Climate & Environment
Where do the greenhouse gases that are hurting our planet come from? Alden, a second-grader, has a few thoughts about the sources.
Sept. 15, 2024
California
Dubbed the 2024 PT5, the ‘mini-moon’ will orbit Earth for nearly two months. It comes in a season of lunar phenomena.
Sept. 19, 2024
Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
Sept. 20, 2024
Movies
With ‘Will & Harper,’ the ‘SNL’ star and his friend Harper Steele face a new twist on an old challenge in LGBTQ+ representation: How to educate cis viewers without alienating trans ones.
Sept. 23, 2024
Here’s what happened when a fifth-grade teacher teamed with colleagues to create comprehensive climate lessons that could be incorporated in every subject they taught.
Also this week: Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, ‘Rhythm Thief’ restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill of Alain Delon’s beauty.
Business
Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth.
Sept. 12, 2024
World & Nation
Boeing’s astronaut mission ended with the empty Starliner capsule landing and two astronauts left in space until 2025 because NASA judged the return too risky.
Sept. 7, 2024
The shrub-like oak tree has been a fixture of the landscape since mastodons and saber-toothed cats last roamed Southern California.
Sept. 8, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
“Silents Synced,” a new series pairing classic films with alternative rock, launches with “Nosferatu X Radiohead” at American Cinematheque.