Finding joy in your emails. Losing sight of what is real. Grab a cup of coffee and settle in. Here’s what you might have missed during a busy news week.
Why seeing is no longer believing
“Deepfakes” may take disinformation to a new level. Go inside the Pentagon’s race against doctored videos and test your detection skills.
When Tom Brady says the Patriots are underdogs
First, HAHAHA. Second, we get it. Players have to psyche themselves up before big games, especially the Super Bowl. But consider these six factors before calling the New England Patriots the underdog team over the Los Angeles Rams.
Do your unread emails spark joy?
We asked Marie Kondo for help tidying up digital life. She says you should create two folders. And then delete, delete, delete.
Because of her, the Navy will have an all-female flyover
The first woman to fly a tactical fighter jet in the US Navy opened the door for more than just women in combat but also those transitioning to civilian life. Now, at her funeral, she will receive the first-ever all-female flyover.
The product of a fifth grader’s boredom
11-year-old Ruby Kate Chitsey spends a lot of her summer at nursing homes. A conversation with the woman in the wheelchair sparked an idea that led to $30,000 for the elderly in need.
Opinion: What the US could learn from Pakistan
The truth is other countries are several steps ahead of the United States, writes Joss Greene. Take Pakistan, for example, and what it gets right about transgender rights.
The sacred kinship of Nigerian twins
The sheer number of twins in this sleepy rural town corresponds to a cultural phenomenon: Twins are revered in Yoruba culture as gifts from God, dual entities protected by spirits and possessed of magical powers.
