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This is how many animals could go extinct from climate change

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The planet is about 1.3 degrees Celsius warmer today than it was in the late 1800s....
The planet is about 1.3 degrees Celsius warmer today than it was in the late 1800s. That seemingly small increase has impacted the natural world in some pretty profound ways. Birds have become smaller. Lizards, insects, and snails have changed color. Some goats have become more nocturnal. These are adaptations that help animals survive climate […]

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Spotify Wrapped misses the mark with this one joyless feature

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This year’s Spotify Wrapped came with an odd surprise. The app’s annual roundup featured more than...
This year’s Spotify Wrapped came with an odd surprise. The app’s annual roundup featured more than just the usual candy-colored data about which artists, songs, and podcasts users streamed the most. It included a “Wrapped AI podcast” feature, using Google’s NotebookLM technology to verbally recap users’ listening habits. This bizarre addition is more than just […]

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America’s faultlines

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How the Syrian rebels’ surprise offensive shocked the world

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The war in Syria was supposed to be over. Over, of course, didn’t mean peace: During...
The war in Syria was supposed to be over. Over, of course, didn’t mean peace: During the past few months, the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and its Russian backers have launched periodic airstrikes on rebel-held areas in the country’s northeast; the US and its Kurdish allies have continued to wage an ongoing campaign of […]

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Are drug expiration dates meaningless?

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It’s late, and someone in your house has a headache, a stuffy nose, or — oh...
It’s late, and someone in your house has a headache, a stuffy nose, or — oh no, was that the sound of retching? You rifle through your home’s jumble of medications, quietly pumping your fist in the air when that bottle of Tylenol or Pepto-Bismol finds your hand. It’s only then that you notice the […]

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The most vulnerable target of post-election hate? America’s kids.

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This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future...
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. The day after the presidential election, LaToya Bufford’s 16-year-old daughter got a text saying she had been “selected to pick cotton at the nearest plantation.” The text came from a number Bufford’s daughter didn’t recognize, but it addressed […]

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France’s government just collapsed. What does that actually mean?

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France’s government collapsed Wednesday following a vote of no confidence in the country’s prime minister, pushing...
France’s government collapsed Wednesday following a vote of no confidence in the country’s prime minister, pushing the country’s political future into chaos and exacerbating its budgetary and looming economic crises. The successful vote means center-right Prime Minister Michel Barnier will be out of a job, and that French President Emmanuel Macron will need to find […]

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Hannah Kobayashi’s mysterious non-disappearance, explained

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Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. The twists and turns in the...
Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. The twists and turns in the ongoing story of Hannah Kobayashi, who went missing in Los Angeles last month after failing to get on her connecting flight to New York, have kept the public riveted for nearly a month. But now, amid a family tragedy […]

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The horrifying implications of today’s Supreme Court argument on trans rights

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Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments...
Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in United States v. Skrmetti, arguably the most important transgender rights case the Court has ever heard. The case asks whether discrimination against transgender people can violate the Constitution — and it appears most of the justices feel […]

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The South Korean president’s stunning martial law decree, explained

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Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. South Korea is in the grip...
Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. South Korea is in the grip of a political crisis after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law on Tuesday — a shocking move that sparked mass protests and drew sharp rebuke from the country’s parliament. Though Yoon has said he will reverse his declaration, […]

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Why every restaurant has the same desserts

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This video is presented by Bluehost. Bluehost doesn’t influence our editorial decisions, but they make videos...
This video is presented by Bluehost. Bluehost doesn’t influence our editorial decisions, but they make videos like this possible. When choosing a restaurant, you probably look at a few things: What type of food do they serve? How close is it? Are they allergen- or kid-friendly? You’re very likely looking at the list of entrees […]

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Why protests in the country of Georgia matter

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Georgians are on the streets protesting following the government’s announcement it would pause the process to...
Georgians are on the streets protesting following the government’s announcement it would pause the process to join the European Union until at least 2028. The protests come amid a greater, global power struggle over the country’s place in the world order. The protesters — as well as the European Union and the United States — are […]

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Weed is now America’s daily drug of choice. No one’s sure what that means.

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In the last few decades, marijuana’s had a major glow-up. In 1992, less than 1 million...
In the last few decades, marijuana’s had a major glow-up. In 1992, less than 1 million people were using it daily or nearly every day — a low point, according to an analysis of data from the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which began surveying Americans in the 1970s. Ten times as […]

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Who killed JonBenét Ramsey? Everything we know about the main suspects.

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The new Netflix true crime docuseries Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey puts forth a theory...
The new Netflix true crime docuseries Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey puts forth a theory that hasn’t seen a lot of defenders in recent years: that JonBenét’s family didn’t do it. The series, from veteran true crime director Joe Berlinger, takes a fresh look at the case that became arguably the biggest media sensation […]

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I got malaria on purpose and so can you

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March 26, 2024, was a weird day for me because it was the only one in...
March 26, 2024, was a weird day for me because it was the only one in my life where I was actively trying to get bitten by mosquitos. I had volunteered to be exposed to malaria as part of a study at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) evaluating MAM-01, an injectable drug meant to […]

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Men are struggling. Here’s how your philanthropy can help.

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Shortly after departing the Gates Foundation in June, Melinda French Gates surprised 12 people with a...
Shortly after departing the Gates Foundation in June, Melinda French Gates surprised 12 people with a $20 million grant each. Most of them were doing work focused on helping women and girls’ mental and physical health globally — a cause she has backed for years. But one grant went to Richard Reeves, president of the American […]

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Want to help save the most lives possible? Here’s where to give money.

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If you want to help human beings alive right now, there are few better places to...
If you want to help human beings alive right now, there are few better places to give than global health. Diseases that have been largely eradicated in the US still claim hundreds of thousands of lives abroad. In 2018, the most recent year for which there’s data, seven Americans died of malaria; all acquired it […]

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Giving Tuesday, explained

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Giving Tuesday — the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the internationally recognized day to contribute to...
Giving Tuesday — the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving and the internationally recognized day to contribute to charity — is upon us. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has always been the kickoff event of the holiday shopping season and one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Marketing experts recognized how popular it was […]

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Want to fight climate change effectively? Here’s where to donate your money.

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If you’re reading this, chances are you care a lot about fighting climate change, and that’s...
If you’re reading this, chances are you care a lot about fighting climate change, and that’s great. The climate emergency threatens all of humanity. And although the world has started to make some progress on it, our global response is still extremely lacking. The trouble is, it can be genuinely hard to figure out how […]

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Want to help animals? Here’s where to donate your money.

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If you care about animals and want to reduce their suffering, but aren’t sure exactly how,...
If you care about animals and want to reduce their suffering, but aren’t sure exactly how, Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE) is an organization that might be able to help. The California-based nonprofit puts out an annual guide for recommended animal charities, and it just released its list for this year. (Disclosure: ACE has helped fund […]

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6 questions about Hunter Biden’s sweeping pardon, answered

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President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on Sunday, just weeks before he leaves the...
President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden on Sunday, just weeks before he leaves the White House and despite previously promising not to do so. Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon that his son had been “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” and that his political opponents had undertaken an “effort to break Hunter,” […]

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Nostalgia won’t fix the loneliness epidemic

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A year after graduating from college, Chi was adrift. She’d gone from a life of structure...
A year after graduating from college, Chi was adrift. She’d gone from a life of structure to one without guardrails and her mental health was declining. As a result, she distanced herself from friends and family. She left her job as a peer facilitator at a support group for people with depression and bipolar disorder […]

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Are progressive groups sinking Democrats' electoral chances?

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What ails the Democratic Party? Since Kamala Harris’s defeat, several Democrats and center-left commentators have pointed...
What ails the Democratic Party? Since Kamala Harris’s defeat, several Democrats and center-left commentators have pointed the finger at one culprit: “the groups.” Specifically, they claim, progressive interest and activist groups have both moved too far left and grown far too influential in the Democratic coalition, pushing the party to adopt stances out of step […]

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Trump is targeting protections for almost 1 million legal immigrants

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President-elect Donald Trump has long sought to end deportation protections for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status...
President-elect Donald Trump has long sought to end deportation protections for immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a program that has significantly expanded under the Biden administration to cover over 860,000 people. He has shown no sign of relenting in a second term — and may try to either revoke those protections or let them […]

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