All the New Features Coming to Your Mac This Fall

Apple has given a guided tour of MacOS 13, which is nicknamed Ventura. Here’s what to expect from Stage Manager, Messages, and more.

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Nope Rightly Challenges Our Love of Spectacle

Jordan Peele’s sci-fi western is all about the danger of looking in our image-obsessed culture.

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The High-Stakes Race to Engineer New Psychedelic Drugs

As psychedelic therapies for mental health go mainstream, companies are recruiting chemists to create patentable versions of hallucinogens. Critics say it’s all a bad trip.

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How Do You Know a Cargo Ship Is Polluting? It Makes Clouds

Big vessels spew sulfur, which brightens clouds to produce long “ship tracks.” These emissions cause environmental damage—but also help cool the planet.

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The HP Dev One Is the Best Linux Laptop We’ve Tested

Even if you’re not a developer, this reasonably priced, user-repairable Linux laptop from HP has plenty of attractive features.

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Can Ring Vaccination Contain Monkeypox in the US?

The strategy, which involves inoculating an infected person’s closest contacts, helped beat smallpox. But it requires good contact tracing and enough vaccines.

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Interstate Travel Post-Roe Isn’t as Secure as You May Think

The DOJ vows to protect people’s ability to travel out of state for abortion care, but legal experts warn we can’t take it for granted.

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Russia Is Quietly Ramping Up Its Internet Censorship Machine

Since Vladimir Putin blocked Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in March, Russia has been pushing away from the global internet at a rapid pace.

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The Best Accessories and Tech Essentials for Your Dog

From smart collars to dog backpacks, we've had our furry best friends try it all. These gadgets lead the pack.

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How to Safely Lend Someone Else Your Phone

The next time someone wants to borrow your device to make a call or take a picture, take these steps to protect your privacy.

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BeReal Basics: How to Use the 'Unfiltered' Social Media App

Post within the two-minute window to share off-the-cuff photos with your friends—and the world.

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Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on Earth

Living organisms leave a huge geochemical imprint on the planet, a new taxonomic system reveals. It might help identify other worlds with life.

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BMW’s Heated Seats as a Service Model Has Drivers Seeking Hacks

Connected car companies now charge owners to use physical hardware they already bought—but some are pushing back.

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How to Digitize Old Photos With Your Phone

Bring memories back to life by taking your old pictures into the future. We tested three popular photo scanning apps against a scanner.

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The January 6 Secret Service Text Scandal Turns Criminal

Plus: The FCC cracks down on car warranty robocalls, Thai activists get targeted by NSO's Pegasus, and the Russia-Ukraine cyberwar continues.

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Google Wallet Is Back, for Some Reason

Plus: Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event returns, Amazon hoovers up some health care, and Facebook prizes growth above all else.

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Looking for a Tablet? These Are Our Absolute Favorites

We’ve tested all the top slates, from Apple’s iPads to Android and Windows devices, and rounded up our favorite accessories.

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The New RevAir Hair Dryer Is Speedier, Smaller, and Sleeker

It’s a little more expensive, but this hair tool can dry and style your locks with less heat and in less time.

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The Mazda MX-30 Is Big on Charm but Short on Everything Else

The cute exterior hides an ultra-short range, poor infotainment system, and substandard driving experience.

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The Controversial Plan to Unleash the Mississippi River

A long history of constraining the river through levees has led to massive land loss in its delta. Can people engineer a way out?

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10 Great Deals on TVs, Keyboards, and Robot Vacuums

The post-Prime Day lull has begun, but there are still a few awesome discounts to score right now—and a sweet preorder promo on the Google Pixel 6A.

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Finally, a Smart Air Fryer We Actually Like

Breville’s new countertop air fryer oven can be controlled by a mobile app. Unlike with many other connected appliances, that’s a good thing.

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For Kids in the Hospital, Video Games Are Part of Recovery

In-house gaming technology specialists play with and support the youngest patients. Plus, research shows that playtime gives literal health points.

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The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris

As new details about the scope of the sabotage emerge, the perpetrators—and the reason for their vandalism—remain unknown.

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After Roe, Men Might Finally Get Better Birth Control

Men don’t have many options when it comes to pregnancy prevention—but the time may finally be right for a men’s version of the pill.

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The Best Laptop Deals Right Now—and Which One Is Right for You

Whether you’re looking for an all-arounder, a gaming powerhouse, or a wallet-friendly machine, we’ve found discounts from trusted retailers.

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A Film Challenges the James Webb Telescope's Controversial Name

The documentary scrutinizes the former NASA administrator's role during an era of homophobic policies.

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Congress Might Pass an Actually Good Privacy Bill

A bill with bipartisan support might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law.

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This Hardcore Band Is a Product of the Internet—in the Best Way

Turnstile breaks most of the rules of their genre. Their fans, who grew up online and care less about convention, follow them because of it.

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A Tool for Fighting Superbugs Has Been Found Deep in the Desert

Scientists are turning to the world’s most extreme environments to find new ways of combating drug resistance.

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Tech Industry Layoffs May Undo Workforce Diversity Gains

Companies have recently made progress in employee diversity, but cuts due to economic worries are expected to hurt underrepresented workers most.

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How to Use Your Smartphone to Cope With Hearing Loss

From live transcriptions to sound filtering, here's how you can benefit from features on Android and Apple devices.

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The Most Popular Period-Tracking Apps, Ranked by Data Privacy

Under increased scrutiny, certain period-tracking apps are seeing a surge of new users. Which are as safe as they claim to be?

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Bookstagram Is Fueling an Unnerving Trend

Authors aren't above criticism—but when they're tagged in negative social media reviews of their books, it can stifle the conversation.

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I Shredded a 70-Mile Dirt Ride on a Folding Commuter Bike

I was invited to ride in an overseas off-road cycling event and asked if I could try it on a Brompton T-Line folding bike. Everyone laughed, but I did it anyway.

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Glacier Collapses Are a Growing but Hard-to-Predict Threat

After 11 people were killed and eight hospitalized by a glacier in early July, Italian scientists are asking how future tragedies can be avoided.

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Comic-Con Is Back! Will It Live Up to Its Former Hype?

The annual pop culture confab held a series of smaller and/or online events during the pandemic. Here's what to expect from this year's in-person event.

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Embryonic Research Could Be the Next Target After Roe

Stem cell research has underpinned IVF’s success, but legal experts, clinicians, and potential donors worry it could be the next target.

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A Father’s Quest for an Accessible Game Controller

After months of writing hardware companies and developers for help, Andreas Karlsson finally found a hero in retro controller maker 8BitDo.

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How to Promote Your Music Online

From TikTok to Patreon, here's how musicians can use the internet to cut through the noise.

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How China Threatens to Splinter the Metaverse

In the future, the metaverse could be split into two: China and the rest of the world.

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Gender-Affirming Care Improves Mental Health—and May Save Lives

Scores of bills in US states aim to block medical treatments for trans youth. But research shows that these bans could have dire consequences.

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Shows Games Are a Shared Art

Gabrielle Zevin’s novel makes a case that video games are one of the most empathetic forms of creativity—something the writer and her husband know well.

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Ms. Marvel Ended Up Being the Best Thing on Disney+ This Year

It’s an origin story that’s truly original.

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Meet the UK’s New Woodland Rangers: a Herd of Wild Bison

A rewilding project in Kent thinks that introducing bison to the UK can supercharge biodiversity. But how wild can introduced animals ever be?

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Fully’s Workstation Is a Standing Desk in Disguise

The Nolan has a total of four motors and is the most stable sit-stand workstation I’ve ever tried.

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This Band Wrote the Best Legend of Zelda Song of 2022

Among the Boston slowcore group's inspirations are The Ocarina of Time, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater, and Mario Party 3.

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Abortion Pill Demand Is Driving an Underground Network

Desperate people in the US and beyond are turning to an unregulated, cross-continental supply chain.

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The Covid Virus Keeps Evolving. Why Haven't Vaccines?

Updating the shots to adapt to rapidly changing variants is easier said than done, even with new mRNA technology.

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How the Secret ‘Project Galileo’ Gave Rise to the MoonSwatch

Omega and Swatch's timepiece isn't just a hype juggernaut. The collaboration has revolutionized materials, manufacturing, and more.

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14 Xbox Game Pass Games Worth Playing

Microsoft’s subscription service includes captivating titles like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge and Citizen Sleeper.

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The Best Turntables for Your Vinyl Collection

Streaming music giving you the blues? These entry-level turntables will help you rock on to analog audio at home.

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Meet the Ukrainian Number Theorist Who Won Math’s Highest Honor

With her homeland mired in war, the sphere-packing number theorist Maryna Viazovska has become the second woman to win a Fields Medal in the award’s history.

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How to Support People in States Where Abortion Is Under Threat

Donating to national organizations is great. But these local reproductive health care services—in places under immediate threat—could use your help, too.

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How to Make Sure You’re Getting the Best Streaming Quality

There may be a reason your favorite shows aren’t looking their best.

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AI Art Is Challenging the Boundaries of Curation

Artists working with programs like DALL-E do more than push a button—selecting outputs and engineering prompts are acts of aesthetic expression.

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‘Blood Washing’ Is the Latest Dubious—and Pricey—Long-Covid Trend

Thousands of people are traveling far and paying huge sums for a procedure that has not been proven effective for persistent Covid symptoms.

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Amazon Handed Ring Videos to Cops Without Warrants

Plus: A wild Indian cricket scam, an elite CIA hacker is found guilty of passing secrets to WikiLeaks, and more of the week's top security news.

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Peloton Will Stop Making Its Own Bikes and Treadmills

Plus: BMW fiddles with fee-based feature unlocking, Twitter lets you untag yourself, and the final beta of Android 13 arrives.

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The 17 Best Accessories for Your PlayStation 5

From extra game storage to a fancy new 120-Hz TV, here are our favorite WIRED-tested complements to your PS5.

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The Dangerous Chemicals Lurking Inside Shipping Containers

Seizure-inducing methyl bromide and carcinogenic formaldehyde are only some of the poisonous gases scientists found inside cargo containers.

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How to Take a Screenshot on Any Phone or Laptop

Capture that weird message, high score, or malfunctioning app in a snap.

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The New MacBook Air Fits Some Upgrades in a Sleeker Package

This is a capable and lightweight laptop with improvements that count—if you can stomach the higher price.

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The Best Sleep Gadgets and Apps

Do you struggle to nod off or stay asleep through the night? These WIRED-tested tools can help.

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The Emmy Nominations Prove No One Knows How to Watch TV Anymore

Not that folks have forgotten the mechanics, it’s that there’s no longer any order to the medium.

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Texas’ Precarious Power Grid Exposes a Nasty Feedback Loop

Air conditioning saves lives. But as the planet warms, more AC use stresses the grid and drives up emissions, accelerating climate change.

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The Speedy Downfall of Rapid Delivery Startups

Companies that promise groceries delivered in 15 minutes surged during the pandemic—but are now in retreat.

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How Heat Waves Are Messing Up Your Sleep

Higher nighttime temperatures don’t just make it harder to drift off, they can disrupt your sleep cycles and leave you with low-quality rest.

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Have Pollsters Cleaned Up Their Act in Time for the Midterms?

G. Elliott Morris, a writer and top election forecaster, wants you to trust the polls a little less.

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Nothing's New Phone Is Everything a Phone Should Be

Simple. Attractive. Affordable. This new Android smartphone is more of what the world needs.

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What Happens Next for Vaping

This week, we look at how regulatory pressure might deflate—or even kill—the nicotine vaping industry in the US.

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F1 22 Perfectly Simulates the Morality Vacuum of Formula 1

The new game is great at capturing the excitement of motor racing. It's even better at mirroring the sport's rampant commercialism.

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A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser

Researchers have found a way to use the web's basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.

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Is It a Bird? Is It a Plane? No, It’s a Flying Ferry

An electric hydrofoil ferry could be the future of public transportation in Stockholm—and beyond.

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The Pandemic Fueled a Superbug Surge. Can Medicine Recover?

As Covid swept ICUs, doctors prescribed antibiotics to ward off secondary infections. Now bacteria have evolved resistance—but hospitals are fighting back.

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Meet the Lobbyist Next Door

What do a Real Housewife, an Olympic athlete, and a doula have in common? They’re all being paid by an ad-tech startup as influencers—peddling not products but ideologies.

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What Germany's Lack of Race Data Means During a Pandemic

Due to its history with the Holocaust, calling race by its name has often been contested. Black Germans say that this policy can ignore disparate impact.

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The First—and Last—Time We Rank the Star Wars Movies

All ranked lists are lazy, lame, and lacking. Except this one.

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Turkey Probably Hasn’t Found the Rare Earth Metals It Says It Has

The deposits discovered reportedly contain enough resources to meet global demand for 1,000 years—surpassing even China’s reserves. But experts are skeptical.

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When AI Makes Art, Humans Supply the Creative Spark

Fears that artificial intelligence tools could displace creatives such as illustrators, designers, and photographers seem unfounded—for now.

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What Humans Can Learn From the Sea Cucumber’s Toxic Arsenal

Sea cucumbers are squishy and soft. They also employ lethal strategies to protect themselves.

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The 20 Best Headphone and Speaker Deals for Prime Day

Want to upgrade your audio? Here are the best-sounding items on Amazon this shopping holiday.

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How Might Your Data Be Used to Pin Charges on You?

WIRED’s editor in chief reflects on how digital surveillance infrastructure could be used to prosecute abortion, plus more thoughts on this month’s headlines.

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Our Favorite Prime Day Mattress and Sleep Deals

Get your beauty rest with these sales on sheets, pillows, and snooze-enhancing tech.

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21 Best Prime Day Deals on Amazon Devices

From Echo speakers and Fire tablets to Kindles, this is the best time of year to snag the retailer's own hardware.

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The 48 Best Prime Day Deals Under $50

Do you already have a TV, mattress, or laptop? From smart bulbs to board games, these are the best cheap deals to fill your shopping needs.

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The 59 Absolute Best Prime Day Deals

Amazon’s annual sales event is here. From Alexa-powered Echo Dots to gaming laptops, here are all the greatest discounts we’ve found.

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How to Install the Google Play Store on an Amazon Fire Tablet

These slates are cheap but hampered by the retailer's limited app store. Here's how to get a broader selection.

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The Climate Anxiety Discussion Has a Whiteness Problem

Marginalized groups often think about the mental impact of the climate crisis in different terms—meaning they end up crowded out of the conversation.

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Quantum Advantage Showdowns Have No Clear Winners

A series of recent experiments between quantum and classical computers shows the term’s ever-evolving meaning.

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Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine

The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations.

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Juul Nears Its Last Gasp—After It Hooked a Generation on Vaping

The startup used regulatory loopholes and marketing to make nicotine cool. Now the FDA threatens to shut the company down, but new rivals are taking over.

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Humans Have Always Been Wrong About Humans

'The Dawn of Everything' fundamentally shifted my view of … everything. I had to meet one of the minds behind its world-tilting revelations.

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The Brain Has a ‘Low-Power Mode’ That Blunts Our Senses

Neuroscientists uncovered an energy-saving mode in vision-system neurons that works at the cost of being able to see fine-grained details.

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Everything You Need to Work From Home Like a Pro

Gear can make or break your home office setup. Here’s our ultimate list of nearly 100 items, from monitors and desks to webcams and chairs.

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Travel Back in Time With Street View and Map Archives

These free, simple tools for phone or web let you visualize urban sprawl or see what your street looked like before the turn of the millennium.

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‘Clean Slate’ Justice Laws Offer a Second Chance—Only to Some

States are trying to automate criminal record clearance. But what if they end up amplifying racial disparities?

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How to Earn More Than $50 in Amazon Credits Ahead of Prime Day

Most of these promotions require you to spend some money, but they’re a relatively easy way to redeem some extra cash.

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A Long-Lost Rare Crayfish Resurfaces in an Alabama Cave

Thought for decades to be extinct, the tiny animal has stayed hidden in a former subterranean speakeasy.

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The Quarry and Evil Dead: The Game Lure You Into a Scary Movie

The games take different approaches to the horror game genre, but both are informed by their love for slasher flicks.

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