In this Soapbox, Gavin discusses the fine line between enjoying his Animal Crossing journals and doing homework. For anyone prone to compulsive behavior, video games can be a dangerous hobby. Whether you’re fighting just to get a platinum trophy, completing a collection of digital doohickeys, or not feeling like you’ve …

Greg Glassman is selling CrossFit, following a backlash over his response to the death of George Floyd and the anti-racism movement that is sweeping the country. © Chris Butler / The Idaho Statesman / AP In this Saturday June 30, 2012 photo, Crossfit enthusiast Aaron Miner does front squats as …

Representative Carolyn Maloney, chair of the Oversight Committee, has been hanging on by a thread against progressive challenger Suraj Patel until officials can count the tens of thousands of remaining absentee ballots. “I think what you’re seeing is across the district a rejection of the politics of the past, a …

Scientists in Britain announced a breakthrough in the battle against coronavirus last week, reporting that they had found the first drug to reduce deaths among critically ill Covid-19 patients. The results were released for the first time in a poorly detailed press release. Now the full study, neither peer-reviewed nor …

SpaceX lost another prototype Starship tank during testing, but this time the explosion was intentional. The company pushed the limits of the giant tank using super cold nitrogen to see how well it would hold up during an actual launch. During the cryogenic test, the massive structure breaks, explodes, and …