Voxflipped into Politics5 hours agoBrett Kavanaugh rides to the Biden administration’s defense in a big First Amendment caseverified_publisherVox - Ian MillhiserThe Supreme Court’s center right appears increasingly frustrated with the judiciary’s far right. There are several recent signs that the federal judiciary’s center right is losing patience with its far right. Last week, a policymaking body within the judiciary announced new steps to combat “judge …
Voxflipped into Internet Culture6 hours agoThe Mr. Beastification of entertainmentverified_publisherVox - Rebecca JenningsThe most popular YouTuber in the world is going Hollywood. A helicopter drops Mr. Beast and his friends onto the roof of an abandoned hotel, resting on the water’s edge of a Mediterranean resort town. They’re about to spend the next seven days there, trying not to die, all in service of a recent …
Voxflipped into All Stories9 hours agoPutin’s reelection puts him in a class of Russia’s longest-ruling autocratsverified_publisherVox - Ellen IoanesPutin has eliminated all of his most significant rivals, cementing his grip on power. As expected, Russian President Vladimir Putin has won his fifth term in office, following a campaign in which all his significant rivals were barred from running, imprisoned, or dead. Voting started Friday and …
Voxflipped into Future PerfectFeb 12Can we protect and profit from the oceans?verified_publisherVox - Julieta CardenasWhat the UN is missing with its plan to save the seas The ocean is home to most animal life on Earth. It’s also vital to human survival, regulating the climate, capturing 90 percent of the heat caused by carbon emissions, and producing 50 percent of the Earth’s oxygen. But most of the ocean is …
Voxflipped into Money14 hours agoCould a gambling "error" cost you March Madness?verified_publisherVox - Hady MawajdehSports betting is about the odds, but sports books decide whether the odds are fair. The 2024 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are here. That means it’s time to fill out a bracket, to suddenly become the biggest fan of a school you’d never heard of before this week, or to coat your body …
Voxflipped into Science1 day ago17 astounding scientific mysteries that researchers can’t yet solveverified_publisherVox - Brian ResnickWhat is the universe made out of? How should we define death? Where did dogs come from? And more! Three years ago, Vox launched Unexplainable, a podcast about unanswered questions and what we learn when we explore the unknown. There’s a line I think about all the time from our very first …