
A Purely Speculative List of Reasons Why Gina McCarthy Might Be Leaving the White House
Last night, Reuters reported that White House national climate adviser Gina McCarthy plans to step down from her post as the country’s de facto climate

Could Overturning Roe Help Democrats in the Midterms?
It is quite possible, even likely, that abortion rights as we’ve known them in America for half a century will no longer exist two months

Trump, Putin, and the Politics of Domination
What happens to a bipartisan democracy when one of the two parties turns toward autocracy? This is the drama we are now living through in

Marine Le Pen’s Climate Policy Has a Whiff of Ecofascism
Later this month, the second round of runoffs will see a rematch between French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, standard-bearer of the far-right

BeReal Basics: How to Use the ‘Unfiltered’ Social Media App
A French social media platform launched by Alexis Barreyat in 2020, BeReal is attracting dedicated users on US college campuses after gaining popularity overseas. Essentially,

How plants turned predator
Enlarge / A blow fly trapped on a carnivorous sundew plant. Cathy Keifer | Getty Toward the end of the 19th century, lurid tales of

NASA to roll back its mega rocket after failing to complete countdown test
So Long Spring Launch — NASA has options for what to do next, but all will involve schedule delays. Eric Berger – Apr 17, 2022

Before Google kills free G Suite accounts, why not offer a family email plan?
Also, stop shutting down services, in general, we’re begging you — Apple and Microsoft sell custom domain email to consumers, but Google doesn’t. Ron Amadeo