The Present

Explore the key highlights from the UN’s latest release of its world population estimates.

More than 150 companies are developing flying cars. Here’s why they’re aren’t yet off the ground and darting across city skies.

Deliveries of the $250k Lightyear 0 will start in November 2022.

Cement production currently accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions.

Gradualism rejects the idea of a “bright line” in the abortion debate.

Really simple interventions can greatly reduce indoor temperatures during the summer, particularly in places like the Pacific Northwest.

One might think that people who started poor and became rich might be more sensitive to the plights of the poor. Not so, suggests a new study.

Sick of remembering a random string of letters, numbers, and special characters?

Seattle slowly raised its minimum wage to $15 per hour. The results provide fuel for both sides of the minimum wage debate.

Can Detroit get its comeback right?

Can we stop mass shootings? The first step is collecting data, and these authors have done just that.

Digital nomads can fully immerse themselves in their surroundings while advancing their career and stimulating the local economy. But there is one potential downside.

Yes, there are reasons to worry about Twitter, but it’s not about the bots.

A clear alternative has yet to emerge.

One home was printed in 28 hours. Now, Alquist 3D is building 200 more.

We’re separating the facts about EVs from the fiction.

An analogy explains the greater fool theory: You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away; you just have to run faster than the other guy.

Our economy is dominated by middlemen, including huge companies such as Walmart and Amazon. There are many benefits to going direct instead.

The sonnenrad is a Heathen symbol composed of 12 repeated runes.

This marks a historic moment in humanity’s relationship to the planet.

Polarization or misunderstanding?

The last time the population shrank was during the great famine of 1959-61.

At least 33 cities are sinking by more than 1 cm a year.

Suppose that fetuses are persons. Since pregnant people are too, how should conflicts between them be settled?

Only 1% of corn grown is the U.S. is the type that people eat.

An effect called the “urban heat island” means that temperatures are often 10 degrees higher in cities, according to NASA.

The site will be the first working example of a geological disposal facility.

Shame is a powerful tool that must be used with care.

Geopolitics is not a magic 8-ball. But making financial decisions — such as those regarding retirement — in a multipolar world without geopolitics is akin to flying blind in a storm.

Could Russia’s plan actually destroy demand for natural gas?