Scientists Say They've Discovered 'Little Lab Zombies'—Seemingly Immortal Tissue Taken From Sea Cucumbers
If a severed body part survives on its own for years, is it actually alive?
0:00 / 5:49 · Narrator Sulafat
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2026-08-18
Today's Crosscut
Women and State Power
One regime uses its authority to erase women from public life, while another government spends state money on an island academy that trains teenage girls to defy traditional gender roles.
5 Years After the Fall: Why the World Still Misreads the Taliban × This School Teaches Senegal's Brightest Girls to Push Back Against Patriarchal Norms
0:00 / 18:38 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Nice Guys Are Hot Again
by Sophie Gilbert
How did a fictional hockey player who actually likes women become the ultimate romantic fantasy?
0:00 / 8:54 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Behind the news →
A Bungled Bomb Plot in Poland Exposed a Spy – but Whose Spy Was He?
by Shaun Walker
When a political exile is exposed as a spy, how do you know which life was real?
0:00 / 39:53 · Narrator Charon
Are You Finally Ready to Admit It's the Phones?
by Noah Smith
When did a screen in your pocket become the only way to reach another person?
0:00 / 11:39 · Narrator Algieba
For the curious →
Melon’s Odyssey on the Black Market for Life-Saving Cat Medicine
by Sabrina Imbler
How do you save a dying cat when the only cure is sold on the black market?
0:00 / 23:44 · Narrator Sulafat
In a New Book, Journalist Samanth Subramanian Probes the Real Estate Business in and Around Delhi
by Samanth Subramanian
If an apartment is never actually built, who ends up making the money?
0:00 / 8:02 · Narrator Gacrux
Smart escape →
‘The Cruelest Game’ Examines Tennis as Torture
by Owen Lewis
If you give your childhood to a game, who are you when you put down the racket?
0:00 / 21:03 · Narrator Rasalgethi