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Wilson Cruz on Advocacy, Storytelling, and Creating a Brighter Future for LGBTQ+ Youth
Indeed, Cruz has spent his acting career championing LGBTQ+ visibility. In 1994, at 20 years old, he became the first out gay actor to play an out lead character...
California man dosed sons daily with hallucinogens, ran psilocybin operation: prosecutors
A 43-year-old California man pleaded guilty last week to trafficking psilocybin mushrooms and using his two young sons in the operation after repeatedly dosing them with the hallucinogenic drug,...
There May Be Three Times as Many Insect Species Than We Knew
The next step was to use similar methods to estimate the total number of insect species in the world at large. That, in part, involved modeling other life forms,...
After Venezuela’s Earthquakes, Neighbors Dig Through Rubble for Survivors
Roadblocks and fuel shortages hamper rescue efforts The devastation has been especially severe along Venezuela’s coast. La Guaira, one of the areas hit hardest, saw dozens of buildings collapse, Venezuelan...
Recursive Self-Improvement is the Human Skill We Need in the AI Age
Across civilizations and centuries, the instruction is remarkably consistent.For instance, in ancient Greece, there was the admonition inscribed on the Temple of Apollo at Delphi to “Know thyself.” For...
Will This Summer Be a Record Hot One?
“An El Niño event is going to result in a global increase in the surface temperature relative to the year before, and since climate change is trending the overall...
How to Make Your July 4th Travel Go Smoothly
Be prepared for crowds, delays, and other disruptionsIf you’re flying, it’s always a good rule of thumb to get to the airport early, but it’s especially a good idea...
Introducing ‘No. 10 North’: U.K.’s Likely Next Prime Minister Andy Burnham Lays Out Devolution Plans
Andy Burnham delivers a speech at The People's Museum in Manchester, England, on June 29, 2026. —Jeff J Mitchell––Getty ImagesWestminster “is broken,” said Andy Burnham, as he laid out...
10 Things Doctors Want You to Know About Hearing Aids
Get their attention first. Say your loved one’s name, or wait until they're looking, before you start the sentence. The brain needs a beat to switch into listening mode.Face...
A Rare Comet Made History as the Third Known Interstellar Object to Fly Through Our Solar System. Studies Are Now Revealing the Mysterious Conditions in Which It Formed
In the latest research, telescope observations of 3I/ATLAS examine its chemical structure and suggest that it took shape in a peripheral region of a relatively calm planetary system Jay...
