The U.S. has pledged 3.5 million in flood aid for Tibet and Nepal, with the first $500,000 distributed by Catholic Relief Services. An aid worker…
Noel Godin, who made powerful people nervous around cream pies, dies at 80
For more than 50 years, Noel Godin went after famous and powerful people with cream pies. His targets included politicians, philosophers, filmmakers and, famously, Bill…
What a Brazilian tradition can teach us about the future of psychedelics
Researchers are looking at new ways to use psychedelics to treat depression. Science journalist Marcelo Leite says there’s also a lot to learn from indigenous…
The Ukrainian women disappearing into Russian prisons
What happens when Russia arrests civilians in the Ukrainian territories it occupies? New Yorker writer Joshua Yaffa followed a group of women through the Russian…
Canada claps back at Trump’s efforts to rename Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: “Lake Ontario — Now and Always.” But tech giant Google has said it is renaming…
The Trump administration claims America will soon get a majority of its oil from Venezuela with new deal
There are many reasons to be skeptical of the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. will develop Venezuelan oil.