How US elections work
What are the questions that you really, deep down, have about the coming election? The ones you type into your search browser late at night? Read more...
While Her Father Rails Against Idiot Scientists, Ivanka Trump Talks Ice Cream
The first daughter is trying to woo the white suburban female voters who have become her fathers demographic kryptonite. Read more...
F.D.A. Grossly Misrepresented Blood Plasma Data, Scientists Say
Many experts including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study were bewildered about where a key statistic came from. Read more...
And the gold medal in the race for returns goes to... SILVER!
Investors have taken a shine to gold in the pandemic, but silver has since come out on top. By early September, the value of silver had risen 52 per cent since the start of the year. Read more...
Dimming restaurant lights can compromise the taste of food, study finds
Dutch researchers examined theinfluence of different levels of ambient light on 'taste intensity' experienced by eaters in a restaurant. Read more...
Costume Drama The Highs and Lows of Superhero Uniforms
Comic book heroes are seemingly eternal, but they still get to change their clothes now and again. Read more...
Coronavirus in California Combating Pandemic Fatigue
Friday The next few months are critical. Heres how to cope and stay vigilant. Also an update on the latest case numbers. Read more...
Lily Allen launches sex toy, encouraging women to talk confidently about pleasure
Lily Allen has teamed up with a German sex toy brand to launch her own sex toy -- and start a discussion about female sexuality. Read more...
Patrick Schwarzenegger reps Justin Bieber's Drew House line in a bright yellow sweatshirt
Patrick Schwarzenegger showed his support for his good friend Justin Bieber by repping his clothing line on Friday. Read more...
French Open begins as top players grumble over cold weather
The French Open got off to a wet and chilly start on Sunday, with the former world No.1 Victoria Azarenka walking off court during a lull in proceedings because of the cold weather. Read more...
As Donations Shift in the Pandemic, New Databases Aim to Help
Donors are giving money in different ways this year, and two new projects are helping them identify the nonprofit groups that can best use their money. Read more...
What the Tumultuous Year 1968 Can Teach Us About Today
The dangerous animosities of the past never went away, and have now re-emerged with new force. Read more...
Croydon cat killer investigation should be reopened, says Tory MP
Elliot Colburn (left) claimed it was a 'fanciful' theory that urban foxes were behind the deaths because the victims were not eaten. The Metropolitan Police closed a three-year investigation in 2018. Read more...
Oslo Accords Fast Facts
Read CNN's Oslo Accords Fast Facts and learn more about the series of agreements between Israel and the Palestinians signed in the 1990s. Read more...
Hockey Needs Viewers. It Should Not Glorify Pain and Violence to Get Them.
A promotional video posted by the N.H.L. that glorified pain showed a disturbing embrace of violence by the league. The post has since been deleted. Read more...
Iga Swiatek and Sofia Kenin Will Meet in the French Open Final
Swiatek, 19, has little experience but has dominated her opponents in this tournament. Kenin, 21, won the Australian Open in February. Read more...
Coronavirus swabs should be analysed using 'pooled testing', experts say
Researchers say the method - already being deployed in Germany - could help rapidly increase testing capacity in Britain at a time when the demand is outstripping supply. Read more...
The Coronavirus Has Claimed 2.5 Million Years of Potential Life in the U.S., Study Finds
A Harvard researcher added up the number of years that Americans who died from Covid-19 might have lived had they reached a typical life expectancy. Read more...