Culture

Mike and Susan have been together for 23 years and never shared a home. The "living apart together" trend is quietly reshaping what commitment looks like in modern relationships.

Pixar's Hoppers breaks from the animal-harmony trend in kids' animation by asking a harder question: what happens when collective action fails? A look at what this shift says about us.

Critics are calling it the "Trump regime"—not administration. A single word shift is sparking fierce debate about the state of American democracy and what political language reveals.

Trump set a five-day deadline for a US-Iran deal. Tehran says there are no talks at all. With Marines moving toward the region, this isn't diplomacy—it's a countdown clock.

A genomic study of over 1,000 Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes reveals they're evolving new ways to neutralize insecticides—with major implications for global malaria control.

The AI consciousness debate is settled. But the question that actually matters — whether human-AI arrangements grow or erode human judgment — remains almost entirely unasked.

In 2026, snow drought has left 65 of 70 Western U.S. river basins below 50% of normal snowpack. Lake Powell power generation, farm water rights, and wildfire risk all hang in the balance.

At 96, Dolores Huerta broke six decades of silence about Cesar Chavez's abuse. Her story reveals the devastating cost of protecting a movement at the expense of its victims.

Trump says he wants a deal with Iran, and markets keep rallying on his words. But three structural forces are keeping this war alive — and none of them are going away soon.

The belief that carrots improve eyesight traces back to a deliberate WWII British propaganda campaign—not science. Here's how a government myth outlasted the war by 80 years.

A flamenco musician and a juggler offer a quiet argument for why embodied art matters more than ever in an age of AI-generated everything. What can technology never flatten?

Thirteen American families have received the knock since the Iran war began. Their stories reveal what casualty numbers never can—the long, uneven cost of war on the people left behind.