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Politics

This Politician Is Promising Free Helicopters and Trips to the Moon
In a chaotic election season in India, Thulam Saravanan’s manifesto of wild promises is going viral. What will he do if he actually wins?
Pallavi Pundir
3.26.21
Tech

Think You Can Tell the Difference Between Human and AI? Take This Test
You’re probably incapable of telling the difference between something an AI and human generated art
Matthew Gault
3.26.21
tech-science

Something Huge and Invisible Is Making Nearby Stars Vanish, Scientists Propose
Stars that have gone missing from the Hyades cluster may have been torn away by a dark matter monster with the mass of 10 million Suns.
Becky Ferreira
3.26.21
privacy

How Musicians and Sex Workers Beat Facial Recognition in New Orleans
A grassroots coalition of Black youth, sex workers, and community advocates stood against the surveillance state—and won.
Caroline Sinders
3.26.21
Games Reviews

'Dorfromantik' Turns City-Building into a Beautiful Series of Puzzles
They finally made the entire game out of the tile-placement mechanic.
Nicole Clark
3.26.21
tech-science

NASA Is Launching a $10 Billion 'Time Machine'
The James Webb Telescope will peer farther back into the universe's history than ever before and is the "ultimate time machine," scientists say.
Becky Ferreira
3.26.21
qanon

QAnon’s Suez Canal Dick Ship Conspiracies Are Getting Wilder and Wilder
The Ever Given cargo ship is blocking one of the world’s busiest trade routes, and conspiracy theorists have a lot of thoughts.
David Gilbert
3.26.21
VICE K-Pop

Chinese K-Pop Stars Are Dumping Deals With Fashion Brands To Support Beijing
After companies pledged to stop sourcing Xinjiang cotton due to human rights concerns, brands like Adidas and Converse are losing partners like GOT7’s Jackson Wang and EXO’s Lay Zhang.
Koh Ewe
3.26.21
Suez Canal

Watch These Bizarre Sizzle Reels the Suez Canal Made for the Dick Ship
The Suez Canal Authority has made a bunch of dramatically-soundtracked videos showing the MS Ever Given not moving, as the ship holds up an estimated £7 billion worth of goods every day.
Matthew Champion
3.26.21
Ask An Expert

Could Shrimp Actually Get Into Cereal?
This week’s Cinnamon Toast Crunch situation made us wonder how this kind of thing could happen. So we asked a food safety expert.
Jelisa Castrodale
3.26.21
Still Here

After Eviction Threat, Domestic Abuse Charity for Black Women is Thriving
Last year, Sistah Space was fighting an eviction. Now, with over £100,000 via a GoFundMe and £10,000 from BLM, the future looks different.
Ruby Lott-Lavigna
3.26.21
japan

That Japanese Whisky You’re Drinking? Yeah, Not Japanese.
Only about 7 percent of the Japanese whisky currently on the market is actually made in Japan. New rules seek to change that.
Hanako Montgomery
3.26.21
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