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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).

We don’t like the two-party system. So why do we have it?

Space debris is a huge problem, but we can fix it.

How artificial intelligence hides in plain sight.

AI models are revolutionizing weather forecasts.

The promise and pitfalls of using light to stop germs.

Matte paintings have transformed movies for over 100 years. AI could be the next step in making them.

How Republicans won Michigan, how they lost it, and what it all tells us.

The year’s already over? Let’s look back.

Just take a listen.

It’s not just you. Credit scores are confusing as hell.

Inside Israel’s dual criminal justice system.

Students and teachers grapple with the rise of the chatbots.

Charting America’s homeownership problem.

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

A lot of today’s contests are edited and rigged. But it wasn’t always that way.

How Xi Jinping became China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

Bats don’t just host deadly diseases — they can tolerate them shockingly well.

Under extreme pressures, matter defies the rules of physics as we know it.