Taxing bachelors and proposing marriage lotteries – how superpowers addressed declining birthrates in the past

US history shows spending on infrastructure doesn’t always end well

The water cycle is intensifying as the climate warms, IPCC report warns – that means more intense storms and flooding

What are COVID-19 variants and how can you stay safe as they spread? A doctor answers 5 questions

Apple can scan your photos for child abuse and still protect your privacy – if the company keeps its promises

IPCC climate report: Profound changes are underway in Earth’s oceans and ice – a lead author explains what the warnings mean

There’s a religious revival going on in China – under the constant watch of the Communist Party

Extreme heat waves in a warming world don’t just break records – they shatter them

Fight for control threatens to destabilize and fragment the internet

Big tech has a vaccine misinformation problem – here’s what a social media expert recommends

Should fully immunized people wear masks indoors? An infectious disease physician weighs in

US immigration judges considering asylum for unaccompanied minors are ‘significantly influenced’ by politics

Global evidence links rise in extreme precipitation to human-driven climate change

Slain Haitian president faced calls for resignation, sustained mass protests before killing

Global minimum corporate tax faces opposition

‘Megadrought’ along border strains US-Mexico water relations

Conservative hard-liner elected as Iran’s next president – what that means for the West and the nuclear deal

Biden’s first NATO summit provides sharp contrast to Trump-era spending pressure

Fastly global internet outage: why did so many sites go down — and what is a CDN, anyway?

Department of Justice recovers $2.3M in ransom from Colonial Pipeline cyberattack

Supreme Court rules immigrants with temporary protected status who entered illegally are not entitled to green cards

Think like a virus to understand why the pandemic isn't over yet – and what the US needs to do to help other countries

Kansas Senator proposes repeal of Cuba trade embargo to help farmers

The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can help prevent it