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Gastronomists study 100 years of menus to reveal food’s political power

By Laura Baisas

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Harvard paid $27 for a Magna Carta copy in 1946. It’s actually an original.

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Texas aims to legalize hunting invasive sheep from helicopters

Jared Isaacman speaking at congressional hearing

NASA nominee: ‘We will prioritize sending astronauts to Mars’

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Utah bill would require cops to disclose AI-authored police reports

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YouTube is full of election lies, and no one is stopping it

Neither candidate has talked much about space policy on the campaign trail, but both have records to consider.

How Harris and Trump differ on space policy

By Thomas G. Roberts / The Conversation

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Science Fiction

Jeff VanderMeer talks about his new novel and ‘deranged court jester’ Elon Musk

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The tech that changed elections forever

By Popular Science Team

Don’t register to vote on Elon Musk’s AmericaPAC website. Do this instead.

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California’s billionaire utopia faces a major setback

AI candidates are running for office

By Mack DeGeurin

California Forever concept art of utopian cityscape

California’s billionaire utopia may not be as eco-friendly as advertised

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Law enforcement collected over 1.5 million people’s DNA since 2020

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4 new myths about climate change—and how to debunk them

By Sara Kiley Watson

Rooftop solar panels in Koko Head, Oahu, Hawaii.

What your elected leaders have been up to at COP26

By Philip Kiefer

Wind farm along shorelines represent the US shift to clean energy through the CEPP

CEPP could boost the biggest climate policy in US history—if it survives the Senate

By Sara Kiley Watson

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Social media really is making us more morally outraged

By Charlotte Hu

Why the new FTC chair is causing such a stir

Why the new FTC chair is causing such a stir

6 pregnancy facts that will make you think twice about recent abortion bills

6 pregnancy facts that will make you think twice about recent abortion bills

By Rachel Feltman