In most Olympic years, media focus shifts to the athletes and competition in the days preceding the event. But with the 2022 Beijing Olympics about a week away, "sportswashing" — when a country uses sports to obscure its poor human rights record — has gained increasing attention. Read more about what it means, where it's happening and how athletes are responding to the human rights policies where they're playing.
"Maus" is a seminal graphic novel published 30 years ago and the only one to have won the Pulitzer Prize. It was inspired by cartoonist Art Spiegelman's parents, and tells the story of the Holocaust and the experiences of its survivors in unflinching detail. The McMinn County School Board in Tennessee has now banned the book citing "nudity" and "inappropriate language." Here's what to know, and how Spiegelman and others are responding.
The bizarre deaths of hikers at Russia's Dyatlov Pass have inspired countless conspiracy theories, but the answer may lie in an elegant computer model based on surprising sources. A 62-year-old adventure mystery that has prompted conspiracy theories around Soviet military experiments, Yetis, and …
The cars were retired in 2008 and started disintegrating almost immediately. After 58 years of service, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has now retired every single one of its remaining “Brightliners” (R-32 subway cars). Known for their shiny corrugated stainless-steel paneling, the Brightliners …
The Biden administration announced Friday that the first family has adopted a gray shorthair tabby cat named Willow. First lady Jill Biden was apparently the driver behind the adoption after Willow interrupted a speech she was giving at a Pennsylvania farm during President Biden's 2020 …
What happens if you find a spacerock in your back garden? Who lays claim to meteorites? When a meteor falls to Earth, once it hits the ground it …
Aliens are out there. Just not in the way we might think. While we haven’t yet proven the existence of aliens, scientists have pointed to the vast …
