An electric vehicle battery that charges almost as fast as it takes to fill a tank of gas. And it might soon be available almost everywhere except the United States. How China's superfast-charging electric vehicles are leaving American EV’s in the dust.
Shame is a powerful feeling that can keep behavior in check. So what happens when political leaders feel no shame at all?
NASA astronaut Christina Koch is making history as the first woman to travel around the moon as a crew member on the Artemis II mission. It’s not the first time Koch has made history. In 2020 she told Meghna what it was like to spend a record-breaking 11 months in space.
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how the U.S. Congress serves the financial interests of itself through insider trading.
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the division between the normative state and the prerogative state and the role that could be playing in the U.S. today.
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the scourge of price gouging for captive customers at places like airports, concerts and sporting events.
No other organ brings together science and spirituality quite like the human brain. Studies about the brain are, at heart, studies about ourselves. What the latest neuroscience reveals about that incredibly complex but still little-understood human organ.
Get ready for your aha moment: Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti pierces your news bubble to expose the whole story. Getting answers to the questions that need to be asked, examining our history and the human condition. No topic is too complicated or off the table. It’s all On Point.
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