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Thai men can be ordained from a few days to the rest of their lives. Pakin Songmor/Moment via Getty Images

Art

What ‘The White Lotus’ gets wrong about the meaning and goals...

Staff Writer - March 27, 2025

Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College The new season of “The White Lotus” is set on a luxury resort on the...

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As part of the Artemis II mission, humans will fly around the Moon for the first time in decades. Roberto Moiola/Sysaworld via Getty Images

Business

NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US...

Staff Writer - January 27, 2026

Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40...

Boston and much of the U.S. faced a cold winter blast in January 2026. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major...

January 25, 2026

Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanese villages on Sept. 23, 2024. AP Photo / Hussein Malla

Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes...

January 22, 2026

The moment you look away from those adorable eyes, these mischievous creatures will sneak out of your lab. Joshua J. Cotten/Unsplash, CC BY-SA

Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks –...

January 18, 2026

A Chinese visitor looks at condoms at the Beijing International Sex Supplies Exhibition. Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images

China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s...

January 15, 2026