Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency struggled to answer straightforward questions about science. At his confirmation hearing on Thursday, former Rep. Lee Zeldin faced scrutiny of his limited environmental experience. For one senator, Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse, this took the form of a science pop quiz—asking, in his words, “really basic no-tricks questions […]
Beyond Matt Gaetzthere has been perhaps no Donald Trump nominee with as fraught a path to confirmation as Pete Hegseth. Soon after the president-elect announced him as his pick for defense secretary, the former Fox News host was beset by the publicization of a sexual assault accusation (which he’s denied), as well as reports about […]
NEW YORK — A federal judge is signaling that Rudy Giuliani’s contempt hearing next Friday might not end so well for the former New York City mayor and onetime personal lawyer for President-elect Donald Trump as two Georgia election poll workers try to collect a $148 million defamation award they won against him. Judge Lewis […]
Thomas Campbell with his wife, Pamela Campbell. On Dec. 18, 2023, the world went silent for Thomas Campbell. The active and vibrant 70-year-old lost his hearing in his left ear when he was 33 years old. And without much warning, on that December day, his hearing went out in his right ear, leaving him completely […]
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’ve heard there might be a link between hearing loss and brain health. Can you explain how it could affect my cognitive function and what I can do to reduce the risks? ANSWER: Humans by nature are social. People enjoy being with others, sharing stories, laughing at a joke, dancing to a favorite song, […]
The AirPods Pro 2 also have functions to emphasize sounds coming directly toward someone, adjust the overall volume, and adjust the balance of each range, but these are difficult for anyone who is not the wearer to set, and we didn’t test them in depth. Nevertheless, it is a useful feature if the wearer knows […]
At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday on Trump’s mass deportation plans, Republican Senator John Kennedy, as is his wont, pestered a witness with questions he didn’t care to hear answers to. The hearing, titled “How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy,” focused on the damaging effects […]
Last year, Paul Simon confirmed that while making his most recent album, Seven Psalms, he’d suffered major hearing loss. The musician has had to find ways to adapt so that he can keep making and playing music, telling CBS Mornings in a new interview: “I’m going through my repertoire and reducing a lot of the […]
As writers and testers for WIRED, we spend all day immersed in personal technology of all kinds. It’s probably no surprise that if we work on a computer during the day and enjoy gaming in our downtime, our kids do too. Reviewer Adrienne So has a 7-year-old and a 9-year-old who attended school remotely and […]
The former White House coronavirus response coordinator on Sunday said she is looking forward to the Senate confirmation hearing of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who President-elect Trump tapped for his secretary of Health and Human Services, as a unique opportunity to have a transparent discussion on the health of Americans. Dr. Deborah Birx, who served […]
