Some birds will learn to dance without being taught: study
As a human, when a good song is on, it feels natural to want to move your body and dance.…
Meet the Radical Monarchs, scouts for girls of color, where “the goal is advocacy”
In 2015, a group of young girls wearing matching brown berets and uniforms, decorated with colorful badges, arrived at a…
How police are causing a public health crisis
“If a cop is going to kill you anyway, what’s a little bit of COVID?” Dr. Melody Goodman asks pointedly.…
“Politically dumb”: Karoline Leavitt blasted “grossly dark” Democrat smear
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is coming under heavy criticism from Democrats after likening their voter base to violent…
Alanis Morissette’s “Ironic”: Putting an end to the debate over whether it is or isn’t
The prevailing notion is that the Alanis Morissette’s song “Ironic” is not ironic at all, but instead simply full of…
How TikTok is helping spread diet culture myths
Six years ago, a popular reality TV show called “The Biggest Loser” suffered a public blow to its credibility. The…
Kash Patel hasn’t ruined the FBI — he’s only revealed its true nature
There’s an unanswerable question behind all the discourse about the rapidly decaying condition of American democracy: Did we ever have…
The Great Pumpkin is real and on the run in Ohio
In what may be the most seasonal police chase in recent memory, this week, Ohio officers found themselves in hot…
The gospel according to Amanita muscaria, the world’s most charismatic mushroom
In a snow-covered village on the northern outskirts of Moscow, Russia’s most famous mycologist, Mikhail Vishnevsky, poured me a cup…
Mike Johnson exploits the shutdown to hide the Epstein files
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is lying. Yes, I know. Writing that is like writing “cats are furry” or…