Compound Observer

Does it matter if Carrie Bradshaw is the worst?

Published 2024-04-09 08:00:00 UTC

Mega drive-throughs explain everything wrong with American cities

Published 2024-04-09 09:06:15 UTC

One state’s big plan to fix the high cost of college

Published 2024-04-09 09:00:00 UTC

How 2,000 elderly Swiss women won a landmark climate case

Published 2024-04-09 18:05:19 UTC

Are young voters really embracing Donald Trump?

Published 2024-04-10 06:00:00 UTC

How DC’s Metro lured riders back

Published 2024-04-10 07:00:00 UTC

The rise of the scammy car loan

Published 2024-04-10 07:15:00 UTC

Language doesn’t perfectly describe consciousness. Can math?

Published 2024-04-10 09:00:00 UTC

Home sweet strip mall

Published 2024-04-10 09:30:24 UTC

X-Men ’97 is Marvel’s best argument for an X-Men animated feature

Published 2024-04-10 11:00:00 UTC

The Vatican’s new statement on trans rights undercuts its attempts at inclusion

Published 2024-04-10 19:00:00 UTC

The untold story of Arab Jews — and their solidarity with Palestinians

Published 2024-04-11 06:00:00 UTC

How “industry plants” became the internet’s hottest conspiracy

Published 2024-04-11 07:00:00 UTC

Florida and Arizona show why abortion attacks are not slowing down

Published 2024-04-11 07:15:00 UTC

How should I plan for retirement when the future is so uncertain?

Published 2024-04-11 11:10:47 UTC

O.J. Simpson’s story is built on America’s national sins

Published 2024-04-11 16:00:00 UTC

Did smartphones “destroy” a generation? The debate, explained.

Published 2024-04-12 06:00:00 UTC

The Chinese backlash over Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, explained

Published 2024-04-12 06:30:00 UTC

“Civil War” has little to say about America — but a lot to say about war

Published 2024-04-12 07:15:00 UTC

College enrollment is up. The financial aid mess could bring it crashing down.

Published 2024-04-12 07:30:00 UTC

A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

Published 2024-04-12 09:00:00 UTC

Why it’s so hard to feel “enough” — and what to do about it

Published 2024-04-12 09:32:19 UTC

Don’t sneer at white rural voters — or delude yourself about their politics

Published 2024-04-13 06:00:00 UTC

Life is hard. Can philosophy help?

Published 2024-04-13 07:00:00 UTC

Iran’s retaliatory attack against Israel, briefly explained

Published 2024-04-13 21:12:34 UTC

The history of Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban

Published 2024-04-14 06:00:00 UTC

Every year, tuberculosis kills over a million people. Can a new vaccine turn the tide?

Published 2024-04-14 07:00:00 UTC

The charitable deduction is a complex, broken mess. There’s a better way.

Published 2024-04-15 06:00:00 UTC

Israel beat Iran — for now

Published 2024-04-15 07:15:00 UTC

How Trump’s hush money trial went from an afterthought to the main event

Published 2024-04-15 07:30:00 UTC

We can make birth safer for Black mothers. Here’s how.

Published 2024-04-15 09:00:01 UTC

The Supreme Court votes to abolish the right to mass protest in three US states

Published 2024-04-15 10:26:30 UTC

The Supreme Court’s confusing new anti-trans decision, explained

Published 2024-04-15 19:15:00 UTC

Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks. Here’s how they get made.

Published 2024-04-16 06:00:00 UTC

Why the case at the center of Netflix’s What Jennifer Did isn’t over yet

Published 2024-04-16 07:00:00 UTC

The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows”

Published 2024-04-16 07:15:00 UTC

Tucker Carlson went after Israel — and his fellow conservatives are furious

Published 2024-04-16 08:00:00 UTC

January 6 insurrectionists had a great day in the Supreme Court today

Published 2024-04-16 13:55:00 UTC

Caitlin Clark’s staggeringly low starting salary, briefly explained

Published 2024-04-16 14:00:00 UTC

Biden might actually do something about ludicrously expensive concert tickets

Published 2024-04-16 19:20:00 UTC

Drake vs. everyone, explained

Published 2024-04-17 06:00:00 UTC

The Supreme Court case that could turn homelessness into a crime, explained

Published 2024-04-17 07:00:57 UTC

What science is just starting to understand about periods

Published 2024-04-17 07:15:00 UTC

Would you donate a kidney for $50,000?

Published 2024-04-17 09:00:00 UTC

Is Israel a “settler-colonial” state? The debate, explained

Published 2024-04-17 12:00:00 UTC

The very short Mayorkas impeachment trial, explained

Published 2024-04-17 17:35:00 UTC

Boeing’s problems were as bad as you thought

Published 2024-04-17 17:30:00 UTC

The endless quest to replace alcohol

Published 2024-04-18 06:00:00 UTC

Everything ends. Even Bluey.

Published 2024-04-18 07:15:00 UTC

Monkey Man’s imperfect political critique still packs a punch

Published 2024-04-18 07:30:00 UTC

Why USC canceled its pro-Palestinian valedictorian

Published 2024-04-18 17:45:00 UTC

Jontay Porter’s lifetime NBA ban highlights the risks of sports gambling

Published 2024-04-18 17:56:00 UTC

Tell the truth about Biden’s economy

Published 2024-04-19 06:00:00 UTC

It’s impossible to be neutral about Taylor Swift

Published 2024-04-19 07:15:00 UTC

Are there really more things going wrong on airplanes?

Published 2024-04-19 09:00:00 UTC

Taylor Swift seems sick of being everyone’s best friend

Published 2024-04-19 11:45:00 UTC

Trump’s jury doesn’t have to like him to be fair to him

Published 2024-04-19 17:00:00 UTC

Israel and Iran’s conflict enters a new, dangerous phase

Published 2024-04-19 17:30:17 UTC

Will AI mean the end of liberal democracy?

Published 2024-04-20 07:00:00 UTC

What the Supreme Court case on tent encampments could mean for homeless people

Published 2024-04-21 07:00:00 UTC

Why couples are choosing cohabitation over marriage

Published 2024-04-21 08:00:00 UTC