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Justice Samuel Alito Is Now Beefing With Boris Johnson and Prince Harry

In a speech about "religious liberty," the right-wing Supreme Court justice griped about foreign leaders speaking out about the U.S. rolling back abortion rights.
Paul Blest
7.29.22
virtual reality

People Are Begging for Jobs at a Virtual Kmart But They're Not Hiring

People say they love working at the VRChat Kmart, even if it doesn't pay anything and doesn't offer benefits.
Samantha Cole
7.29.22
Tech

Instagram's New Feature Looks a Lottttt Like BeReal

Instagram continues its tradition of, uhh, borrowing from Snapchat, TikTok, and now BeReal.
Chloe Xiang
7.29.22
News

Prison Cells Can Reach Nearly 150 Degrees in the South

Heat waves can be deadly for prisoners, especially in the South, where many prison cells do not have air conditioning.
Trone Dowd
7.29.22
Politics

Trump’s ‘Blueprint’ to Steal 2024 Is on the Ballot Tuesday

Loyalists and conspiracists are running for key election-controlling posts in several swing states. If they win, and then refuse to certify in 2024, you’ve got a full-blown crisis.
Todd Zwillich
7.29.22
tech-science

An Out-of-Control Chinese Rocket Is Going to Crash Into Earth Tomorrow

There's a nonzero chance that the uncontrolled rocket debris could fall on a populated area, but the risk of anybody getting hurt is extremely low.
Becky Ferreira
7.29.22
roads

Government: Highways In Poor, Minority Neighborhoods More Likely to Be Potholed Messes

It is either a total coincidence or another example of how deeply structural racism and classism is embedded in American institutions.
Aaron Gordon
7.29.22
Drugs

The 'World's Biggest Cannabis Scam' Is Totally Unravelling

Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are said to have invested in JuicyFields, a firm that pledged to connect online investors with cannabis farms. But now there are suspicions that it was a Ponzi scheme.
Tim Geyer
7.29.22
Terraform

An Arctic Cruiselish

The ice caps have disappeared and so have everyone’s jobs. How will Masato find meaning in the Novo-Arctic?
Jessica Powell
7.29.22
tech-science

Viral 'Loch Ness Monster' Paleontologist Tells Us What He Thinks Is Out There

Nick Longrich's discovery of freshwater plesiosaur fossils turned into a viral claim about Nessie's existence, and he has thoughts to share about it all.
Becky Ferreira
7.29.22
Artificial Intelligence

Artists Are Using AI To Imagine Cities Without Cars

Amateur urban planners are using DALL-E to visualize what cities might look like if they were built for pedestrians and cyclists, instead of cars.
Janus Rose
7.29.22
deepfakes

Is Joe Biden Dead, Replaced by 10 Different Deepfake Body Doubles? An Investigation

A conspiracy theory started on Twitter claims that Joe Biden's videos are deepfakes.
Matthew Gault
Samantha Cole
7.29.22
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