Older Adults Know AI is Slop. They Just Like It
by Viola Zhou
If a digital singer makes someone cry, does it matter that she isn't real?
0:00 / 5:00 · Narrator Gacrux
Daily edition
2026-07-13
Today's Crosscut
Valuing Skilled Labor
When teachers in England resist budget cuts that treat classrooms like assembly lines, they’re continuing a much older fight to keep their craft from being swallowed by a spreadsheet.
Teachers in England Could Strike After Schools Told They Must Fund Pay Rises × Skill Nostalgia
0:00 / 35:13 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Behind the news →
We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture.
by Rohini Subrahmanyam
Can a thick, gooey liquid be stretched until it snaps like a piece of glass?
0:00 / 9:29 · Narrator Rasalgethi
The Forgotten Success Story of America’s Teenagers
by Bryan Walsh
If teenagers are safer now than their parents were in the 1990s, why is the victory so quiet?
0:00 / 11:41 · Narrator Charon
For the curious →
How to Be Defiant
by Sunita Sah
Why does it feel safer to nod along with a mistake than to risk an awkward conversation?
0:00 / 17:09 · Narrator Sulafat
Smart escape →
Bat in the House? Here’s How to Remove It Safely
by Tara Hohoff, Associate Mammalogist, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
How do you help a bat find its way back outside when it turns up in your home?
0:00 / 6:25 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
The Endangered Big Screen Comedy
by Sonny Bunch
If comedies that once filled theaters are vanishing, where will people go to laugh in the dark?
0:00 / 9:37 · Narrator Algieba