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Noel King Debuts as Today, Explained Co-host

Noel King joins co-host Sean Rameswaram in her first episode of Today, Explained with on-the-ground reporting in Atlanta Today marks…

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SpaceX and our space junk problem

A SpaceX rocket takes off on February 2, 2022. This is not the rocket destined to crash into the moon…

3 years ago

Immigrants could help the US labor shortage — if the government would let them

A “help wanted” sign is posted in front of restaurant on February 4, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. | Frederic…

3 years ago

The increasingly complicated Russia-Ukraine crisis, explained

A military trainer with Ukraine’s 112th Territorial Defense Brigade works with civilians during a military exercise in the outskirts of…

3 years ago

Enough with the Ukraine war predictions

Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s revealing joke about a February 16 invasion, explained. The war between…

3 years ago

The shocking decision to allow Kamila Valieva to skate at the Olympics, explained

Kamila Valieva will be allowed to skate at the Olympics, despite her positive doping test. | Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Despite…

3 years ago

Why “gentrification buildings” are misunderstood

How new buildings can actually fight displacement. When many people look at new housing construction, they don’t just see boxy,…

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How Ukraine is responding to escalating threats of invasion

Ukrainian soldiers from the 25th Air Assault Battalion are seen stationed in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, on January 24.…

3 years ago

Why electric vehicles are so hot in the 2022 Super Bowl ads

Tesla isn’t advertising in Super Bowl LVI, but it has had a heavy influence on all the other automakers advertising…

3 years ago

The best $540 we ever spent: An indoor garden that made us feel connected

Dana Rodriguez for Vox To the earth and to each other. Bobby and I sat huddled together in the closet,…

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