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Scheme of parts of human brain with circuit board as brain anatomy. (Getty Images / Grafissimo)

Humans think — AI, not so much

Carlyn Zwarenstein

New research is revealing how specialized neurons give our brains an edge artificial intelligence can only dream of

Woman purchasing clothes on a mobile app. (Getty Images/Alistair Berg)

Fast fashion's price hike is good for us

Leslie Vooris

Instead of impulse buying on Shein and Temu, I'm rethinking my relationship with clothes

J. K. Rowling arrives for the Guinness Six Nations match at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh. Picture date: Saturday February 24, 2024. (Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images)

"Loser": Pedro Pascal bashes JK Rowling

Alex Galbraith

The "Last of Us" star called out Rowling's celebration of a UK ruling that could spell disaster for trans women

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Paranoid Pete pushes Pentagon polygraphs

Alex Galbraith

A new report from the Wall Street Journal shows Pete Hegseth lashing out as the walls are closing in

Mountain Dew cans (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

FDA to phase out synthetic dyes

Joy Saha

The latest initiative is part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ongoing efforts to “Make America Healthy Again"

Bowen Yang attends the Vulture Festival Presented By AT&T - Milk Studios, Day 1 at Milk Studios on May 19, 2018 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Vulture Festival)

Yang calls Vance "Pope killer" on "View"

Alex Galbraith

The "Saturday Night Live" star was commenting on his recent role as the vice president on the sketch series

Lisa Vanderpump in "Vanderpump Villa" (Disney/Andrea Miconi)

Reality TV has moved past "Housewives"

Coleman Spilde

Lisa Vanderpump turned reality fatigue into an empire, one villa and valley at a time

The roast pork sandwich from Hector's in Melbourne (Hector's )

Melbourne's New (York) deli obsession

Katie Lockhart

Deli counters, brisket stacks, pickles — Australia's culinary capital is thinking like a New Yorker

Tinned fish spread (Getty Images / Sveta Zarzamora)

A skeptic’s guide to loving tinned fish

Joy Saha

Yes, tinned fish is an acquired taste, but it certainly doesn't have to be daunting

A person washing a head of lettuce (Getty Images)

Grower named in E. coli lettuce outbreak

Joy Saha

This comes after the FDA and CDC withheld the grower's name in its report, according to Food Safety News

U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro check out the new Endurance all-electric pickup truck on the south lawn of the White House on September 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. They bought the old GM Lordstown plant in Ohio to build the Endurance all-electric pickup truck, inside those four wheels are electric motors similar to electric scooters. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Trump turns WH into a literal joke

Brian Karem

If you can’t use a hook to yank the bad comic off the stage, then there is only one way left to end the show

A dedicated female nurse supports a young autistic boy using sensory toys to enhance motor abilities. (Getty Images / Dusan Stankovic)

A misguided search for a cause of autism

Megan Roberts

Kennedy has proposed "dramatic change" to study autism but this misguided focus distracts from actual support

Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's "free" money will cost MAGA

Chauncey DeVega

Donald Trump keeps hinting that he will give Americans another "stimulus" check

Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman and CEO Howard Lutnick (R), U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of commerce, prepares to meet with Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the Dirksen Office Building on Capitol Hill on December 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Lutnick's "5-star rating" for conflicts

Daria Solovieva

“Our system was never designed for this level of conflict issues,” ethic watchdogs say

Virus spore in an ice cube (Getty Images/Yingko)

Prepping for diseases from melting ice

Carlyn Zwarenstein

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare

Pete Hegseth attends FOX News All American New Year at Wildhorse Saloon on December 31, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)

Hegseth rages over makeup room report

Alex Galbraith

The defense secretary called the CBS report a "fake story" in a post to social media

Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

Musk, Bessent had shouting match in WH

Alex Galbraith

A new report details a heated argument between the Trump advisers, within earshot of the president

President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office, Feb. 28, 2025. (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump slams Zelenskyy over stalemate

Alex Galbraith

Trump said Zelenskyy is needlessly prolonging the war between Russia and Ukraine

Britain's King Charles III and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (Getty Images / AFP / Oli Scarff / Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images for Children's Hospital Los Angeles / Daniel Hurst Photography / Ekaterina Goncharova)

What Meghan could learn from her in-laws

Mary Elizabeth Williams

The Duchess of Sussex has been on a charm offensive, but she overlooked a role model hiding in plain sight

Abortion-rights supporters face anti-abortion protesters at a rally for reproductive rights at the Texas Capitol on May 14, 2022 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)

Can Texas actually fix its abortion ban?

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Women who have suffered pregnancy complications under Texas' ban say new legislation wouldn't have helped them

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (Anna Rose Layden-Pool/Getty Images)

Rubio grants GOP wishes to kill US power

Heather Digby Parton

The GOP has tried to take down the State Department for decades

Golden-crowned Sparrow. (picaday / Getty Images)

"Drab" species are studied less: study

John R. Platt - The Revelator

Focusing on brightly plumaged and “familiar” birds can leave important conservation questions unanswered

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth leaves the Russell Senate Office Building on November 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

“Leaky Petey” and the Pentagon flood

Jesselyn Radack

The leaking has turned into a flood

Supporters of parents advocating for religious rights demonstrate outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on April 22, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SCOTUS is too late to "don't say gay"

Amanda Marcotte

Even if SCOTUS allows LGBTQ books to get pushed out of classrooms, the right is still losing the larger culture war

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