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The Stealth Lobbying Cause You’ve Never Heard Of: Wild Horses

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The blades spin dust and dirt all around the wild horses.

As Republicans probe COVID’s origins, some see an attack on science; others say it’s long overdue

At the start of a hearing on COVID’s origins last month, Ohio Republican Brad Wenstrup said that the committee was not out to attack science. In the three-hour exchange that followed, Wenstrup and his Republican colleagues excoriated Dr.

Lord Kelvin and His Analog Computer

In 1870, William Thomson, mourning the death of his wife and flush with cash from various patents related to the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable, decided to buy a yacht. His schooner, the Lalla Rookh, became Thomson’s summer home and his base for hosting scientific parties.

What Does Freud Still Have to Teach Us?

There are more than thirty full-length biographies of Sigmund Freud in circulation today.

Polyvagal Theory and the Neurobiology of Connection: The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity

“A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity,” William James wrote in his pioneering 1884 theory of how our bodies affect our feelings — the first great gauntlet thrown at the Cartesian dualism of body versus mind.

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Every Living Creature: A Modern-Day Noah’s Ark

When a massive Caribbean volcano erupts, the island’s residents flee, leaving their beloved animals behind. Three brave souls risk death and evade the law to save every last one.

Give Your Yard Back to Nature

Turning your perfectly unnatural (yet impressively green) lawn into an imperfectly wild(ish) piece of land requires a little time and energy at first. And then...a lot less mowing.

The Man Who Reinvented the Cat

In mid-nineteenth-century London, which had a population upward of two million people, the journalist and social researcher Henry Mayhew set out to survey the lives of the working and nonworking poor.

How to Actually Apologize

This is One Thing, a column with tips on how to live. If something I did upset someone, I’d say, “Sorry if I hurt you,” or “I never realized that offended you,” or “I didn’t know you were so sensitive,” throwing out selfish, passive-aggressive apologies that made everything worse.

What a Hobby Feels Like

One of the saddest predicaments of the current millennial moment is feeling desperate for something that isn’t work, but having no clue how to figure out what else there is.

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The Big-Tech Clean Energy Crunch Is Here

Big Tech’s appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland. Some 12 miles out to sea sits a wind farm, where each of the 60 giant turbines has blades roughly the length of an American football field.

How to find financial happiness if you're suffering from lifestyle creep, according to a Harvard professor

Bestselling author and Harvard professor Arthur Brooks believes that achieving financial happiness isn't solved by chasing extra income but by curbing bad spending habits.

After She Escaped Her Strict Religious Community, There Was No Turning Back

Running helped her build a new life.

'Open banking' is coming to the U.S. What is it and are banks ready?

The banking industry took its time to transition from paper bills to plastic cards. Now it’s in the midst of a more rapid transformation: going digital.

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The Postapocalyptic Movie Survivability Index

In honor of ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,’ one brave writer rewatched 51 dystopian films to figure out which ones he could survive. The job nearly killed him, but we’re proud to present to you a survival guide for ‘Fury Road,’ ‘A Quiet Place,’ and a few unforgettable disasterpieces.

Why Dave & Buster’s Is Transforming Its Arcades Into Casinos

The $2 billion eatertainment chain’s betting gambit marks a new era of casino-fying everything.

The Worst Time of Day to Fly, According to TSA PreCheck

Can the federal government’s version of a travel service rise above the private sector?

Honey Garlic Parmesan Biscuits.

The very best homemade Honey Garlic Parmesan Biscuits! These easy homemade biscuits are extra special. They’re made with milk, cornmeal, parmesan cheese, and salted butter. They’re served warm with browned honey butter spooned over each roll and fresh thyme on top.

How learning about the science of shyness helped me

On the day I received an offer from my first-choice university, I expected to feel elation and excitement. I had spent years preparing for this moment, and yet when it came, I felt only dread at the thought of freshers’ week and all the social challenges this would inevitably involve.