Exxon Mobil Corp posted a $56 billion profit for 2022, the company said on Tuesday, taking home about $6.3 million per hour last year, and setting not only a company record but a historic high for the Western oil industry. Oil majors are expected to break their own annual records on high prices and soaring demand, pushing their combined take to near $200 billion. The scale has renewed criticism of the oil industry and sparked calls for more countries to levy windfall profit taxes on the companies.

Economists disagree over whether record corporate profits have driven inflation.

Scientists in Texas are working on turning back the clock on human cells by zapping them with low frequency waves.

After a decade of punking liberals with hidden-camera stings, James O’Keefe becomes the story.