Why Energy Researchers Are Interested in a Tiny Wood-Eating Pest You’ve Never Heard Of
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Say hello to the gribbles. With their translucent bodies and circular black eyes, these minute marine crustaceans are like sheet ghosts—only crunchier—who burrow through pieces of wood gliding around the…
Some US Cities Are Much Better for Public Transit Than You Might Think. Others, Not So Much.
Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by CityLab and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a new rail or bus line gets built in the United States, its mere opening is often cause for celebration among transit advocates.…
Trump’s Defense Secretary Says Russia Targeted the Midterms. What Does Mattis Know?
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Less than 12 hours after the White House confirmed reports that President Donald Trump had dinner with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Pentagon’s highest-ranking official accused Russia of attempting to interfere in the midterm elections. At the Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Saturday, Defense…
Two Interesting Things About the Internet
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Tyler Cowen links today to “52 things I learned in 2018” from Tom Whitwell—which seems like it’s coming a little early in the year, but whatever—so I took a look at it. Some of them I knew, some I didn’t. Here’s one from Marcel Freinbichler…
Republicans Are No Longer Committed to That Whole Peaceful Transfer of Power Thing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. You may not have noticed this when it happened, but North Carolina elected a Democratic governor in 2016. It was a close race, and Republicans demanded multiple recounts, but eventually they conceded and Roy Cooper was declared the winner. But that didn’t mean everything was…
Republicans Brazenly Gut Voting Rights in Lame Duck Before They Lose Power
Republican Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, left, speaks in Madison, Wisconsin, with Gov. Scott Walker, center, and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, right.Morry Gash/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The 2018 election saw historic victories for voting rights. Seven states passed ballot initiatives that will make it easier to vote and…