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‘Too Patriarchal’ Father in India Now Champions Women’s Rights
A delivery room epiphany transformed a village headman into an unlikely and highly successful campaigner against prenatal sex testing, which often led to aborting female fetuses.
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Ukraine Hits a Distant Russian Ship, Showing Reach of Naval Drones
The attack damaged the warship hundreds of miles from Ukrainian-held territory, as Kyiv increasingly tries to bring the war home to Russia.
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“Crocodile of Wall Street” and her husband plead guilty to giant-sized cryptocrimes
Sentences still to be decided, but she could get up to 10 years and he could get as many as 20.
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NASA Restores Voyager 2 Contact With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Into Space
After an erroneous command sent the spacecraft’s antenna askew, mission specialists hatched a plan to point it back toward Earth.
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New Antarctic Starfish Are Doting Parents and Vicious Predators
A close examination of a collection of starfish in the Smithsonian revealed even more starfish inside those starfish.
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How Restaurants Are Dealing With Heat Waves
With punishing temperatures across many states, restaurants are adapting to a new climate reality.
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What Is Hard Juice?
Once considered only a passable mixer, juice is finding its way into canned alcoholic drinks.
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Hugh Grant is an Oompa-Loompa now. What’s left for dwarf actors?
Hugh Grant’s casting as an Oompa-Loompa in “Wonka” feels to some like the latest in a long line of slights against dwarf actors.
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U.S. Adds 187,000 Jobs in July as Economy Cools
Employers added 187,000 workers in July, a slower pace than the recent norm, but “more sustainable,” one economist said.