Browsing: Controversy

Last week, Zohran Mamdani revealed that, if he wins the mayorship this fall, he will end New York City’s “gifted and talented” program for kindergartners.This triggered…

No one in their right mind thinks accommodating asylum seekers in hotels is a good idea. No one in their right mind thinks we should just…

A novel written by a prominent book industry figure in which persecuted gay man Alan Turing has sex with a woman and fathers a child has…

“SORRY FOR HAVING GREAT TITS AND CORRECT OPINIONS.” Not my words, readers (although, having said that …), but the words of a sweatshirt worn across the…

‘Arsenic Life’ Microbe Study Retracted after 15 Years of ControversyA controversial arsenic microbe study unveiled 15 years ago has been retracted. The study’s authors are crying…

When the preliminary report into the crash of Air India Flight 171 – which killed 260 people in June – was released, many hoped it would…

In the grand scheme of tech company scandals, the Astronomer kiss cam situation feels pretty lightweight. As far as we know, the cozy proximity of Astronomer’s…

Late-night hosts dig into Donald Trump’s growing anxiety over the Jeffrey Epstein files and his beef with the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell.Stephen ColbertOn Thursday evening,…

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”So wrote the poet William Butler Yeats, reflecting on “the blood-dimmed tide” of European…

Proof That Adult Brains Make New Neurons Settles Scientific ControversyAdult brains grow new neurons, and scientists have finally pinpointed where they come fromBy Nora Bradford edited…