Dan Levin/Straight Arrow Government Oversight 6m read Does ‘cooling pavement’ still work after a few years of traffic? We checked. A program in parts of the San Fernando Valley is designed to keep asphalt cooler, which experts say comes with some benefits. Subscriber Exclusive
Charlie Neibergall/ Getty Images Politics 5m read The latest undercurrent beneath a wave of voter turnout: Millennial anger Millions of Americans took advantage of early and mail-in voting to cast their decisions early. Millennial angst could be driving that.
Robin Stoltzfus/Straight Arrow, Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Sep 7 4m read Battling both dragons and inner demons by applying games like ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ to therapy
Straight Arrow Illustration Sep 6 5m read Americans are keeping cars longer, so the auto industry is making it easier to pay for repairs
Sep 4 8m read When ‘the entire internet is fake,’ can you trust a newspaper’s promise to create a social media following?
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images Sep 4 8m read Smart glasses helped a man see the world. The privacy panic took it away
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency/Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Sep 3 8m read Who do Americans trust for health advice? The answers are changing
Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Sep 2 6m read NY vaccine mandates spark legal fight — and possible exodus — for the Amish
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Sep 2 10m read Denial of G20 press access highlights how bureaucrats control the news the public receives
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Sep 2 8m read The AI boom has an unlikely gatekeeper: local zoning boards
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images Sep 1 6m read San Francisco mayor pledges to only fund homelessness projects that work
Sep 1 8m read ‘I can’t think of anything worse than this.’ Privacy at risk as ChatGPT now connects to iMessage
Getty Images Sep 1 8m read Want to manipulate hearts and minds online? Amazon sells just the bot farm you need
Getty Images Aug 31 7m read As back-to-school inflation rises, pushpins come to shove. And teachers absorb the cost
Straight Arrow Illustration Aug 30 10m read How hike-and-bike trails offer a second act for lost factory towns
Christoph Soeder/picture alliance via Getty Images Aug 29 19m read Creatine is having a moment. Does the science back it up?
Zhou Guoqiang/VCG via Getty Images Aug 29 8m read Houston, we have a problem. Who’s controlling space traffic?
L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Aug 28 8m read Andrew Tate offered secret ‘espionage’ classes to exploit the dirty secrets of the wealthy
Arnold Gold/Connecticut Post via Getty Images Aug 28 5m read Is college worth it? New census data offers answers, but access to that information is at risk
Antranik Tavitian for Straight Arrow Aug 28 9m read The bookseller using AI to battle back against Big Tech’s digitize-and-destroy campaign
@janie.b086 via TikTok Aug 27 7m read Audiences love this ‘Bama Rush’ influencer — does it matter if she’s AI?
Leonardo Munoz/VIEWpress/via Getty Images Aug 27 6m read New York’s Rikers Island jails are supposed to close within a year. What happens when they don’t?
Getty Images Aug 26 9m read State fairs, celebrations of local artistry, are drowning in AI-generated art
