The Best of Grid News

The latest nuclear fusion breakthrough is scientifically important, but the technology's timeline doesn't line up with climate change's urgency.

Grid’s climate reporter is headed to COP27 this week in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Here’s his third dispatch on the two-week U.N. talks.

The last time inflation was this high, the Fed engineered a severe recession. Unfortunately, the problem is much more complex now. Can the off-ramp to spiking inflation go better this time?

Humans aren’t the only ones lining up to donate blood these days. The demand for dog blood donors is growing.

While the number of Americans who celebrate Christmas as a cultural holiday is going strong, there has been a shocking drop in the number of people ditching Christianity – what sociologists call…

As with so many other goods, the price of all purebred and designer dogs skyrocketed when the pandemic started. This led to an increase in dognappings and other dog-related crimes.

As cryptocurrency scams proliferate, regulators, courts and lawmakers are establishing a framework for holding alleged crypto scammers responsible. But the nature of the crypto industry makes that a…

Why genetic detectives think you may have more aunts and uncles than you suspected at the holiday table.

“Flat Earth enables people to cast out all previous information that they didn't want to believe and rebuild the world from scratch."

«“Flat Earth enables people to cast out all previous information that they didn’t want to believe, and rebuild the world from scratch,” she told Grid. “Because what it suggests is a literal worldwide conspiracy and that nothing you’ve been told is true — that the world is vastly different from how it’s been presented. For some people, that’s a very alluring prospect.”»

Do we actually need daylight saving time anymore? Because, for the love of humanity, a whole lot of us would like to see it gone.

Ever since his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly reminded the world of the most dangerous weapons at his disposal.

The world averages just 70 shark attacks a year.

U.S. companies are stingy with vacation time when compared with other countries. But U.S. workers can’t seem to leave work at work anyway.

Grid found a net increase of nearly $13,000 in the cost of a new vehicle. Where does that extra cost come from?

According to data collected by PEN America, 1,145 books have been banned by school districts across the United States between July 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022.

We're stuck in a dead-end debate over body positivity and dieting when real solutions to the problem exist.