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There's close to 14,000 man-made satellites bopping around in low-Earth orbit. Many of us willingly bring wiretaps into our lives: smartphone apps that constantly listen; smart speakers that do our bidding in exchange for access to our most intimate ...

You've seen the political compass, I'm sure: that admirable attempt to map every viewpoint onto two axes. It's been a while since it's gotten an update, hasn't it? Don't we need a political compass for the modern era, capable of reflecting our weird ...

Donald Trump's Great American State Fair, that 16-day celebration of all things America currently underway at the National Mall, kicked off this weekend not with a bang, but with something more akin to a whimper. The fair, which Jason Weisberger here ...

Of all the trustworthy names a scammer could possibly hijack, Marco Rubio feels like an odd choice. You can choose to be literally anyone, and you pick the Secretary of State who thinks fonts are woke? I think Rubio contacting me would make me even ...

Daniel Sanchez-Estrada got 30 years for moving boxes of zines. He didn't attend the protest. Eight others got 50 to 100 years each.

The CDC suppressed a COVID-19 vaccine study. JAMA published it anyway. The findings: vaccines cut hospitalization risk by 55%.

The Good Liars visit the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool to ask Trump supporters who they think is responsible.

The Anti-PowerPoint Party is a real Swiss party that says presentation software costs the economy 2.1 billion CHF a year.

"Donald Dump," a street art piece in Naples, Italy by Eduardo Castaldo, depicts Trump with sludge oozing out of his mouth.

A University of Zaragoza study scanned 100 young adults and found authoritarians have reduced grey matter in regions for empathy and social reasoning.