A Fireball Near Mexico City Lit Up the Sky and the Internet
The glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s…
Trump-Allied Prosecutor Sends Letters to Medical Journals Alleging Bias
An interim U.S. attorney is demanding information about the selection of research articles and the role of N.I.H. Experts worry…
Joe Nickell, Paranormal Investigator and ‘Real-Life Scully,’ Dies at 80
Photographs, via the Nickell familyAs a paranormal investigator, Joe Nickell was in high demand, studying ghosts, the Loch Ness monster,…
Trump Declares Lab Leak as ‘True Origins’ of Covid on New Website
Government websites that once provided basic information about the virus now redirect to a page citing a number of misleading…
U.S. Chipmakers Fear They Are Ceding China’s A.I. Market to Huawei
New restrictions on semiconductor exports to China are scrambling sales and fueling concerns that the Chinese tech giant will become…
RFK Jr. Claimed Autism ‘Destroys’ Lives. Autistic People Disagree.
People in the community called the remarks dehumanizing and warned they could perpetuate harmful stigma.Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s remarks this…
Google Makes History With Rapid-Fire Antitrust Losses
Within a year, two federal judges declared the tech giant a monopoly in search and ad technology. The tide may…
Meta on Trial + Is A.I. a ‘Normal’ Technology? + HatGPT
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadioThis week Meta is on trial, in…
How to Handle Unexpected Grief for Life Transitions
The good-news blues are real.A friend of mine is retiring after dreaming about it for years. Yet when he packed…
A TikTok Influencer Opens Up About Her Skin Picking Condition
Millions of people compulsively pick their skin or pull their hair. Social media is helping some of them to recover.Sarah…