Recent articles from publications based in United States.
Defense Oneby Thomas Novelly12d ago
Intel ops are underway at Space Command’s nascent Alabama HQ Alabama landed SPACECOM after a years-long political fight. Now it’s getting off the ground. HUNTSVILLE, Ala.
OCCRP12d ago
Reported by A former Brooklyn bank manager was sentenced to 18 months in prison for helping an international criminal syndicate launder millions of dollars derived from a sprawling $10.6 billion...
The Marshall Projectby Ivy Scott13d ago
The Marshall Project has been investigating the effects of extreme heat on prisons and jails for nearly a decade.
Science Newsby Emily Conover13d ago
A key facet of a proton’s identity can be traced to the glue that holds it together. A new study suggests that a property called the baryon number — a defining characteristic of protons and related...
Longreadsby Carolyn Wells13d ago
With no secondary school in the southern half of the Isle of Mull, children must leave home for the mainland at the age of eleven, living in a youth hostel during the school week.
Atlas Obscuraby Louise Story13d ago
There is a version of Halloween tourism that involves a man in a rubber mask jumping out from behind a plywood wall. It has its pleasures. It is not this. The places below are real.
OCCRP13d ago
Reported by After OCCRP and partners published an investigation in March exposing how Europe’s largest alumina refinery was feeding into a supply chain linked to Russian weapons manufacturers, the...
OCCRP13d ago
Reported by Secret audio recordings captured on a device hidden in a sock, along with text messages presented in a Maltese courtroom, laid bare the mechanics behind the 2017 assassination of...
Noema Magazineby Albert Yuan13d ago
Albert Yuan is a science reporter at San Lian Lifeweek, one of China’s leading news and lifestyle magazines, where this essay was originally published in Chinese. Let me begin with breakfast.
Longreadsby Brendan Fitzgerald13d ago
Pat Caldwell is 69 years old and, as Chris Stanton gushes in this uproarious Q&A, “a legend to IMAX nerds.” Caldwell loves Vision3 film stock, hates Joker: Folie à Deux, and has discovered more...
IEEE Spectrumby Brian Jenney13d ago
If you haven’t already seen a job listing for a “product engineer,” you probably will soon. The job everyone’s suddenly hiring for, this role is like a cross between a product manager and an...
SpaceNewsby Novaspace13d ago
Paris, France | July 2026 — The maritime satellite communications market is entering a new phase of growth as next-generation satellite networks transform connectivity at sea.
Open Cultureby Colin Marshall13d ago
Twenty years ago, United States senator Ted Stevens drew long-lasting online ridicule by describing the internet as “a series of tubes.” While some commentators noted that the analogy wasn’t quite...
JSTOR Dailyby The Editors13d ago
We all love to receive a letter (or an email, or a text) from a good friend. Epistolary poems are just that: direct addresses to a lover, a family member, an animal, even a sworn enemy.
Defense Oneby Alexandra Kelley13d ago
DARPA funds advancements in quantum networking The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency entered into a contract with quantum networking company Qunnect to bolster technology to preserve...
Longreadsby Seyward Darby13d ago
A Chinese man hired a Florida surrogate, then didn’t pick up his kids because of visas issues, sparking a custody battle that could upend the lucrative, largely unregulated industry.
Anthropocene Magazineby Anthropocene Team13d ago
The planet’s oceans are an ally for fighting climate change. They absorb about a third of all human-generated carbon dioxide emissions.
Defense Oneby Nick Wakeman13d ago
Pentagon hands Palantir up to $244M in no-bid work A memo orders agencies to find uses for the company's software, but is mute on the required justifications for sole-source work.
Electric Literatureby Nelly Reifler13d ago
Aftermath of an Intervention, Part II The second installment of Nelly Reifler’s three-part essay about marriage, murder, 9/11, and how she said goodbye to Elliott Smith This is the second essay in...
Longreadsby Seyward Darby13d ago
Award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv recently published a collection of essays about the relationships between mothers and daughters.
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