Everything you thought you knew about ADHD is wrong
Moving forward requires focus. Mashable’s Social Good Series is dedicated to exploring pathways to a greater good, spotlighting issues that are essential to making the world a better place. For…
John Oliver takes a disturbing deep dive into racism within the U.S. jury system
[embedded content] You would think that juries, given the massive responsibility they’re tasked with, would be overseen by people who are keen to make them as fair and impartial as…
Trixie Mattel and Katya watching ‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 2 is the best thing you’ll see today
[embedded content] “Dress for the murder you want to commit, not the one you already did.” Trixie Mattel nails the commentary on The Umbrella Academy Season 2 in the latest…
Google lobbies Australian users against plans to make it pay for news
Google has published an open letter about a newly proposed government regulation that would compel it to pay media outlets for news content. Australians visiting their local Google homepage are…
College towns brace for a new wave of COVID-19
Sierra Imwalle, a real estate agent in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. When she shows houses to clients, she takes precautions: masks, distance, hand sanitizer. She’s…
What Would Happen if We Burned All the Fossil Fuels?
Illustration: Elena Scotti. Photos: Getty Images Picture bogs swarming with plant-life, oceans teeming with life, dinosaurs roaming the Earth. Picture those plants and animals dying, and over the course of…
This Cobalt-Free Battery Is Good for the Planet—and It Actually Works
Greg Less, the technical director at the University of Michigan’s Battery Lab, says that Manthiram’s cathode material “shows great promise.” He says there’s still more testing that needs to be…
Direct Action Everywhere Uses VR to Take Viewers Inside Factory Farms
WIRED senior writer Andy Greenberg didn’t know quite what to expect when Wayne Hsiung, an attorney and animal rights activist, handed him an Oculus headset in his Berkeley home back…
A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring
As both a clinician and a scientist, Fox is particularly interested in using the network approach not only to better understand particular diseases, but also to treat them. He has…
Lovecraft Country uses the Black experience to wage a righteous war
Lovecraft Country isn’t the stuff of nightmares. But by the end of the first episode, you’ll wish it was.