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Even now in 2026, much of the world's oceans remain mysterious and thoroughly unexplored. Prompted by news from The Ocean Census, which has discovered thousands of new species (and hopes to discover a hundred thousand more), Ben, Matt, and Noel dive deep into the latest oceanogra ...  Show more

32-year-old Bank of America Vice President Erin Piacenti was fatally stabbed in New York's Time Square. LARPing has become an insult. A low-budget animated film from China becomes a surprise hit. ICE may be buying robot dogs. After a career built on oppossing immigration, far-rig ...  Show more

Scientists are perplexed by a strange weakening in Earth's magnetic field between South America and Africa -- and no one knows why it's happening. An anonymous pizzaria owner takes creative revenge on DoorDash. North Korean media has reversed a long-standing position, revealing t ...  Show more

This week we talk about what's going on, news-wise. Some of it is about things like Ukraine and Crypto Ads. Some of it is about Elon Musk bringing a little South America apartheid into his factories. Some of it, is other stuff. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ihea ...  Show more

Breaking news: Kara Swisher will not referee the cage match between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Also, SpaceX is looking to up its valuation, and Meta wants to shut down access to news in Canada. And this weekend’s insurrection in Russia revealed how unequipped social media is ...  Show more

Scientists searching for cosmic rays in Antarctica may have just discovered proof of a parallel universe. Sports teams across the world are resorting to odd solutions to fill the seats at empty stadiums, and San Francisco has confirmed it's supplying members of the homeless popul ...  Show more