The winner of the $2-billion Powerball jackpot isn’t wasting any time spending the money. Edwin Castro, who came forward last month to collect the record-setting lottery prize, just spent $25.5 million on a new house in Hollywood Hills.Castro, who chose to col... More »
A just-hatched chick stands next to its egg. Harold M. Lambert / Getty ImagesIn a lab in London, newborn chicks took the first steps of their life and unwittingly became part of solving one of the brain’s bigger mysteries. ... More »
Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for March 7th, 2023. I had planned to do a couple … Continue reading "SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Little Witch Nobeta’, ‘Pronty’, Plus the Latest Sales and News" More »
After 2 weeks of intense negotiations, countries agreed this week on a historic treaty to protect biodiversity in international waters. The agreement, announced on 4 March at the United Nations, sets up a legal process for establishing marine protected areas (... More »
Getting vaccinated against covid-19 during pregnancy can reduce your newborn’s risk of infectionGary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect infants from infection through their first six months of life, ... More »
Fiction PodcastClaire-Louise Bennett Reads Maeve BrennanAudio availableListen to this storyListen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts.Photograph by Patrick Bolger... More »
LGBTQ soldiers on Ukraine’s front lines have put the lie to the idea that “a gay cannot be a patriot.” More »
Nearly 5 years after a Chinese scientist sparked worldwide outrage by announcing he had helped create genetically edited babies, China has unveiled new rules aimed at preventing a repeat of such ethically problematic research on humans. Many researchers welcom... More »
On 6 February, the University of Lausanne (UNIL) told staff by email that prominent evolutionary biologist Laurent Keller was no longer employed there. The Swiss university and Keller both declined to explain why, and there is still no official word on the rea... More »
Ron and Don map one-to-one on so many points — taxes, border enforcement, gun law, economic and environmental deregulation, the border, the news media, the Eastern establishment, authoritarianism and remaking the judiciary — that DeSantis sounds more like a Tr... More »
What do shipping containers and artillery shells have in common? This isn’t a trick question. The answer is that both have been in very short supply at some point over the past three years. And these shortages tell us something disturbing about modern economie... More »
A Cecilie Bahnsen dress is impossible to miss. Romantic, voluminous, and every bit as dreamy as a fairy tale, the Danish designer’s unique creations are works of art that can be worn for each and every occasion.And at Paris Fashion Week, inside an airy whitewa... More »