This Tiny Battery Could Supercharge Distance Driving for Electric Vehicles
John Walton/PA Wire/PA Images/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology have created a solid-state battery that could…
A Federal Judge Just Blocked the Most Common Form of Abortion Nationwide
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge in Texas on Friday suspended the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, a drug commonly used in medication abortions, in a closely watched case with potentially explosive implications for the availability of abortion nationwide, regardless…
Report: Trump Wants to Hire Laura Loomer, a Racist Who Lost Elections
AP Photo/Kathy Willens Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, the New York Times reported that former president Donald Trump would be interested in hiring Laura Loomer, despite the concern of potential backlash. Staffers anticipated pushback because Loomer is a bigot. There is no other way to…
Utah Is “Protecting” LGBTQ+ Kids by Letting Their Parents Read All Their Messages
Ulrich Baumgarten/Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In March, Utah lawmakers passed a bill requiring parental consent for minors to join social media platforms—and enabling parents to read their children’s messages and posts. While this isn’t ideal for any teen, granting homophobic or…
Insect Farming Is Booming—But Is It Cruel?
Ryan McFadden/The Reading Eagle/AP This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Insects are strange, wondrous beings. Butterflies can see parts of the light spectrum that are invisible to human eyes and use these ultraviolet patterns to find their way to tasty plants. Moths use the Earth’s magnetic field…
Tennessee Republicans Expel Two Democratic Lawmakers Who Joined Gun Control Rally
George Walker IV/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Tennessee’s House of Representatives on Thursday expelled two Democratic members who participated in a gun control protest following the mass shooting at a Nashville grade school. Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson have been stripped of…