Pew Research surveyed U.S. adults about news consumption on social media and found a steep increase for TikTok users. When looking at adult TikTok users specifically, news consumption has also incr ...
Earlier this year, the administration halted USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical supplies. Medicine already paid for just sat in warehouses. The Washington Post charted the timeline for ...
Hi everyone. Nathan here. I write to you from the United States, where the federal government is in limbo but we do our best to keep pushing forward. When there is data (or lack of it), we like to ...
Merriam-Webster is about to release the next edition of their large language model in November. No hallucinations, hundreds of thousands of well-defined parameters. I'm excited. We are thrill ...
The government shutdown of 2025 begins. Here is a quick table by Nigel Chiwaya for NBC News showing the congressional parties and the length of the funding gaps. Not all gaps include shutdowns and ...
As one might expect, Congress is having trouble figuring out how to fund the government, which is likely headed towards a shutdown. For the New York Times, Lazaro Gamio charted the history of fundi ...
For Quanta Magazine, Joseph Howlett and Mark Belan explain the mechanics of how greenhouse gases lead to a hotter planet. Earth will eventually settle into a new, hotter equilibrium, but only if it ...
You can find rhythms and patterns when you look closely at the activities of daily life. Cars move across a freeway, a ping pong ball hits back and forth, and clouds float across the sky. Matthew W ...