What Was That Chinese Balloon Really Up To?
What started as a curiosity—a Chinese balloon Washington says was equipped with surveillance equipment floating high above the US—now threatens to worsen the already tense rivalry between two world po...
6 Feb 202322min
The Not So Easy Trick To Getting Rid of Rats (In Big Cities)
The number of rat-related complaints in American cities has spiked in recent years. In the most overrun cities – Chicago, Washington, DC and New York – officials are stepping up efforts to find and ki...
3 Feb 202331min
AI Is Here to Save The Whales. And Sharks. And Bees
Endangered whales getting hit by container ships. Sharks dying on hooks intended for other fish. Pesticides wiping out bees by the millions. Scientists and entrepreneurs are testing new ways to use ar...
2 Feb 202322min
How Racist Groups Use Online Video Games To Spread Hate
In December, an Anti-Defamation League study found a sharp rise in the number of people who say they’ve encountered white supremacist ideology while playing online video games. The persistent presence...
1 Feb 202331min
China’s Back Open, Great! And…Maybe Not So Great.
Now that China has relaxed its Covid Zero policy, the world’s second largest economy is rumbling back to life. As China once again starts to buy and consume goods and services of all kinds, it’s expec...
31 Jan 202326min
India’s Plan To Become The World’s New Economic Powerhouse
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is investing billions of dollars to boost manufacturing and attract foreign investment in his rapidly growing country. Modi’s ambitious goal: To propel India to th...
30 Jan 202328min
The US Citizens Recruited to Smuggle Migrants
Migrants looking to enter the US from Mexico illegally often pay thousands of dollars to “coyotes,” or smugglers who transport them across the border. Once inside the US, they’re hidden in trailers or...
27 Jan 202322min
Why's It So Hard To Predict A Recession?
Economists have more information at their fingertips than ever before. And yet, in many ways it’s become more difficult for them to predict if–and when–a recession is coming. Why is that? US economy r...
26 Jan 202320min
