When the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus published Systema Naturae in 1735, he set out to classify every living thing on Earth — inventing the naming system we still use today and personally describing more than 10,000 species of plants and animals.  Nearly three centuries later, with satellites mapping every continent and AI models that can […]

America’s largest-ever generation — the baby boomers — is getting older. As it does, much of the burden of elder care is falling on another group: the “sandwich generation,” adults who are contending with caring for both their own children and for their parents. It’s a problem that will only grow, made worse by the […]

In the weeks leading up to the latest US-Israeli airstrikes against Iran, there were reports that President Donald Trump’s administration was considering targeting Iran’s senior leadership, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and Khamenei himself appeared to be preparing for the end.  Still, the fact that the supreme leader was killed in his home office in an […]

President Donald Trump triumphantly announced on Saturday that Israeli and US strikes had killed Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was the biggest target in a “decapitation” mission that also reportedly killed a significant number of top Iranian regime figures.  When presidents order airstrikes aimed at debilitating an enemy’s leadership and forcing political change, […]

This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Finland made international news earlier this month for a disappointing near miss: Its men’s hockey team looked ready to prevail in the Olympic semifinals, until a (literal) last-minute goal gave Canada the win. Nearly […]