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Palestinians walk around the rubble of buildings destroyed after an Israeli attack on the As Salam neighborhood in Rafah, Gaza, on May 6, 2024. | Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images

We set out to solve why a forest in the middle of Uruguay looked like that — and wound up discovering something much bigger.

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Because of one law, the internet has no legal duty of care when it comes to hate speech. Just take a look at what happened in Myanmar.

Mexico City is being threatened by a water crisis after the main reservoirs remain under 40 percent of their full capacity due to low rainfall, geography, and lack of infrastructure. | Hector Vivas/Getty Images

Experts say AI automation likely won’t mean human jobs are replaced altogether — instead, humans will work alongside new tech, potentially for less pay and in worse working conditions. | Getty Images/iStockphoto

Drake and Kendrick Lamar performing onstage. | Prince Williams/Wireimage, C Flanigan/Getty Images

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During a demonstration against the Israeli government, protesters hold flags and signs calling for a hostages deal with Hamas on May 4, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. | Amir Levy/Getty Images

Longevity research may not let us live forever — but it could still make our lives better in smaller ways.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) walking the halls of Congress. | Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Despite increasing H5N1 flu concerns, self-interest appears to be trumping the common good as the world negotiates a pandemic treaty. | Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A December 2023 photo shows a Palestinian girl injured as a result of the Israeli bombing on Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. | Saher Alghorra/Middle East images/AFP via Getty Images

AI is supposed to help militaries make precise strikes. Is that the case in Gaza?

Bambie Thug, Ireland’s entry to Eurovision this year, calls herself a “ouija popstar” and a witch. | Jens Büttner/Picture Alliance via Getty Images

Rihanna at the 2015 Met Gala. | J. Countess/FilmMagic

AI-powered apps may be able to use your data (including selfies) to predict your current mental state. | Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Guidance counselor Jacquelyn Indrisano embraces ninth grader Arianna Troville, 16, outside her office at East Boston High School. | Craig F. Walker/Boston Globe via Getty Images

Franco Zacha for Vox; Your neighborhood watering hole is more important than you think.

Signs hang at George Washington University’s Gaza solidarity encampment, created by students in conjunction with other DC-area universities, in Washington, DC on April 25, 2024. | Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Palestinians in eastern Rafah migrate to Khan Yunis after the Israeli army’s announcement on May 6, 2024. | Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images

Inspectors and police are seen raiding the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 5, 2024, and confiscating its equipment. | Saeed Qaq/NurPhoto via Getty Images

It’s only the beginning of the cicada eruption. | Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Rapper Drake at “Lil Baby & Friends Birthday Celebration Concert” at State Farm Arena on December 9, 2022, in Atlanta. | Prince Williams/WireImage

A Brood X cicada molts in Washington, DC. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Gabrielle Berbey and Peter Balonon-Rosen are joining as producers. Andrea Kristinsdottir is joining as an audio engineer.

Cornelia Li for Vox; Why are more and more older people spending their dying years behind bars?

There’s a significant impediment to maximizing CRISPR’s potential for developing novel therapies: the lack of diversity in genetics research. | Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images

Periodical cicadas in Takoma Park, Maryland, that emerged in 2021 as part of Brood X. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images; In times of economic uncertainty, small luxuries reign supreme.