Harris’s Combative Debate Style Will Get Its Biggest Test Against Trump
Kamala Harris’s razor-sharp debate skills have powered her political ascent. Her success next week will turn on how well she…
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Working on a Sri Lankan-Australian Epic, He Learned His Family’s Past
As the acclaimed “Counting and Cracking” makes its North American debut, the playwright describes the work as “my soul on…
New Mercury Images From BepiColombo Spacecraft Show Clear Views
BepiColombo, a joint European-Japanese mission, completed its latest flyby of Mercury, sending back a sneak peek of the cratered planet…
How Russia Found Its Way Into America’s Conservative Media
Federal prosecutors say Russia paid an American media company to push pro-Kremlin messages from social media influencers including Benny Johnson,…
Heritage Foundation Spreads Deceptive Videos About Noncitizen Voters
The right-wing think tank has been pushing misinformation about voting into social media feeds. The Georgia secretary of state’s office…
The Pivotal Decision That Led to a Resurgence of Polio
In 2016, the global health authorities removed a type of poliovirus from the oral vaccine. The virus caused a growing…
Meet the Team Climbing Trees in the Amazon to Better Understand Carbon Stores
A small team in a remote corner of Colombia is surveying every tree in an effort to better understand how…
Street Artist Documents War in Ukraine, One Stark Mural at a Time
Using ruins as his canvas, Gamlet Zinkivskyi has captured life in wartime Ukraine in dozens of grim, gripping and harshly…
At the U.S. Open, Hourly-Wage Ushers Corral the Well-Heeled Crowds
Since fans often must wait until breaks between games to enter, employees in blue shirts have the dicey task of…
Typhoon Yagi Approaches Vietnam After Pummeling Southern China
The storm is on track to become the most powerful to make landfall in northern Vietnam, where one person has…