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Ex-Republican Sarah Longwell says she knows how to defeat Trumpism
After spending 8 years running focus groups with voters, the former Republican operative and Never-Trumper says she knows not only how voters think b…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Inside the life of a 'degenerate' sports gambler
More than half of men under 50 in the U.S. have an open online sports book. Public health experts warn it's easier than ever to get addicted to gambl…
3 weeks, 4 days ago
How the 'super' El Niño could reshape global weather
El Niño has become an annual global climate phenomenon. But this year, scientists are warning of a record-setting 'super' El Niño. What that could me…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
The forgotten history of Britain's slave trade
The UK abolished the slave trade more than 200 years ago. But the wealth it created still shapes the country today. A new database reveals the busine…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Jackpod: Ten seconds to midnight
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on why the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, its highest esti…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The bored and the beautiful: How the smartphone killed boredom
Social media. Streaming. Swiping. Today, it's normal to reach for our phones when we're bored. But researchers say passive boredom like scrolling is …
1 month ago
What we can actually do to save the planet
An ever-warming world, rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers — it’s easy to despair over the climate crisis. But scientist Tim Lenton says not every …
1 month ago
Is the meaning of family changing?
Family estrangement – cutting ties with a parent, grandparent, or sibling – is often seen as at odds with the meaning of family as we know it. Sociol…
1 month ago
Is your driver's license on the dark web?
153 million U.S. drivers' licenses were hacked and put up for sale on the Dark Web. That's more than half of all licensed drivers. How that happened …
1 month ago
The sound of the land before time
What did the Jurassic world actually sound like? Using fossils and AI, scientists have reconstructed the calls of insects that lived alongside the di…
1 month ago