- Renato Rosaldo, Anthropologist Who Disrupted His Discipline, Dies at 85by Trip Gabriel on June 18, 2026 at 8:00 pm
After his wife’s death while doing fieldwork, he rejected writing as a detached observer, setting off a profound shift in cultural anthropology.
- Wordle’s Hard Mode Is Actually Easier, 730 Million Games Showby Toni Monkovic, Eve Washington and Tom Giratikanon on June 18, 2026 at 7:02 pm
As the game turns 5 years old, the data reveals that while standard-mode players have much more freedom, they’re not making the most of it.
- In Ancient Pits Near Stonehenge, Scientists See Hints of Solstice Ritualby Amelia Nierenberg on June 18, 2026 at 4:57 pm
British archaeologists may have found the remains of a site where people celebrated the solstice thousands of years ago, a few miles from the famed stone circle.
- Trump Administration to Pay $765 Million to Cancel 4 More Wind Projectsby Brad Plumer on June 17, 2026 at 9:49 pm
It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.
- A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Deathby Carl Zimmer on June 17, 2026 at 7:45 pm
The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.


