U.S. moms are experiencing a sharp decline in mental health
Mothers in the U.S. are facing more widespread mental health struggles. That’s according to a new study published by JAMA Internal Medicine, out this week. The research, which took place…
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L.A. has 24,000 tiny vacant lots across the city—these designs show creative ways to use them for housing
It’s incredibly hard to find a starter home in Los Angeles, where the median house price is now around $1.2 million. But in a new project, the city is working with architects and…
How crypto crime is morphing into real-life violence
A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom and his finger cut off. A couple in Connecticut were carjacked, beaten and thrown into a…
Glacier melt, driven by climate change, buries 90% of this Swiss village
Swiss residents were struggling on Thursday to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge chunk of glacier that has buried most of their picturesque village, in what scientists…
Elon Musk announces on X that his time in the Trump White House ‘comes to an end’
Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. His departure, announced…
The Download: the next anti-drone weapon, and powering AI’s growth
Imagine: China deploys hundreds of thousands of autonomous drones in the air, on the sea, and under the water—all armed with explosive warheads or small missiles. These machines descend in…
3 ways to get investors to take your pitch seriously
I’ve spent the last 24 years as a charity auctioneer on stages around the world selling anything and everything to potential bidders. From Robinhood to Goldman Sachs, the biggest names in…
So much for corporate Pride: A quarter of NYC’s Pride sponsors have backed out
Last week, the nonprofit that runs New York City Pride revealed that around a quarter of its corporate donors have either canceled or diminished their support this year. The pullback has…
Is “The Phoenician Scheme” Wes Anderson’s Most Emotional Film?
Wes Anderson’s new film, “The Phoenician Scheme,” is a funny-ha-ha comedy, but there’s nothing funny about its story, which involves a wealthy industrialist’s attempts to realize a…
What will power AI’s growth?
As I discovered while I continued that line of reporting, building new nuclear plants isn’t so simple or so fast. And as my colleague David Rotman lays out in his story for the package,…
Warren Buffett’s top 3 investment tips for beginners
Warren Buffett is likely the best-known, most successful investor in the world today. The philanthropist and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has an estimated net worth of $158 billion and is…
Manhattanhenge 2025: Here’s how to see the city skyline frame the sun
Twice a year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in…
The hidden impact of sunny days on office productivity
The days are getting longer, sunnier, and warmer in the western hemisphere. Those bright summer days have a bigger impact on the workforce and the physical office than you may think. The…
Why we need to write affordable housing’s next chapter
Over the years, I’ve observed how the approach to housing in the U.S. has shifted. And while affordable housing has faced challenges in how it’s understood and accurately represented,…
Oval Office Ambush
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We don’t need to defund education
Every four years, the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) provides a snapshot of how students across the country are performing in math and English. It doesn’t tell us…
Spicy AI-generated TACO memes are taking over social media because ‘Trump always chickens out’
One easy way to ensure an unflattering nickname has staying power is to act defensive about it. Apparently, the same goes for unflattering acronyms. After multiple news outlets reported on…
The trade war will cost 7 million jobs in 2025, according to a UN report. Here’s the breakdown
The International Labor Organization (ILO), an agency of the United Nations, has downgraded its global employment forecast for 2025, saying “the global economy is growing at a slower pace…
LexisNexis breach: Data broker hack exposed trove of sensitive information, including Social Security numbers
Data analytics firm LexisNexis Risk Solutions said it suffered a data breach that could have affected the names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and contact information…
E.l.f. Beauty to acquire Rhode, Hailey Bieber’s skincare brand, in $1 billion deal
E.l.f. Beauty (NYSE: ELF) announced on Wednesday that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rhode, the beauty brand founded by Hailey Rhode Bieber, alongside its Q4 earnings for…
Peter Godfrey-Smith on Alien Intelligences in Our Midst
In the two-thousands, the philosopher of science Peter Godfrey-Smith began snorkelling off the coast of his native Sydney, where he became captivated by giant cuttlefish. The experience…
From flop to franchise: Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a sequel
A video game once synonymous with one of the most disastrous launches in history has not only redeemed itself, but will be getting a proper second act. Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt…
Why Anthropic’s New AI Model Sometimes Tries to ‘Snitch’
The hypothetical scenarios the researchers presented Opus 4 with that elicited the whistleblowing behavior involved many human lives at stake and absolutely unambiguous wrongdoing, Bowman…
AI influencers are shaping Gen Z’s shopping habits
According to new research from Whop, a marketplace for digital products, one in three Gen Z consumers now make purchasing decisions based on recommendations from AI-generated influencers.…