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An evolutionary biochemist at University College London explores the mystery of how life evolved on Earth. His hypothesis illuminates the outsized role that energy may have played in shaping evolution.

“My Girl” words and music copyright © 1964 by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White. Parody lyrics copyright © 2021 by Roy Zimmerman and Melanie Harby.

This organization tracks white supremacy across the U.S. Here's why that data is crucial in combating hate and extremism.

How did coffee shop workers become the vanguard of the labor movement? We spoke to the workers who organized the first unionized coffeeshop in Massachusetts. This is the story behind the Boston coffeeshop union revolution.

When a catastrophic fire in Matanzas threatened Cuba’s fuel supply, other countries rushed to help. The U.S. offered Cuba ... a phone call.

Renowned Indian British novelist Salman Rushdie is in critical condition and faces a long road to recovery after he survived an assassination attempt Friday morning. We feature Rushdie in his own words, a 2004 speech on freedom of expression at a  PEN America event. "Will we become our enemy or not? Will we become repressive as our enemy is repressive? Will we become intolerant as our enemy is intolerant, or will we not?" Transcript.

Donald Trump is bracing for possible indictment. Ari Melber reports on the precedent for indicting a president, drawing on historical comparisons to Bill Clinton and Richard Nixon, as well as foreign states. 

Jordan Klepper goes to a Wisconsin Trump rally to discuss all the big midterm issues, like the economy, overturning Roe v. Wade, and which candidates and conspiracies the MAGA crowd is most excited about. #DailyShow #Comedy

The pack is back. From creators Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, an all-new season of FX’s Reservation Dogs premieres 8/3. Only on Hulu.

Our underwater forests are largely unobserved, but now they are vanishing. To understand why, scientists dive underwater and look down from space--and their research reveals a complex system at risk of collapse.

We answered a viewer’s question about the decline of unionization.

Not as easy as you might wish. #dailyshow #comedy

Archibald William Roach (Jan. 8 1956 - July 30, 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and Aboriginal activist who campaigned for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

John Oliver discusses the cracks in our broken mental health care system, some of the inadequate ways we’ve tried to fill them, and what it all has to do with the gallbladder.

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled in May 2022 to expel the Palestinians living in the South Hebron Hills of the occupied West Bank, known as Masafer Yatta. They are appealing to the international community for help.

For over 4,000 years, the rabies virus has turned animals into angry beasts and humans into zombies. How it attacks us and how we fight back (cough -- vaccine).

Historian Karen L. Cox examines the myth of the Lost Cause: a campaign created by pro-Confederates after the Civil War to promote the lie that they seceded for state's rights.

Whose choice is it? Not who you might think ... in Texas.

“If this is America first, then America is fucked.”

A surprise deal that would lower health care costs, reduce the deficit and combat climate change. Has global warming melted Joe Manchin? #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue

Congress has rarely acted. But states do change gun laws after mass murders.

Stephen Colbert and Chris Hayes discuss the Jan. 6th Committee footage of Senator Josh Hawley fleeing the insurrection scene of the violence during the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol.

Geothermal energy has the potential to power the world. A gyrotron heat ray that melts rock (this is real!) might unlock this potential and make it a better renewable energy source than solar and wind.

Massive heatwaves. People dying. More drought. Given the extreme weather, it is incomprehensible that Congress is incapable of acting.

A definitive exploration of singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.” Featuring Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Sharon Robinson, Rufus Wainwright and many others.

A unique perforated bone was found in the Divje Babe cave in Slovenia, in the middle of a palaeolithic layer of earth, near the remains of a Neanderthal fire place, stone and bone tools.

“Our article says that [Bannon] acknowledged that Donald Trump had a plan to lie about the election results—he isn’t denying that at all,” says Dan Friedman, who obtained the audio of Steve Bannon describing the Trump coup plot before Election Day. 

Planet Drum Song Around The World was created for the UN General Assembly and features the legendary Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart along with extraordinary percussionists Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, Giovanni Hidalgo and traditional drummers and dancers from around the globe.

The Great Replacement Theory has fuelled the world’s deadliest white supremacist terror attacks – but what exactly is it? And how has it leaked into mainstream politics?

These corporate fantasies of the future just don’t stand up to scrutiny. Three major flaws in net-zero pledges that make them a dangerous distraction from the crisis at hand.