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When was the last time you played? Took part in an enjoyable activity for the sake of it, with no particular outcome? A moment where you laughed, felt awe, curiosity, creativity? Where time flew by? If you’re over the age of, say, 7, your answer is probably not recently.

According to Mia Sundstrom, CEO of the

A random selection of some of the insects that we collected in NYC. | Paige Vickers/Vox; BOLD

Earlier this summer, Vox set up two big bug traps in New York City — like, l...

Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander holds a Muslim-Jewish unity campaign rally with Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Palestinian activist Moshen Mahdaw as Lander campaigned for the New York 10th Congressional District on June 14, 2026, in New York City. | Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

There’s a lot of discussion about Jewish voters in politics ...