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Taylor Swift performs during night two of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos on November 19, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (TAS2023 via Getty Images)

Heat and a Swiftie's death in Brazil

Akielly Hu - Grist

In an era of rising heat waves, experts weigh in on how to plan for concerts and other large events safely

Mars habitat landscape (Getty Images/CoreyFord)

Are we ready to head to Mars? Maybe not

Christie Aschwanden - Undark

“A City on Mars” is Kelly and Zach Weinersmith’s cheeky account of the many challenges to visiting the red planet

Flames rise from a car and a bus, set alight at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O'Connell Bridge, in Dublin on November 23, 2023, as people took to the streets in protest following the stabbings earlier in the day. Protesters in Dublin on Thursday torched a car and fought police, an AFP journalist reported, after three children were injured in a suspected school stabbing that social media rumors attributed to a foreign national. (PETER MURPHY/AFP via Getty Images)

Xenophobia sparks far-right Dublin riots

Julia Conley - Common Dreams

"We saw last night in Dublin a consequence of politicians spending years demonizing immigrants," critic says

Karl Urban as Billy Butcher and Antony Starr as Homelander in "The Boys" (Prime Video)

We need cynical heroes, not "Marvels"

Kelly Pau

The MCU superheroes are failing the box office, but on the small screen tainted heroes are thriving

Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends the game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Clemson Tigers at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 25, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)

Trump defends confusing Obama and Biden

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Trump on Truth Social pushed back on critics by noting that he "ACED" his cognitive test at the White House

Former President Donald Trump stands on the field during halftime in the Palmetto Bowl between Clemson and South Carolina at Williams Brice Stadium on November 25, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

Trump booed at SC college football game

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Trump was also greeted with billboards saying "You lost. You're guilty"

(Getty/Nicholas Kamm)

Violent rhetoric is a road to civil war

Heather Digby Parton

Chris Christie is right. Donald Trump's dangerous speech keeps resulting in danger for people

Police lights (Douglas Sacha/Getty Images)

3 Palestinian students shot in Vermont

Igor Derysh

Police say a suspect was arrested and they are investigating whether the attack was "hate-motivated"

Retro housewife (Getty Images/RichVintage)

The insidious rise of "tradwives"

Amanda Marcotte

There's serious money in peddling fantasies of female submission online, but it may be exacerbating male loneliness

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to pardon the National Thanksgiving turkeys, Liberty and Bell during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on November 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sure, Joe's old. Could you do it?

Kirk Swearingen

Let's admit the obvious: We feel anxious about Biden's age. But he doesn't seem to — he's just doing the job

Donald Trump (L) speaks with Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) after he delivered remarks on combatting drug demand and the opioid crisis on October 26, 2017 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. ( JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Christie blames Trump for intolerance

Kelly McClure

“Intolerance toward anyone encourages intolerance toward everyone,” says the former New Jersey Gov.

Homemade flaky pastry dough croissants, moist donuts, and buns with various flavored fillings. (Getty Images/Yana Iskayeva)

The fancy croissant obsession continues!

Joy Saha

Crioche, Cruffin, Crogel and more...people clearly can't enough of hybrid croissant pastries!

Serotine bat (Alona Shulenko, CC BY-SA)

These bat penises are too long for sex

Matthew Rozsa

Serotine bats have large, bulbous penises that they use like an arm — but not for penetration

My Mother Was A Communist (Photo illustration by Salon/Photos courtesy of author/Getty Images/Clever Pictures)

My mother, the debutante Communist

Andrew O'Hehir

Her life was like a slowly unfolding, densely plotted thriller whose unfinished story we’re all still inside

This picture taken on October 31, 2023 from a position near Sderot along the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel shows Israeli army soldiers standing on a hilltop facing the Palestinian territory amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

When poetry tells us what prose can't

Norman Solomon

Shelley called poets the "unacknowledged legislators of the world." We need their voices now more than ever

A man reads The New York Times newspaper May 10, 2014 while waiting for a subway in New York City. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Farewell to the NYT sports section

Robert Lipsyte - TomDispatch.com

I spent 26 years covering sports for the New York Times — and I was never entirely sure why we did it

Small wagtail bird sitting in front of tabby cat in a green lawn (Getty Images/fermate)

How outdoor cats cause mass extinctions

Matthew Rozsa

Outdoor and feral cats can seriously harm native ecosystems. Here's how to fix it

Thousands of people and the families of hostages hold up their mobile phones to sing the national anthem during the ‘50 Days of Hell’ rally in support of the 212 hostages that are still being held by Hamas. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

Hamas-Israel dispute delays releases

Kelly McClure

Sources say that Hamas’ armed wing held back their hostages until Israel allowed aid trucks to enter northern Gaza

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) speaks with reporters after a vote on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Santos: "I'm not leaving"

Kelly McClure

In a three-hours-long Spaces chat on Friday, Santos reflects on his days as an "it girl" in Congress

Brie Larson as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers in "The Marvels" | Maya Erskine as Mizu in "Blue Eye Samurai" (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images/Marvel Studios/Netflix)

The MCU risk of putting women in battle

Melanie McFarland

There may be a reason some entertainment featuring mighty female heroes avoids showing them physically defeat men

Comedian Tiffany Haddish performs at Laugh Factory Hollywood's 43rd Thanksgiving Feast And Show at Laugh Factory on November 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Olivia Wong/Getty Images)

Tiffany Haddish faces another DUI

Kelly McClure

Haddish is scheduled for trial in December for a similar incident that took place last year

Small fish jumping out of water (Getty Images/ramihalim)

Climate change is altering animal brains

Sean O'Donnell - The Conversation

Behavioral shifts driven by climate change will restructure ecosystems worldwide, with unpredictable outcomes

Protesters hold a demonstration in support of a cease fire in Gaza in the Cannon House Office Building on October 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. Members of the Jewish Voice for Peace and the IfNotNow movement staged a rally to call for a cease fire in the Israel–Hamas war. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Anti-war Jews face personal cost in U.S.

Tatyana Tandanpolie

Activists attacked by mainstream groups say the Jewish-led protests actually help fight rising antisemitism

Desert sand dunes (Getty Images/MASTER)

Think outside an "uninhabitable" Earth

Matthew Rozsa

Extreme heat and freak storms may make it harder to live on Earth, but calling it a wasteland is counterproductive

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