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A new AI tool says it can detect similarities in fingerprints that humans can’t.

The science isn’t so straightforward.

Did you vote?

Think of the video as a kind of emotional palate cleanser before the new year.

And why so many of them are shot in Vancouver.

Desserts at restaurants have gotten boring — here’s why.

What Trump’s win means for abortion, immigration, foreign policy, and more.

And why they sometimes surprise us in presidential elections.

Red 3 has been banned for use in cosmetics and topical drugs since 1990. Why is it still in our food?

What the author saw in Palestine.

Cheese is yellow, milk is white. What’s going on here?

How digital lives are impacting our climate goals.

“If humans are so smart, why are we so stupid?”

Whether the US bans it everywhere could be up to the next president.

Why do so many people think pit bulls are violent?

Four reporters who have covered Kamala Harris at different points in her career narrate her rise from San Francisco prosecutor to presidential nominee.

The post-Covid pop-up boom, explained.

Why AI researchers think we’re close to getting interspecies chatbots.

Lawns aren’t natural, so why do so many Americans have one?

Paris’s bold Olympic promise to clean the River Seine.

The driving sounds of EVs, explained by the designers who make them.

We’re probably all listening to music too loudly, alas.

You’re probably listening too loud.

But they’re right that something has changed in American cities.

And what it means for US climate goals.

It’s about more than just the blue light.

If high inflation hurts just about everyone, why can’t we have no inflation?

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

AI is supposed to help militaries make precise strikes. Is that the case in Gaza?

The debate over the Anthropocene epoch, explained.

The (bad) options for Americans facing an emergency expense.

You deserve better than Shein.

Why we’re all paying so much more for streaming, and what we can do about it.

“You never forget your first kiss … you always remember your first time in the shadow,” says one eclipse chaser.

Yemen’s Houthis say they’re avenging Gaza. But there’s a lot more to it.

There’s a reason so many of us don’t have enough retirement savings.

And how does it even work?

Blame the Space Race (kind of).