A few lucky campers were indoors this week, designing roller coasters that might go too fast to be safe in real life.

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In “Biological War,” Annie Jacobsen imagines society collapsing from a man-made plague—part of a wave of such prophecies. But ...

Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistance ...

When the Reynolds School District cut six days from its calendar last fall to address a $5.5 million budget gap, Superintendent Frank Caropelo called his district “the canary in Oregon’s coal mine.” ...

Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. But in the city of Enid, officials are pushing back against one ...

So far, efforts to reform society’s relationship with screen time have focused on children. Now, as it becomes increasingly ...

Former UFC champion Ilia Topuria continues to be criticized for "quitting on the stool" against Justin Gaethje, but there are many shades of gray with this particular unforgivable sin of fight sports.

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