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Blue Eye Samurai is one of the smartest Netflix shows in years

Netflix struggled for years to land a mainstream anime hit. Enter Blue Eye Samurai.

An oil executive is leading the UN climate summit. It’s going as well as you’d expect.

The head of COP28 is facing widespread backlash for his comments on fossil fuels.

Rizz, the word of the year, explained

The evolution of a viral term, according to the "Livvy rizzed up Baby Gronk" guy.

How millennials learned to dread motherhood

To our generation, being a mom looks thankless, exhausting, and lonely. Can we change the story?

Renaissance isn’t a deification of Beyoncé. It’s a reminder she’s human.

The concert documentary shows some people still try to say no to Beyoncé! Weird!

What’s inside this crater in Madagascar?

On satellite imagery, we spotted a village inside a strange crater in Madagascar. We set out to learn how it got there.

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They paved paradise

In our quest to accommodate parked cars, we’ve paved over downtowns, polluted the planet, and made it damn near impossible to get anywhere without driving. In May we talked to Slate’s Henry Grabar, who explained Big Parking — and how electric cars might offer an opportunity to finally try something new.

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The Israel-Hamas war is shifting quickly. Find the latest coverage from Vox here.

Qubit by qubit, the quantum computers of tomorrow are coming into being

How the keffiyeh became a symbol of the Palestinian cause

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Russia’s absurd claim that the LGBTQ community is extremist, explained

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What Timothée Chalamet’s Wonka has in common with Paddington Bear

Two new Supreme Court cases ask if there is a right to medically necessary abortion

Our love of orcas is making them miserable

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Israeli settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, briefly explained

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The first results from the world’s biggest basic income experiment

George Santos’s messy expulsion vote, briefly explained

Netflix’s Squid Game reality show is kinda great. Oh no.

How Israel fractured the left and united the right

Can the party of Trump really become a multiracial coalition?

Scaling slaughter-free meat is hard. Here’s one way to make it easier.

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Can Black churches lead the way on teen mental health?

A Black mental health researcher’s long, difficult crusade
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Why Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis are debating each other

What Henry Kissinger wrought

The truth about Napoleon and Josephine’s marriage, divorce, and lasting legacy

There are now more land mines in Ukraine than almost anywhere else on the planet

There’s less meat at this year’s climate talks. But there’s plenty of bull.

What to know about the new FAFSA

The Supreme Court seeks a middle path between following the law and blowing up the government

Nikki Haley’s “rise” and the Republican flight from reality

What Matt Rife’s baffling Netflix special tells us about comedy

US life expectancy no longer catastrophic, now merely bad

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Alex Murdaugh stands guilty of killing his wife and son. That’s just scratching the surface.

Why is dating advice on TikTok so sexist — and so bleak?

The big bet on “tiny homes” to fix homelessness

What is life like in Palestine? These short films offer a glimpse.

Local police should not be your go-to source for iPhone safety news

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