Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): After dominating the airwaves for more than 30 years, Rush Limbaugh died on Wednesday. (His wife, Kathryn Limbaugh, made the an... More »
Records were made for works by William N. Copley and Christo and Jeanne-Claude. More »
Oh de Laval's creative routine is equal parts internet and paint as she posts on her popular Instagram account. Here, she goes behind the scenes of her cover for the EDM musician Kali Uchis's new EP. More »
Nomad has updated its lineup of rugged leather iPhone cases for the iPhone 12, 12 Pro, 12 Pro Max, and 12 mini with the much-anticipated addition of support for Apple’s MagSafe charging standard. At $59.95 for the regular case or $79.95 for the folio-style one... More »
As a deadly virus decimates a future America, John Chambers takes refuge in virtual reality games. They’re so realistic and engaging that they allow him to forget the perpetual quarantine in which he lives. The day after John turns 40, he gets an unexpected of... More »
As gaming has grown from niche to mainstream over the past decades, it has also become both much more, and much less accessible to people with disabilities or other considerations. Microsoft aims to make the PC and Xbox more inclusive with a new in-house testi... More »
As a minister with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and a seasoned grassroots activist with Bread for the World, Hoehn is convinced that spirituality “begins with actions that help restore families, communities, and the earth.” Most iterations of Chr... More »
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacecraft aiming to land on Mars have skipped past the planet, burned up on entry, smashed into the surface, and made it down amid a fierce dust storm only to spit out a single fuzzy gray picture before dying. Almost 50 years after... More »
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge Apple’s new Mac mini with the M1 chip is on sale at select retailers. If you are looking to buy the base configuration, which has 8GB of memory and 256GB of SSD storage, you can grab it for as low as $600 at Costco, but please ... More »
In 2010, the last time Democrats controlled both houses of Congress and the presidency, they used the opportunity to pass sweeping health care reform legislation known as the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. But that legislative push was hardly easy. It divi... More »
Health officials around the world are racing to vaccinate enough people to stop the spread of COVID-19, but what qualifies as “enough” is still an open question. The goal is to get to “herd immunity,” which is when enough people have immunity, either from vacc... More »
We are pleased to offer an excerpt from the February 2021 edition of the online magazine, Bright Wall/Dark Room. Their February issue revolves around Music & Movies, and in addition to Ethan Warren’s piece below about Gene Kelly, it also features new essays on... More »
