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The battle for blame over a deadly terror attack in Moscow

All signs point to ISIS in a terrorist attack that killed over 130 people near Moscow, but Vladimir Putin is connecting it to the war in Ukraine

By Joshua Keating

Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis is part of a frightening global trend

It’s not just the Princess of Wales. More and more young people are getting cancer.

By Dylan Scott

3 Body Problem, explained with the help of an astrophysicist

Netflix’s new adaptation of Liu Cixin’s famous sci-fi series shows us what quantum mechanics might look like in real time.

By Aja Romano

Why March Madness is all about Caitlin Clark

The most exciting player in college basketball, explained.

By Alex Abad-Santos

The House GOP just gave Biden’s campaign a huge gift

Roughly 80 percent of House Republicans just lined up behind a plan to cut Social Security and ban all abortions.

By Eric Levitz

The total solar eclipse is returning to the United States — better than before

This will be the last total solar eclipse over the contiguous United States for 21 years. Don’t miss it!

By Brian Resnick

We’re long overdue for an Asian lead on The Bachelor franchise

How come there’s never been an Asian Bachelorette?

By Li Zhou

Congress can’t get anything done. Except on foreign aid.

Major reform on how the US gives money to other countries is breezing through the House with bipartisan support.

By Dylan Matthews

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Beyoncé has a new country album. The first single has already broken records and drawn criticism from those who think of country music as a “white” genre. Except it’s not. Author and songwriter Alice Randall tells the story of country music’s very Black roots.

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The story of Kate Middleton’s disappearance is haunted by Meghan Markle

By Constance Grady

The disappearance of Kate Middleton, explained

By Constance Grady

A Harvard dishonesty researcher was accused of fraud. Her defense is troubling.

By Kelsey Piper

Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani has been caught up in a gambling controversy. He won’t be the last.

By Bryan Walsh

Why the Pentagon wants to build thousands of easily replaceable, AI-enabled drones

By Joshua Keating

Take a mental break with the newest Vox crossword

By Vox Staff

Apple is facing a new antitrust lawsuit that could dethrone the iPhone

By Nicole Narea
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Why it’s so hard for Americans to retire

By Laura Bult

Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way?

By Sigal Samuel
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The Supreme Court’s abortion pills case, explained

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Reddit is going public. Will its unruly user base revolt?

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The political battle over Laken Riley’s murder, explained

By Andrew Prokop

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Meet the EPA’s new Choose Your Own Adventure! regulation for car pollution

By Umair Irfan

3 theories for why Donald Trump’s popularity is rising

By Christian Paz
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Kate Middleton’s whereabouts, explained

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Why did geologists reject the “Anthropocene” epoch? It’s not rock science.

By Sigal Samuel

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Let’s fix child care together

The real issue blocking universal child care? Politics.

The Supreme Court’s confusing new border decision, explained

By Ian Millhiser

How a Mississippi case of police brutality emphasizes the need for more accountability

By Li Zhou

Could a major lawsuit against realtors mean lower home prices?

By Whizy Kim

The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy

By Kenny Torrella

How the threat of a government shutdown became normalized

By Li Zhou

Can a friend be your most significant other?

By Sigal Samuel

Why abortion in the US is on the rise

By Rachel M. Cohen

Pilates, a xylophone, and a wedding from hell: How Vox readers spent their tax refunds

By Rebecca Jennings

Abortion influences everything

By Keren Landman, MD

Beyoncé, the CMAs, and the fight over country music’s politics, explained

By Alex Abad-Santos

Should schools lock up kids’ phones?

By Anna North

Japan’s cherry blossoms are a marker of natural time — and how climate change is altering it

By Bryan Walsh

Trump is suddenly in need of a lot of cash. That’s everyone’s problem.

By Abdallah Fayyad

With new national security legislation, China shows it will never loosen its grip on Hong Kong

By Bryan Walsh

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No, the director of Zone of Interest did not disavow his Jewish identity at the Oscars

By Aja Romano

Uber-style pricing is coming for everything

By Whizy Kim

Brett Kavanaugh rides to the Biden administration’s defense in a big First Amendment case

By Ian Millhiser

The Mr. Beastification of entertainment

By Rebecca Jennings

Putin’s reelection puts him in a class of Russia’s longest-ruling autocrats

By Ellen Ioanes

Can we protect and profit from the oceans?

By Julieta Cardenas

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