Category: News

You didn’t need a calculator to notice that men dominated the 2018 Grammys. During the show, #GrammysSoMale began to trend on Twitter, and only one out of nine major awards went to a female artist, Alessia Cara. Other than Cara, only Rihanna took to stage to accept an award. And that was in the best…

As the Trump administration continues to level evidence-free accusations against Iran and dangerously escalate the risk of another catastrophic war in the Middle East, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Thursday that his country is acting with “maximum restraint” in the face of U.S. belligerence and denounced threats of force by White House officials. “We…

While most of America is bundling up, Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton have been enjoying a romantic beach escape in sunny Mexico. Stefani posted two Instagram stories on Thursday showing off the couple’s personal piece of paradise in what fans have determined is likely Riviera Maya. (Shelton is currently performing at Luke Bryan’s Crash My Playa, a four-day concert…

British pop rock band The 1975 released the first track of their forthcoming album Wednesday, which features Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg delivering an instrumental-backed speech about the global climate emergency. “Music has the power to break through barriers, and right now we really need to break through some barriers if we are to…

The United States is pumping out so much oil as a result of the so-called “shale revolution” that it’s set to become a net oil exporter in 2021. That’s according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which announced the projection Monday in its five-year forecast. “U.S. production growth has exceeded expectations,” the analysis states. Calling…

The World Health Organization on Wednesday released guidelines on screen time for young children, recommending no “sedentary screen time” for one-year-olds and curbed access for older kids. For the guidelines, the Washington Post reported, the “WHO drew on emerging—but as yet unsettled—science about the risks screens pose to the development of young minds at a…

Wildfires burning  in the Amazon and Siberia, unrelenting heat waves, 100-year floods happening yearly are signs of our times—the worst of times. A global climate change movement is emerging as we face the real threats to life and  to global civilization posed by accelerating climate change. This is a matter of survival, not a blinkered…

From where I stand inside the South Dakota cornfield I was visiting with entomologist and former USDA scientist Jonathan Lundgren, all the human-inflicted traumas to Earth seem far away. It isn’t just that the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye—are people singing that song again?—but that the field burgeons and buzzes and chirps…

Saget, of course, famously portrayed her father Danny Tanner on Full House, so you get where we’re going with this. Olsen posed with Adam Duritz, John Oliver, and George Lopez. And while that’s great, it’s the fact that she stands next to Saget that really does warm our hearts. Ashley, Mary-Kate, if you’re reading this,…

Labour Party politicians and pro-democracy groups celebrated Wednesday as more than 100,000 people reportedly registered to vote in a 48-hour period this week amid mounting chaos in the U.K. government in anticipation of a possible general election in October. On Monday, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced harsh criticism within his own party, about 52,000 people registered, followed…