So-called transient ischemic attacks can eventually lead to cognitive declines as steep as those following a full-on stroke, new research finds.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/health/elderly-tia-stroke.html
The next Starship launch may come as soon as next week. A test of its Raptor engines suggests SpaceX has resolved the issues that plagued its recent flights.https://www.wired.com/story/spacex-tests-starship-fixes-after-back-to-back-failures/
Last year, the Biden administration set limits on PFAS in drinking water systems. Donald Trump’s EPA is planning to dramatically soften that rule.https://www.wired.com/story/the-epa-is-giving-some-forever-chemicals-a-pass/
Plus: 12 more people are indicted over a $263 million crypto heist, and a former FBI director is accused of threatening Donald Trump thanks to an Instagram post of seashells.https://www.wired.com/story/coinbase-will-reimburse-customers-up-to-400-million-after-data-breach/
The download automatically changed Black NPCs to white, trans NPCs to cis-gendered, and gay NPCs to straight. And it's just the beginning.https://www.wired.com/story/ea-tried-to-stop-an-anti-dei-mod-for-the-sims-4-but-more-keep-surfacing/
Lawmakers’ ongoing attempts to ban pornography in the US didn’t stop Pornhub from hosting its annual awards show last week. On Uncanny Valley, we discuss the fate of the porn industry.https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-hottest-topic-pornhub-awards-censorship/
Scientists were able to create a bespoke treatment for KJ Muldoon’s rare genetic disorder within six months. It could be a blueprint for potentially life-saving, gene-editing Crispr therapies.https://www.wired.com/story/a-baby-received-a-custom-crispr-treatment-in-record-time/
The Trump Administration is trying to use the case to stop lower-court judges from issuing “nationwide injunctions” against its unconstitutional executive orders.https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/05/26/behind-the-birthright-citizenship-case
The influential venture capitalist Katherine Boyle is making the case that creating things for America—from weapons to rockets to nuclear-energy plants—is pro-family.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/building-drones-for-the-children
How right-wing populism fights graft at the bottom and nurtures it at the top.https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/donald-trumps-culture-of-corruption
A plan to deport people to countries that aren’t their home is cruel, performative politics—whether it works or not.https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-real-audience-for-trumps-anti-immigrant-spectacles
The reporters Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson describe how the failure to acknowledge the President’s reduced cognitive powers pushed the country toward Donald Trump.https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/jake-tapper-and-alex-thompson-on-president-joe-bidens-decline-and-its-coverup
For the Uruguayan leader, a longtime icon of the Latin American left, economic fairness was inseparable from human decency.https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/pepe-mujicas-long-revolution
On the “free” airplane from Qatar, and an American President with a self-interested foreign policy a sheikh could admire.https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/the-mideast-is-donald-trumps-safe-place
His jurisprudence has been overshadowed by that of his showier colleagues but was a model of principled restraint.https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/justice-david-souter-was-the-antithesis-of-the-present
Si Woo Kim made history again with a record-breaking 252-yard hole-in-one at Quail Hollow, securing his spot near the top of the 2025 PGA Championship.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/golf/pga-championship-news-si-woo-kim-longest-ace-major-history-2073569
Looking at the comparison of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese's stats. Key WNBA dates as well.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/caitlin-clark-vs-angel-reese-stats-wnba-fan-favorites-compared-2073494
A former U.S. military interpreter described the decision by the Trump administration to revoke his legal status as a 'textbook betrayal'.https://www.newsweek.com/afghanistan-tps-cancelation-trump-administration-south-african-refugees-2073439
From secluded hiking trails to hidden waterfalls, travel experts highlight some less-visited spots at U.S. national parks to escape the crowds.https://www.newsweek.com/us-national-parks-hidden-gems-secret-spots-expert-tips-2072438
Jon Rahm has struggled at major championships recently, but he is confident with where he sits entering the weekend at the PGA Championship.https://www.newsweek.com/sports/golf/pga-championship-jon-rahm-confident-make-music-2073567