Weather, Volcanoes And ‘Love Island USA’ Season 8

Fun weather, geology, and geography facts about one of the most popular TV shows in the world, Love Island USA Season 8.

MAHA wants to make cotton the new beef tallow
MAHA wants to make cotton the new beef tallow

In between beef tallow fries, raw milk, and vaccine denialism, Make America Healthy Again figureheads have set their sights on another slice of life: our clothing. “The MAHA movement doesn’t stop with what we EAT – It’s also about what we WEAR,” Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said in a post on X in late […]

What do you mean my new smart scale is ‘built for GLP-1 users’?
What do you mean my new smart scale is ‘built for GLP-1 users’?

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. Opt in for Optimizer here. A few days ago, I walked into the basement of a midtown gym. Smoothies and healthy snacks were passed out. […]

Why Do Humans Fall In Love? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

The science behind love, one of our most disorienting and euphoric experiences, is stranger and more ancient than you might expect.

Northern Lights Could Return Tonight — Here’s Where

Northern lights dazzled 23 U.S. states overnight, and forecasters say auroras could return tonight as lingering solar storm effects continue across North America.

SpaceX IPO: Why Starship Could End Overnight Business Travel

Why some investors see SpaceX’s future in challenging Boeing and Airbus — as well as the airline industry — by flying Starship point-to-point across Earth.

Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US

The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s.

How I Photograph The Northern Lights With My Phone — By An Expert

With “strong” and even “severe” northern lights forecast for North America on Thursday and Friday, here’s how to photograph aurora with a smartphone.

A mile-long nuclear-powered ship for 80,000 people has been “about to break ground” for three decades
A mile-long nuclear-powered ship for 80,000 people has been “about to break ground” for three decades

The renderings are gorgeous. A mile-long vessel, 800 feet wide, 30 decks high, gliding across the open ocean with parks, schools, a 15,000-seat sports stadium, and enough residential space for 50,000 permanent inhabitants. Nuclear-powered, perpetually …

Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire
Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire

Today on Decoder, I’m talking to Ryan Mac, a technology reporter at The New York Times and coauthor of the excellent book Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter, which came out in 2024. I can’t recommend it enough.  I wanted to have Ryan on the show because we’re on the cusp of the SpaceX […]