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Regulate the ‘Enhanced Games’ as a medical experiment and a marketing stunt
It felt like the Olympics. Crowds cheering. The American flag standing tall above the bleachers. Trainers jumping with anticipation. A swimmer staring in disbelief at the clock after his final stroke. The Jumbotron announced: Kristian Gkolomeev — 20.89 seconds. A new world record in the 50-meter freestyle. Well, kind of. I’ve left out some details.
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GOP setting ‘dangerous precedent’ with off-limits move — and it may backfire: House Dems
Republicans plan to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection through a strictly partisan budget process this week, prompting Democrats to warn that the strategy will establish a dangerous precedent that both parties may exploit in future administrations. The GOP aims to adopt a budget resolution as soon as Thursday that would
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Julianne Moore to Receive 2026 Women in Motion Award From Cannes, Kering
Julianne Moore will be honored with the 2026 Women in Motion award at the Cannes Film Festival, presented by Kering and the Festival de Cannes. Kering and Cannes will bestow this award upon Moore at the annual Women in Motion awards ceremony, held this year on May 17. “I’m genuinely grateful for this recognition from
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Struggling Santa Monica pins revival on alcohol and big events. Can it bring business back?
For much of its history, Santa Monica has been the subject of glamorous picture postcards: The fun of the pier, the beauty of the beach, the innovative shopping meccas and tourist spots. But in recent years, Santa Monica has endured its share of unflattering images: empty storefront on the once-bustling Third Street Promenade, the closure
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Yes, you need “me time.” Here’s how to do it right.
This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get access to member-exclusive stories every month, become a Vox Member today. On any given Saturday, you might find Morgan Quinn Ross, an assistant professor of emerging media and technology at Oregon State University, deep in the mountainous woods, sans phone, on a solo run.
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Meet Ahmad Vahidi — the shadowy general actually running Iran — and Trump’s biggest obstacle to peace
After US-Israeli airstrikes rocked Iran’s leadership, killing dozens of top officials in the initial days of the war, one man has risen to control the Islamic Republicfrom the shadows. Maj. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has mobilized his inner circle to take control of Iran’s military response and negotiating
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California’s rail systems need more riders. High gas prices could be fueling a new surge
With the Iran war continuing to strangle Middle East oil supplies, public transit agencies looking to add passengers might expect high gas prices to incentivize people to ride the rails more than ever. Historically, high gas prices do lead to spikes in public transportation use. But the pandemic hit mass transit hard, particularly in California,
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The next global Trump ally to fall?
Earlier this year, Yonatan Levi left his home country of Israel to observe the Hungarian election. Levi, a scholar at the center-left think tank Molad, had traveled with a group of parliamentarians and activists to study how opposition leader Péter Magyar was running a winning campaign against an authoritarian prime minister. This was, in their
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A Startup Says It Grew Human Sperm in a Lab—and Used It to Make Embryos
A startup out of Utah, Paterna Biosciences, says it has successfully grown functional human sperm in a lab and used the sperm to make visibly healthy-looking embryos. The technique could eventually help men with certain types of infertility have biological children. The findings have not yet been published in a peer-reviewed journal or independently verified.
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Mamdani prioritizes $2.5B for NYCHA EV chargers, other green upgrades — while tenants’ homes are left crumbling and stinky
They’re not pumped. Long-suffering NYCHA residents called for the city to focus on bread-and-butter fixes for their crumbling, stinky homes — as Mayor Zohran Mamdani touted a $2.5 billion plan to provide heat pumps and other green tweaks to public housing. The eco initiative that Mamdani highlighted in a splashy Earth Day announcement Wednesday would