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People know even less about HIV than they used to, according to new research

This week, Moderna is starting human trials of an HIV vaccine, which uses the same mRNA technology the company used for its COVID-19 shot. This trial is the first of its kind since the first case of AIDS was recorded in the U.S. exactly 40 years…

Mic · Aug 26, 2021

The "winners" and "losers" of climate change, according to scientists

At this point, most people are familiar with climate change, whether they would like to admit that it is happening or not. Extreme weather events — from raging wildfires and excruciating heat waves to sudden floods and freezing winter storms — show…

Mic · Aug 26, 2021

A 17-year-old swimmer broke her own record to win the USA's first Paralympic gold

A 17-year-old swimmer from Long Island shattered her own world record at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Thursday, winning the first gold medal of the competition for Team USA. Anastasia Pagonis finished the 400m freestyle in 4:54.49, a whopping…

Mic · Aug 26, 2021

'In the Same Breath' offers a rare glimpse of life in Wuhan at the beginning of the pandemic

Think of filmmaker Nanfu Wang’s new documentary, In the Same Breath, as another resource for understanding how the COVID-19 pandemic was allowed to rage out of control from China’s first received cases in 2019 to now. Don’t let it be your only…

Mic · Aug 25, 2021

Lindsey Graham is about 8 months late to the impeachment party

Let's go back to those heady days of this past January, shall we? Donald Trump was still president, after the best efforts of his supporters to ensure he remained so for another term didn't quite play out the way they'd hoped. Indeed, the attempted…

Mic · Aug 25, 2021

OnlyFans' porn ban reversal shows complexity of the creator platform relationship

In a surprising, but also not surprising move of corporate capitalism, OnlyFans has announced the "suspension" of its decision to ban pornographic content. Last week the British-based website — made famous by becoming a lucrative platform for sex…

Mic · Aug 25, 2021

A Texas website asked people to snitch on abortions. They got furry porn instead

It’s easy to feel fatalistic about the current threats to reproductive rights in this country. But as we as a nation backslide into the middle ages, some good samaritans with a sound sense of humor are finding creative ways to resist. An anti-choice…

Mic · Aug 25, 2021

The 'Nevermind' baby is suing Nirvana for child sexual exploitation

It's an iconic rock and roll image: a nude baby boy floats in a cerulean swimming pool, reaching for a dollar bill suspended by a fishing line. But to "celebrate" the 30th anniversary of Nirvana's 1991 album Nevermind, the man who appeared on its…

Mic · Aug 25, 2021

Erik Prince, one of the worst men alive, is trying to make a fortune off the Afghanistan chaos

If there's any justice in this world (a big if), then when the history of the United States's disastrous effort at nation-building in Afghanistan — and its even more disastrous withdrawal thereof — Erik Prince will surely go down as one of the worst…

Mic · Aug 25, 2021

How dietary supplements bamboozled America

Spend any time watching television or scrolling through social media, and you’ll inevitably see advertisements for pills, powders and potions that promise to grow muscle, shed body fat, improve your focus and resurrect your youth. Most of us have…

Mic · Aug 25, 2021