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By Tobias Carroll Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, a number of governments have responded by seizing the assets of Russian oligarchs with ties to Vladimir Putin’s government. This has included several high-profile seizures …

By Tobias Carroll Given the pandemic and supply chain issues, it can be difficult to make too many generalizations about the current state of the automotive industry these days. Still, it does look like demand for coupes seems reduced, while interest i…

By Tobias Carroll Climate change has, all things considered, not been great for humans. Catastrophic weather, food shortages, wildfires and coastal flooding are all things that people have had to deal with as a result of alterations to the climate. But…

By Evan Bleier Even when the Cincinnati Reds, who are one of the worst clubs in Major League Baseball and may be one of the worst professional teams of all-time game, are winning, they can’t help from coming up on the wrong side of history. Dismantling…

By Lindsay Rogers The effects of inflation are deep-rooted and far-reaching, and it feels like we’re expected to pay an arm and a leg for virtually everything…which has also, in recent days, come to include airfare. Mercurial by nature, the cost of air…

By Tobias Carroll Unearthing the archaeological history of certain regions is far easier than it is for others. When it comes to the Amazon rainforest, things are especially fraught — after all, the complex ecosystem makes it nearly impossible to do mu…

By Kirk Miller A popular image search website may seriously erode your real-life privacy, according to a report from The New York Times. Reporter Kashmir Hill tested out PimEyes, a $30/month face search engine that turned out to be scarily thorough and…

By Bonnie Stiernberg These are trying times we’re living in, and through all the uncertainty and chaos, it can be comforting to cling to the familiar. The world may be falling apart, but we can still count on the fact that the sky is still blue, the gr…

By Evan Bleier With their win over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday in San Francisco, the Golden State Warriors punched a ticket to their sixth NBA Finals appearance in eight seasons. In their previous five appearances in the final round of the NBA pla…

By Evan Bleier While they’re currently throttling the National League East at 29-17, the New York Mets have been even more dominant over the last decade in an eating competition that routinely takes place at the home of one of their divisional rivals. …