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AI
AI
‘Visual elevator music’: Why generative AI, trained on centuries of human genius, produces intellectual Muzak
By Ahmed Elgammal and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
greenland
Europe
Denmark offered to trade Greenland to the U.S. in 1910—and America thought it was crazy
By Steven Lamy and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
valentino
Success
Valentino, one of the first Italian designers to succeed in France, defined the iconic female with bold reds and silhouettes—sometimes problematically
By Jye Marshall and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
swift
Arts & Entertainment
Taylor Swift’s political polarization Rorschach Test: why young women love her and young men really don’t
By Laurel Elder, Jeff Gulati, Mary-Kate Lizotte, Steven Greene and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
trump
Politics
History says there’s a 90% chance that Trump’s party will lose seats in the midterm elections. It also says there’s a 100% chance
By Robert A. Strong and The ConversationJanuary 20, 2026
condom
Asia
China’s population crash is so bad that it’s started taxing condoms and birth control pills
By Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
raccoon
North America
For 15 years, a neuroscientist has studied raccoon intelligence in Central Virginia. Then a drunk one passed out in a nearby liquor store
By Kelly Lambert and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
trump
North America
How Trump became a death knell for the 85-year relationship between farmers and the federal government
By Peter Simons and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
venezuela
Politics
The U.S. has absorbed 1 million Venezuelans over the past decade. That’s much more recent than most immigrants
By Matt Brooks, Karin Brewster and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
greenland
Europe
Americans have been quietly plundering Greenland for over 100 years, since a Navy officer chipped fragments off the Cape York iron meteorite
By Paul Bierman and The ConversationJanuary 14, 2026
kids
Success
The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children. Even more, it showed how much of social life happens online
By Rebekah Willett, Amanda Levido, Hyeon-Seon Jeong and The ConversationJanuary 9, 2026
dairy
Health
How the new protein and dairy diet flies in the face of modern guidelines, according to a nutritionist who served on the advisory board until 2024
By Cristina Palacios and The ConversationJanuary 9, 2026
ICE
Law
Most police forces banned shooting at moving vehicles decades ago, and Biden asked ICE to do it in 2022. So why isn’t it policy?
By Ben Jones and The ConversationJanuary 9, 2026
cuba
Politics
Why Trump’s Venezuela strike may have been about Cuba as much as it was about oil
By Joseph J. Gonzalez and The ConversationJanuary 8, 2026
maduro
Politics
Why whatever’s happening in Venezuela isn’t ‘regime change’
By Andrew Latham and The ConversationJanuary 8, 2026
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North America
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he losesplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 3, 2026
Personal Finance
The 'golden passport': Argentina to offer citizenship for foreigners that make a $350,000 contribution to its treasury—or invest $800,000 in its bondsplaceholder alt text
By The Associated Press and Isabel DebreOctober 2, 2026
Middle East
Iran's currency is getting obliterated as the regime is about to run out of oil to sell and can’t even get its money from customersplaceholder alt text
By Jason MaOctober 3, 2026
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