This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is dropping a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation that healthy pregnant people and children receive the Covid-19 vaccine, a […]

We can confidently say that Gen Z got a lot more Republican over the last couple of years, thanks to a swarm of new, first-time young voters — specifically men of all races. Pre-election polling captured this phenomenon, voter registration trends tracked it, and post-election exit polls suggest ballots reflected it. Add to this a […]

Humanity has lived with nuclear weapons for so long — 80 years, this year — without destroying itself, that we sometimes take them for granted. But there’s no guarantee that our run of luck will continue. In fact, the risks are growing and transforming.  The recent round of fighting between India and Pakistan, the most […]

China is the world’s largest single greenhouse gas emitter, spewing more than double the amount of heat-trapping chemicals as the next biggest climate polluter, the United States. For decades, China’s emissions soared ever higher as its economy grew, burning extraordinary volumes of coal, oil, and natural gas to light up cities, power factories, and fuel […]

Will my generation be the last to go through menopause? Just a few years ago, that would’ve seemed like a bizarre question — I’ve always assumed that I and every other human being with ovaries would eventually experience what my grandmother called “the change of life.” But now, researchers are calling into question what once […]