Fans Flocked to World Cup Host Cities—Causing 80 Percent of the Tournament’s Emissions
Major sporting events like the FIFA World Cup and global music tours are major events that generate significant cultural and…
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The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
The toolkit’s authors frame the problem slightly differently: Their central worry is not only evidence hidden from prosecutors but defendants…
An Ebike Company Was Sued for Misleading Info on Safety. It Points to a Big Problem
Amazon and UL, a company that tests and certifies that products meet safety standards, settled a lawsuit in July with…
A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home (2026)
Mushroom hunting is cool and fun, but you know what’s not cool and fun? Having slugs or other mushroom hunters…
The 35 Best Board Games for Family Game Night
More Family Board Games Photograph: Simon Hill There are so many family board games. Here are a few more we…
Elite Young Runners Are Becoming Freakishly Fast. Welcome to ‘Trackflation’
The track world, I discovered, has coined a name for this much-discussed phenomenon of kids getting ultra-fast: trackflation. In June…
A Humanoid Company Backed by Eric Trump Is Preparing Its Robots for War
Some companies want their humanoid robots to fold your clothes. Others want them in the workplace. Sankaet Pathak and his…
The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
As cases of the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora rise across the US, former employees of the Centers for Disease Control and…
The Group Behind ‘2000 Mules’ Is Back With Another Election Conspiracy Film
True the Vote, the election denial group responsible for the debunked film 2000 Mules that falsely alleged election fraud in…
FIFA’s World Cup Halftime Show Puts American-Style Spectacle on the World Stage
It was all Chris Martin’s idea. During the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Coldplay frontman called Hugh Evans, the…