWork’s Adam Neumann is trying to disrupt real estate, again. | Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images Adam Neumann burned billions.…

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Anal and oral sex spread monkeypox. Let’s talk about it.

Dion Lee/Vox; Getty Images Why it’s spreading like an STI through gay men’s sexual networks, why women are at risk —…

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We talk about heat waves in a weird way

A construction worker pours water on his head as he tries to cool off during a heat wave in Philadelphia,…

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Liz Cheney’s unfinished business

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) before her concession speech in Jackson Hole on Tuesday. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Cheney’s Wyoming loss…

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Big Tech wants to solve traffic, but what if they’re only making it worse?

Getty Images How the car took over America and how we can take it back. There is perhaps no piece…

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The ovarian “biological clock” and other reproductive health metaphors that have led science astray

A three-dimensional model of the structures of the clitoris, demonstrating that it is much more than a simple “nub.” |…

2 years ago

TikTok is great for spreading political messages — and conspiracy theories

AFP via Getty Images Democrats are trying to win TikTok with facts and nuance. Its algorithm rewards the opposite. A man sets his…

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