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Meat has a big carbon footprint. The Inflation Reduction Act ignores it.

A burger from Mosa Meat, a cell-cultured meat company in the Netherlands. Cell-cultured meat is made by growing animal cells…

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The power of listening, explained (to kids)

Naomi Baker/Getty Images Today, Explained to Kids explores how hearing works and why actively listening with empathy is key to…

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A second Trader Joe’s just unionized. It could be the next Starbucks.

A Trader Joe’s in Buffalo, New York, in 2015. | Melissa Renwick/Toronto Star via Getty Images The grocery chain is…

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What nuclear secrets could Trump have possibly taken?

Former President Donald Trump holds up a fist as he departs Trump Tower in New York on August 10, headed…

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The warrant authorizing the FBI search on Trump’s home is unsealed — and it’s alarming

Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporter in Wisconsin, days before the FBI searched his home in Mar-a-Lago Florida. |…

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New York’s polio crisis, explained

A vial of the oral polio vaccine. | Ezra Acayan/Getty Images How a polio case in New York — and…

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Trump is pushing us toward the abyss

Former President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas, on August 6. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images…

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Society is a mess in Emily the Criminal, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Not Okay

Aubrey Plaza is doing crimes in Emily the Criminal. | Roadside Attractions Three new movies recall the 1930s gangster movie…

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Liz Cheney’s primary is all about Donald Trump — except in Wyoming

Attendees watch former President Donald Trump speak at a rally held to support Harriet Hageman, Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary challenger,…

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Every movie seems to be split into chapters these days

Intertitles used to fill in information — but these days, they fill a different purpose. | Warner Archive From Nope…

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