With his new film Disclosure Day, filmmaker Steven Spielberg is returning to the subject that helped make him one of the most successful directors in the world: extraterrestrials (or ETs).  But his movie also focuses on a second topic that has long preoccupied Spielberg and other sci-fi directors: faith. It’s a story about believing in […]

Let’s be frank: When you go to see your personal doctor or stop at an urgent care for a quick visit, you probably don’t always tell the physician the whole truth and nothing but the truth. According to one major study, between 60 and 80 percent of US adults have reported they withheld at least […]

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This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. When I was 10, my dearest wish was to become Mia Hamm. Decades have passed, and I write a newsletter, so you can see what all became of that. Still, when the FIFA World […]

Last fall, Graham Platner — an oysterman running for the Democratic nomination for US Senate in Maine — landed in hot water, when some of his old Reddit posts, showing him blaming victims of sexual assault and calling himself a communist, surfaced. Then, there was a story about the Nazi imagery tattooed on his chest. […]