Trump’s strange obsession with steam-powered catapults
Plus: The disbanding of an Army drone unit.
Sophie Cunningham and the WNBA culture wars
How the league became embroiled in a fight over trans athletes.
The surprising way that America’s $40 trillion debt costs you
Rising national debt can make mortgages, credit cards and car loans more expensive.
Why nonalcoholic wine is so expensive
And do these NA wines even taste good?
Flock cameras are everywhere — and people really, really hate them
How AI traffic cameras sparked a vigilante vandalism movement.
The future of medicine is video games
Multiplayer games like EVE Online are being integrated with scientific teams. Kids are wearing VR googles for an MRI. Here…
No new Canada tariffs — for now
I regret to inform you that we still have to think about tariffs.
The Florida primary from hell
Randy Fine beat Dan Bilzerian in a Florida congressional primary marked by Islamophobia, antisemitism, and ugly personal attacks.
Why Trump can’t rekindle the spark with Kim Jong Un
The president badly wants a meeting with the North Korean leader. But it’s not clear what they have to talk…
Cuba has plenty of doctors. So why is its healthcare system collapsing?
The crisis reveals a forgotten variable in the health equation: energy.