Commentary: Greta Thunberg vs. Donald Trump
Is there nothing too petty for this president? Early Thursday morning, President Donald Trump took to Twitter (where his current follower count is 67.5 million) to attack a 16-year-old girl...
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Colombia threatens to sue Walmart for linking the country to cocaine on a Christmas sweater
A Colombian government agency on Tuesday threatened to sue Walmart over a Christmas sweater that associated the country to cocaine. The sweater, offered by a third-party seller on its Canadian...
The Arctic may have crossed key threshold, emitting billions of tons of carbon into the air, in a long-dreaded climate feedback
The Arctic is undergoing a profound, rapid and unmitigated shift into a new climate state, one that is greener, features far less ice, and is a net source of greenhouse...
The current decade will go down in history as the Earth’s warmest
The 2010s almost certainly will be the warmest decade on Earth since instrument temperature data began in the 19th century (and very likely long before that), according to new data...
Best TV of 2019: ‘Watchman,’ ‘When They See Us,’ ‘Unbelievable’ highlight a year spotlighting social justice on the small screen
It's too early to predict who will win the big streaming wars of the coming decade (which is supposed to bury us alive in subscriber-based content), but I like HBO's...
An older dad finds his way
On the morning I turned 60, my 8-year-old daughter, Marta, jumped on my bed. "Mama and I forgot about your birthday, so we didn't get you anything," she said. "I...
A child who lies about a bad grade needs to know failure is OK
Q: My eighth-grader didn't tell us she failed a math test three weeks ago. We just found out this morning when she asked us to sign her interim report, which...
How to survive your college student’s first extended break at home
Before my 18-year-old daughter left for college a few months ago, she diligently obeyed her curfew, spent most nights in her bedroom and let her father and me know her...
7 tips for strategic duty-free shopping
Shannon Airport opened the world's first duty-free store in 1974, offering people passing through the western part of the country the opportunity to shop without paying taxes before they left....
Meet Miguel Wattson, the electric eel lighting his aquarium’s Christmas tree and tweeting about it
Miguel Wattson, an electric eel that lives at the Tennessee Aquarium, is a multitasker. He eats. He tweets (more on that later). And for his most effortless trick this season,...