At a charity event in January, Chelsea Manning invited her friend, US representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the room. Like many of the guests, the conversation was informal in tone. Before leaving, Ocasio-Cortez said: “Trans rights matter. Trans rights are civil rights, are human rights.”
Starting today, you can become a horrible goose if you so choose by downloading Untitled Goose Game, for Nintendo Switch or computer.
Deep in the eastern Amazon rainforest, loggers armed with guns are lighting fires inside the territory of an uncontacted tribe with roughly 100 members left.
Locally sourced Basque food prepared by Michelin-star chefs may have been on the menu, but that didn’t satisfy Donald Trump during a G7 summit dinner in Biarritz, France on Saturday night (Aug. 24). According to reporting by the Guardian, heated debates began when the US president demanded the group readmit Russia. Russia was removed by the previously named G8 after it annexed Crimea in 2014.
Ahead of SpaceX’s experimental rocket launch Monday (Aug. 26), police warned nearby residents to leave their homes around launch time because the windows could shatter, according to the Brownsville Herald.
Radio talk-show host and former congressman Joe Walsh announced today that he’s running as a Republican candidate for US president in 2020. After all but declaring a bid in a campaign-testing New York Times op-ed—entitled “Trump Needs a Primary Challenge”—the one-term House representative from Illinois said on ABC’s This Week: “I’m going to run for president.”
For Brazil, August marks the start of the dry season. Every year, right about now, fires in the country start to tick up—but that doesn’t make the ongoing conflagration in the Amazon normal. According to INPE, Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, fires in the area are up 80% compared to this time last year. And the blazes are likely to worsen in the next few months as the rainforest’s dry season continues.
Taylor Swift released her new album Lover today. It might have been more apt to name it Shorter.
Insecticides kill insects.
The Amazon rainforest is burning at an unprecedented rate, and the fires are unlikely starting themselves. Rather they may be set by people in an attempt to clear land for cattle ranching.
Trying to make a Starbucks-style Frappuccino at home? Or even just trying recreate the texture of that smooth flavorful slush? The secret to the drink that drives 11% of the coffee company’s US revenue is xanthan gum.
A detour to avoid the film set for Hobbs & Shaw was the only reason I happened across this special beach.
Pacific gray whales are showing up dead in North America’s oceans and shores at a rate four-times greater than typical. As of July 11, 182 gray whales have been found dead or beached this year in Mexico, the US, and Canada according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
It seems like nothing is safe from the wrath of US president Trump’s trade war. His administration is already levying an extra 25% tariff on $250 billion worth of Chinese imports. After threatening to impose extra duties on “essentially all” Chinese products the president is headed back to the negotiating table with Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.
Even if you’re not interested in making Twix or Peeps at home, Gourmet Makes, the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen video series about recreating processed foods from scratch, is jam-packed with strategies to make your life at work better.
Just how many tourists, Brooklynites, bankers and media executives ride the New York City subway on Fridays during summer? While it sounds like banal cocktail party fodder, it’s actually key to knowing how many free subway rides Mastercard is giving to riders when they tap their phones or cards at a turnstile.
The US and Chinese government continue to jockey for global trade superiority. Most recently, the Trump administration issued an executive order that amounted to a ban on products from the Chinese tech company Huawei. But that’s just the latest attack in a long series of skirmishes, from increased tariffs to the detention of key executives.
India’s Muslim population is rising. In 2015, their number stood at 195 million, which, due to high birth rates, has almost doubled since 1991, according to the Pew Research Center. Their share has increased from 12% to 15% in this time period. By 2060, Pew estimates, there will be more Muslims in India than anywhere else in the world (Indonesia has more today), and they will constitute 19% of Indians.
Understanding the scale of the human genome is no easy task. With the rise of at-home testing kits, it may feel like getting your DNA sequenced is straightforward. However, while technical improvements have made direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing easier than ever, the simplicity of the reports they provide belies the difficulties of accurate gene analysis.
Some traditions never dye. This year, instead of painting your Easter eggs blue, why not get some that were simply created that way?
A pirate’s life ain’t all that it’s cracked up to be: A bitcoin couple is sought by Thai authorities after trying to make a lawless, tax-free home on the sea outside Phuket island. If convicted, the duo face a potential death penalty for violating Thailand’s sovereignty.
In a briefing yesterday in Washington, DC, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo declared that “a cyberattack could, in certain circumstances, constitute an armed attack under Article 5 of the US-Japan Security Treaty.” The security agreement, ratified after World War II, guarantees the United States’ defense in the event of an attack on Japan.
With Coachella opening April 12, consider the 2019 music festival season underway. Outdoor venues like Coachella can attract over 100,000 fans. Coachella’s location in the Southern California desert means the venue’s temporary restrooms can get hot, steamy, and of course stinky.
At a recent conference, GoPro CFO Brian McGee made an admission: His company couldn’t manufacture enough of its flagship action camera. McGee said GoPro expected it could sell 5 million cameras, but was only able to make about 4.2 million in 2018.
