Advocates of plug-in solar say it’s an easy and cheap way to transition to renewable energy and reduce electricity costs. This week we see if they live up to the hype.

Researcher Emmanuel Oyewole explains to Possibly that offshore wind turbines appear to be providing new ecosystems for Jonah crabs.

Experts say the devastating floods in Nepal at the end of August were caused in part by melting glaciers. On this episode from 2023, the Possibly team looks into why these glaciers are melting, and ...

The decline is especially notable with young listeners who are part of Gen Z and Gen Alpha. (Fiordaliso/Getty Images | Moment RF) Music fans are becoming increasingly uncomfortable with AI songs, ...

In this undated photo provided on April 30, 2026, by the Myanmar Military True News Information Team, the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, talks with officials in an undisclosed ...

Beck’s new song is “Ride Lonesome.” (Autumn De Wilde) It’s too early to say whether Beck will have a new full-length album any time soon — it’s been seven years since he released the Pharell-produced ...

The Whiting Foundation announced the 10 winners of their 2026 Whiting Award for emerging writers on Wednesday night. The esteemed early-career honor— which comes with a $50,000 prize — is given to ...

There’s a global shortage of natural gas because of the war. That has consequences for the U.S., the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas or LNG. (Brandon Bell | Getty Images North ...

The website Your AI Slop Bores Me takes its name from a meme people on social media use to criticize AI-generated content. The site — a fake AI chatbot — has only been around for about a month. But ...

This article first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here. OK, hear me out. I’m about to get into a new book with a provocative argument about why income inequality has exploded ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Sunday that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor, as the Trump ...

Mohammad Saiyub (above, in a Mumbai quarter on a February day) appeared in a photo that went viral in the early days of the pandemic. He and his childhood buddy Amrit Kumar were hitching home, a ...