The lawless deep sea

Just over seven years ago, we launched this daily news podcast from The Washington Post.Our goal was to bring you inside our newsroom, sharing our reporting with listeners to help make sense of what was happening in the world. We’ve published hundreds of episodes. We’ve covered e ...  Show more

In his second term, President Donald Trump has gone on a mission to reinvent the Kennedy Center, the beloved performing arts venue in Washington, D.C.Trump promised to overhaul the center’s programming. He installed loyalists on the board who made him chairman. In December, Trump ...  Show more

A few days ago, when passengers set off on a deep sea expedition in the Atlantic Ocean, they were aboard a vessel that many experts had already concluded was dangerously designed.

William Broad, a science correspondent for The Times, explains why he was worried from the ...

All five passengers on the missing Titanic submersible are believed dead after missing debris is found on the ocean floor turning operations from rescue to recovery. In the wake of this tragedy, CNN is going to examine deep sea exploration and the inherent dangers that come along ...  Show more

OceanGate Expeditions says the passengers in the Titanic-bound submersible that went missing days earlier have "sadly been lost." Listen for more details.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast ...  Show more

The adoption of electric cars has been hailed as an important step in curbing the use of fossil fuels and fighting climate change. There is a snag, however: such vehicles require around six times as many metals as their gasoline-powered counterparts.

A giant storehouse o ...