America’s Tallest, Most Spectacular Trees Are Getting…heat Stroke?
by Neel Dhanesha
What happens to a thousand-year-old tree when it gets too hot to breathe?
0:00 / 8:42 · Narrator Gacrux
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2026-10-06
Today's Crosscut
Sports Betting Apps
To keep users hooked, developers design betting apps to erase every physical barrier to spending, leaving actual paper cash as the last reliable way to force a gambler to stop and think.
Why Making Americans Bet with Cash Could Protect People From Gambling Problems × Our Reporter Spent 10 Weeks Gambling on DraftKings. Here Are 5 Things He Learned.
0:00 / 21:03 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Behind the news →
Opinion: I’m a Doctor. Here’s What I Want the Public to Know About AI Tools and Health Care Costs
by Leah Pierson
How can a doctor tell the exact truth and still inflate a hospital bill?
0:00 / 12:04 · Narrator Sulafat
For the curious →
How Dreaded Dacoit Phoolan Devi Became an Irresistible Legend
by Nandini Ramnath
How does a terrified teenager become a legendary outlaw before anyone has even seen her face?
0:00 / 23:46 · Narrator Gacrux
What Replaced the Slave Trade?
by Joshua W.J. Brown
When people are no longer bought and sold, what is the price of controlling where they move?
0:00 / 11:51 · Narrator Charon
Physicists Who Uncovered the First Particle Accelerator Were Honored with a Nobel Prize 75 Years Ago – Their Work Shaped Physics, Medicine and Even Art Research
by Andrea Richard, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University
How did a machine built to smash atoms end up in hospitals and the Louvre?
0:00 / 7:26 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Who Lost Afghanistan?
by Matthew Yglesias
Did America lose the war in Afghanistan the moment it decided to invade Iraq?
0:00 / 14:30 · Narrator Algieba