Asteroid just misses Earth
The "potentially hazardous" rock, 3200 Phaethon, will be visible through a small telescope tonight
14 diverse pop culture podcasts
From "Strange Fruit" to "Latinos Who Lunch," these excellent shows examine pop culture and identity
Punk rock, absinthe and Björk
The singer walked away from a record deal at age 12 to play drums in the punk band Spit and Snot
How to raise boys not predators
As the realities of sexual assault enter public consciousness, it's time to re-evaluate Parenting 101
The Pentagon's real-life X-Files squad
A curious report reveals a DoD UFO report–tracking project that existed at least from 2007 to 2012
Millennials are moving back home
Nearly 40 percent of Florida adults ages 18-34 are living with their folks
The 30 greatest Christmas episodes, ever
From the purely nostalgic, to the satirical, to the scary, here are 30 TV gems to get you in the holiday spirit
Austria's far-right lurch
The Freedom Party, founded by ex-Nazis, announced a coalition government with a conservative party in Austria
The best 10 movies of 2017
Despite turmoil in Hollywood, 2017 was a great year for movies
Big Brother Trump bans 7 words
Codifying Trumpian Newspeak, the administration has banned the CDC from using words like "transgender" and "fetus"
Road salt is bad for the environment
Road salt saves lives, but can harm aquatic wildlife. Luckily, there are alternatives
Older Americans taking unneeded drugs
Unlike the overuse of opioid painkillers, the polypharmacy problem has attracted little attention
listening to storms help us understand
Turning hurricanes into music
Democrats' big problems lie ahead
Riding an Alabama high, Democrats dream of a big comeback in 2018 and beyond. But is being "decent" really enough?
The constitutional right to education
Why school in the U.S. should be a constitutional right, not a privilege
This country was founded on gun control
If you study your history, you'll see it. Start with James Madison's first draft of the Second Amendment
Can North Carolina's schools be fixed?
The state ranks near the bottom on nearly every level — what now?
The legal implications of #MeToo
“Silence breakers” are Time magazine's “person of the year.” But naming names carries some risk
7 times Trump man-crushed on Putin
Yet the president's geopolitical bromance goes unrequited
Worse than a government shutdown?
Poison pill riders in the House's government funding bill illustrate the GOP’s extreme agenda
The parental health insurance cliff
The task of buying insurance for the first time this year is anything but simple
Midterm GOP candidates may be viable
There’s good news and bad news: Democrats beat Roy Moore, but that doesn’t mean they’ll win the 2018 midterms
Back to a Korean peace process
The inter-Korean peacebuilding of the 2000s looks like a long-lost dream, but it might not be
Alt-right goes anti-capitalist, sort of
How to resist meaninglessness in this "corporate neoliberal world," according to white nationalists: Blame the Jews