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How the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisks

New regulations are a win for safe synthetic DNA.

Armed groups are likely committing ethnic cleansings and atrocities in Darfur — again

International impunity helped allow a power struggle in Sudan to spiral into ethnic violence.

Macklemore’s anthem for Gaza is a rarity: A protest song in an era of apolitical music

"Hind’s Hall" was electrifying because it was so unexpected.

The Trump hush money case has been a quiet affair. Enter Stormy Daniels.

What we learned from Daniels’s testimony.

Biden is threatening to withhold some weapons from Israel. Is it a real shift in policy?

The US has offered unconditional military aid to Israel throughout the war in Gaza. As of this week, that might be changing.

Why Japan is struggling to kick its coal dependency

If a wealthy, advanced economy is having a hard time getting off coal, what does it mean for the rest of the world?

Eurovision is supposed to be fun and silly. This year is different.

Eurovision doesn’t want to be about Israel-Palestine, but amid protests and boycotts, it might not have a choice.

Why does this forest look like a fingerprint?

We set out to solve why a forest in the middle of Uruguay looked like that — and wound up discovering something much bigger.