Sam Stein, Tim Miller, and Will Sommer break down the bizarre, disturbing, and increasingly influential world of “looksmaxxing” and the internet personality at its center, Clavicular.

India's national flag is hoisted on Independence Day, August 15, and unfurled on Republic Day, January 26. The two terms — "hoist" and "unfurled" — are sometimes used interchangeably. However, there's ...

The Marinera, which was seized by the U.S., isn’t the only ship from the “shadow fleet” of oil tankers to switch lately to a Russian identity, seeking protection. By Paul Sonne and Michael Schwirtz ...

A federal judge Tuesday ordered Trump ally Lindsey Halligan to explain why she continues to call herself the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia even though another judge determined in ...

What happened in 2025? Well, a lot. There were tariffs, breakthroughs and disappointments with AI, and a wobbly economy that sent decidedly mixed signals. There were crises of purpose, execution, and ...

In this season of reflection, it's awe-inspiring to consider how so much is still beyond our scientific understanding — from the big questions of the origins of the universe and life, to the more ...

A new theory proposes that the universe’s fundamental forces and particle properties may arise from the geometry of hidden extra dimensions. These dimensions could twist and evolve over time, forming ...

Politics. Football. And now – AI? Add artificial intelligence to the potential sources of Thanksgiving dinner quarrels this year. Maybe Uncle Larry wants to know if the robots are coming for your job.

Are you a multitasker, a free spirit, or an overly optimistic planner? Experts say these are some of the traits that explain why some people are always running behind. Some people just seem wired to ...

Artificial intelligence has long been criticized as a black box - powerful, but opaque. Now, researchers and developers are working to make AI systems more transparent and explainable, allowing users ...

The good news is that we still have the antidote to all the nonsense out there. As a general matter, I have long agreed with T. S. Eliot that “there is no such thing as a Lost Cause, because there is ...