How they’ve taken over Afghanistan again. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The roots of the Taliban movement go back to 1979, when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. They were there to prop up a communist Afghan government that was supported by a […]
Underground lairs have hollowed out London. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO One of London’s most unusual luxury trends might be its gigantic basements. Professor Roger Burrows and his coauthors collected data on every basement construction project in from 2008 to 2019, and […]
Finally, some good news about the environment. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In the ’80s, scientists discovered there was a hole in the ozone over the South Pole. A significant layer of gas that deflects much of the sun’s radiation was disappearing […]
How the US can shut down but other countries can’t Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Towards the end of every year the countdown until the United States government goes into a shutdown begins. Congress and the President usually avoid it in the […]
The hidden meaning behind Pope Francis’s clothes. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The pope is one of the most recognizable figures in the world, in large part because of the clothes he wears: all white, ornate ponchos, various hats. But all popes […]
And what it tells us about the EU. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO A crisis has been escalating along the border that divides Belarus and the European Union. For several weeks, thousands of migrants looking to reach the EU were trapped between […]
A universal flu vaccine is closer than you think. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO The flu vaccine is something many of us take for granted. Every year, starting in the early fall, “free flu shot available” signs start to line pharmacies and […]
Year two of the coronavirus pandemic was filled with vaccines and variants, summer Olympics, joys, and sorrows. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO 2021 was a year like no other. Vox looks back on the biggest moments that defined an unpredictable year. Make […]
Inside North Carolina’s search for solutions for its thousands of pig manure lagoons. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO For this third episode of our video series with Vox’s Future Perfect team, we went to North Carolina, a state that for decades has […]
Two decades of the world’s most notorious prison. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO In 2002, the US opened a prison at its naval base in Guantánamo bay, Cuba. The 9/11 attacks had occurred just months before, and the US was capturing hundreds […]
