Reason Magazine4h
How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by Reason Senior Editor Robby Soave to discuss the national debt hitting $40 trillion and whether decades of fisc
The Conversation8h
Legal wrangling over $12.5B Lakers sale shows how family trusts don’t guarantee a business stays in the family
The Buss family’s 47-year ownership of the Los Angeles Lakers, 17-time NBA champions, could soon come to an end despite their patriarch’s clear wishes before he died. A group of investors that include
Reason Magazine10h
Study: Most Mealtime Screen Time Is TV, Not Social Media
Everyone has seen them out at restaurants: the "iPad babies" and zoned-out families. Parents letting their children, some quite young, stare at phones or tablets throughout the meal, sometimes while m
Reason Magazine11h
AI Hallucinations in State Farm Insurance Outside Lawyers' Filings
From L.A. Times (Rebecca Ellis) Wednesday:
Reason Magazine13h
"Signs of AI Authorship in Federal Appellate Opinions"
I'm delighted to pass along this extremely interesting piece, from Josh Morrow, a partner at Lehotsky Cohn LLP:
The Conversation14h
Many Americans are moving away from congregations, but not necessarily from religion – movies, plays, art and social media fill the gap
“Emma,” a young Jewish woman who we met in 2019, didn’t belong to a synagogue. She didn’t have a Jewish partner. She didn’t observe Jewish rituals regularly. On most surveys about religion, she would
The Conversation14h
Most Westerners know Buddhism through meditation, but everyday Buddhist life looks quite different in Thai temples
I recently returned from leading an educational program in Thailand focusing on how Buddhists practice the religion in their day-to-day lives. The participants – Buddhist practitioners from North Amer
The Conversation14h
Fish DNA in Ozark streams reveals region’s complex geologic history
My students and I encountered a mystery. We were partnering with the Missouri Department of Conservation to monitor for fish presence and abundance in the Missouri Ozarks. We visited half a dozen rive
The Conversation14h
How do ice cubes cool a drink?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected].
The Conversation14h
Just as the world appears to be losing its appetite for books, William T. Vollmann pens a 3,000-page novel
With forecasters of doom debating the end of reading, of publishing and of literacy in general, what should we make of William T. Vollmann’s forthcoming novel, “A Table for Fortune”?
TorrentFreak15h
Anna’s Archive Owes $340 Million, Lost Several Domains, but It’s Still Online
Mid August, shadow library Anna’s Archive faced extended downtime, which had many regular visitors concerned.
Grist18h
Tennessee helped usher in the nuclear age. It wants to lead the way again.
Luther “Sunny” Miller is nearly 80, but in his younger days, he worked at Aerojet, a rocket and missile manufacturer located quite literally in his backyard. He can’t prove it, but he worries that his
Grist19h
Even meteorologists are baffled by the Midwestern tornado season
Unprecedented. Record-breaking. Baffling. Experts are running out of ways to describe this year’s tornado season in the Midwest, which has unleashed more twisters on Illinois than any other plac
Knowable Magazine1d
How much of a problem is AI’s water use?
It depends. Though water consumption by data centers pales in comparison to that of some other industries, it’s a problem in water-stressed regions. Water-saving cooling technologies could help.
Our World in Data1d
The rise of electoral democracy
How elections spread, voting rights expanded, and political competition developed around the world over the last two centuries.
TorrentFreak1d
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/24/2026
The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only.
TorrentFreak1d
Take-Two Expands GTA 6 Leak Hunt With DMCA Subpoenas to X and YouTube
Grand Theft Auto VI is one of the most anticipated game releases in years, with the official launch scheduled this fall.
Inside Climate News3d
Lawsuit Seeks to Block Closure of Top Federal Climate Research Center
One of the nation’s largest environmental groups is challenging the Trump administration’s closure of a leading climate institute, filing a lawsuit Thursday in federal court saying the closure is unla
The Conversation3d
Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action
When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it and creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. But thunder doesn’t just travel through the atmosphere to our ears.
Reason Magazine3d
Data Centers Are Doing Your Dirty Work for You
When data center opponents seek to hype the environmental strains caused by these facilities, they often describe their water and electricity usage in terms of household or community equivalents.
TorrentFreak3d
Nintendo Wipes Out 400+ Switch Emulator Repos in Single-Day GitHub Sweep
GitHub is home to hundreds of millions of code repositories, including some repositories that rightsholders would rather not see online.
The Conversation3d
More protein in your breakfast or snacks won’t give you more muscle without more work – a biologist separates the science from the marketing
Growing up, my brothers were fascinated by the first “Rocky” movie. They were trying to get stronger and excel in sports, so one scene stood out almost as much as Rocky sprinting up the museum steps:
The Conversation3d
The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do
It’s disconcerting to envision human thought becoming redundant or deemed inferior due to advancements in artificial intelligence. But for all its ills, AI cannot be ignored or wished away. It’s here
The Conversation3d
Antarctic krill fishing is now concentrated in the exact pattern conservation rules were designed to prevent
The companies fishing for Antarctic krill have harvested so much so quickly that the season had to close in August 2026, three months before it was scheduled to end. That’s the second consecutive year
The Conversation3d
A seemingly technical change to international student visas could disrupt teaching and research at US universities
The Trump administration is revising a visa rule for international students that in part determines how long, and under what conditions, they can stay in the country. The change sounds technical. Its
The Conversation3d
Why millions of people around the world will contract measles in 2026
The World Health Organization estimates that in 2026 nearly 11 million people will contract the virus that causes measles. Most of these cases will occur in Africa and Asia, but many countries in the
The Conversation3d
16% of Pennsylvania teens have considered suicide – but everyday connection may help
What comes to mind when you think about preventing teen suicide? Crisis hotlines, maybe. Emergency interventions. Those matter – but prevention often starts earlier, in everyday relationships at home,
The Conversation3d
Jason Arday and the new politics of plagiarism
After a meteoric rise to the top ranks of British academia, scholar Jason Arday was found dead at his London home on Aug. 14, 2026.
CDC Newsroom3d
Outbreak linked to alfalfa sprouts; people sickened with E. coli and Salmonella
CDC warns of a multistate Salmonella and E. coli outbreak linked to recalled alfalfa sprout product.
CalMatters4d
AI led to mistakes in Nevada County criminal cases. Should the DA be sanctioned?
A judge will investigate how AI-based errors affected criminal cases in Nevada County, where the district attorney has already acknowledged that mistakes appeared in four cases.
The Conversation4d
Is it illegal for the president to spend ‘patriotic’ donations on a White House ballroom or anything else?
The fate of President Donald Trump’s estimated US$400 million White House ballroom may hinge on the little-known and somewhat surprising rules as to when the federal government and its agencies can ac
The Conversation4d
Darline Graham’s inherited Senate seat revives the ‘widow’s mandate’ with a sibling twist
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s July 2026 appointment of Darline Graham to fill the remainder of her late brother Lindsey Graham’s Senate term – and her subsequent decision to run for the seat –
Inside Climate News4d
China’s Solar Buildout Hampers Bird Diversity
Policies promoting solar power construction projects in China have contributed to a decline in bird diversity across the country.
Truthout4d
AI Is Only Possible Because of Global South Workers in “Digital Sweatshops”
James Muldoon is a sociologist who writes about the changing nature of human-technology relationships. Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships investigates how peo
The Real News Network4d
Trump says better industry propaganda needed to make Americans embrace widely unpopular data centers
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Aug. 20, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.
The Real News Network4d
Trump says better industry propaganda needed to make Americans embrace widely unpopular data centers
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Aug. 20, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.