In his current gig as Donald Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon isn’t an especially open book. His exact role in White House decision-making isn’t always…
QUIET
A Jewish reporter asked Trump about anti-Semitic attacks, and Trump told him to sit down and be quiet
Towards the end of his press conference today, Donald Trump took a question from Jake Turx, a Hasidic Jewish reporter for a small US-based weekly…
YOU HAVE MADE IT TO OREGON
“Two times better than my dream”—A 10-year-old Iraqi refugee describes his new life in the US
In 2007, Ahmed Al-Zubidi applied for refugee status in the United States after several of his journalist colleagues were murdered or kidnapped by terrorists. In…
UNCONFLICTED
Donald Trump says it’s impossible for the president to have a conflict of interest
In his first press conference since he won the 2016 US presidential election two months ago, Donald Trump declared himself free of all conflicts of…
A Chinese designer is dealing with dangerous smog levels by wearing $700 sneakers on his face
Wang Zhijun was tired of running through thick Chinese smog in uncomfortable, stupid-looking face masks. So he took a knife and cut open a pair…
FLEX ZONE
A tiny-armed robot could be the future of surgery
Robots are increasingly common in surgical procedures. But surgical robots are often very large, with long, inflexible instruments that make them expensive and impractical for…
WHERE THE PARTY AT
What’s going to happen to the Republican Party after Nov. 8?
In the final tense days before Americans go to the polls to pick the nation’s next president, it’s natural to assume that a loss for…
MIND GAMES
How to decode the Olympic opening ceremonies
The opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing was unforgettable. In a marriage of technology, artistry, scale, and coordination, it announced to the world…
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
A gay Republican delegate became a minor celebrity at the RNC for taking on her party’s anti-LGBT rhetoric
At last week’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland, the GOP unveiled its most right-wing platform in years. It called for the end of women in…
SOUNDS LIKE
MIT researchers built an AI that predicts what the world sounds like
In the video above, a scientist hits stuff with a drumstick. The sounds that come out of that are pretty normal: the swish of the…
DUST YOURSELF OFF
Michelle Obama told graduates of the “poor man’s Harvard” that living without privilege is an advantage
In her last commencement address as US first lady, Michelle Obama spoke to the graduates of the City College of New York, telling them they…
THOSE WHO DIED
Obama: Hiroshima teaches us that we’re doomed if science progresses but our morals don’t
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan in 1945 was the beginning of a new era of warfare. But speaking in Hiroshima, president Obama argued that…
