Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Author: Molly Bergen
04/09/2021
The First Flushable Pregnancy Test Is Here—and It’s Completely Biodegradable
For obvious reasons, taking an at-home pregnancy test can be an overwhelming time—especially when taking into account how the outcome can alter her life forever.
07/13/2021
United Airlines plans to buy 100 small electric planes for regional flights
The 19-seat planes could be used to fly passengers up to 250 miles by the end of the decade, United said Tuesday morning.
07/13/2021
Opinion: Why I’m a proud solutionist
History teaches us how to be brutally honest about a problem and yet optimistic for a technological solution.
07/13/2021
Vaccination burnout?
Delta variant spurs countries to speed up shots.
07/11/2021
A Covid Test as Easy as Breathing
Scientists have been dreaming of disease-detecting breathalyzers for years. Has the time for the technology finally come?
07/12/2021
Most fully vaccinated people who get Covid delta infections are asymptomatic, WHO says
Covid hospitalizations are rising in some parts of the world, mostly where vaccination rates are low and the highly contagious delta variant is spreading.
07/13/2021
EU approves first stage of COVID rescue plan
EU finance ministers have signed off on economic recovery plans for 12 of the bloc's 27 members. Though primarily a response to the pandemic, the funds are also supposed to be spent modernizing economies.
07/09/2021
It’s hard to make chickenless chicken delicious. Has Beyond Meat cracked the code?
The new Beyond Chicken tenders taste almost identical to the real thing.
07/12/2021
The Media’s COVID Success
Correcting its coverage of the lab-leak theory is not a sign of failure. It shows the system works.
07/09/2021
Doctors Might Have Been Focusing on the Wrong Asthma Triggers
The pandemic was a big social experiment that sent asthma attacks plummeting.
07/10/2021
GZERO Podcast: Adam Grant reimagines work after COVID
Renowned organizational psychologist Adam Grant joins Ian Bremmer to talk about how the pandemic has upended what we think of as "work" and how we should reimagine the office culture in a post-pandemic world.
07/12/2021