After voting to leave the EU, Britons promptly ask Google: 'What is the EU?'

The U.K. has voted to leave the European Union. Its prime minister has vowed to step down. And some Britons are already showing regret. Here's a road map to what comes next.

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An Uncertain Farewell So, you've decided to leave the EU. Here's a road map to what comes next The U.K. has voted to leave the European Union. Its prime minister has vowed to step down. The pound has made like a plumber and plunged. No, the world isn't ending — though some tweets may make it seem that way — but the world may look quite a bit different in the months to come. And we broke down exactly how right here A Wee Bit Late After voting to leave the EU, Britons promptly ask Google: 'What is the EU?' Shortly after polls closed, British voters rushed to the search engine to ask what, exactly, they had just voted on. It was the second-searched EU related question in the U.K. The first: "What does it mean to leave the EU?" May we refer them to the road map found above? Here are the details No Silver Bullet Why is it so hard to change gun laws? Our politics team tackled that question this week, dedicating a whole episode of their podcast to figuring out why — at least in recent American history — gun laws never seem to change, even in spite of high-profile maneuvers like last week's sit-in in the House. Listen to the podcast Invisibilia Gets Personal They say people never change. These researchers would beg to differ A man committed a horrible crime. Now, he says he's no longer the same person who did it. Is that possible? We can change our personalities, psychologists say — even though we like to think they're innate. Busting the myths about personality Saving Grace Mountain lion learns a valuable lesson: Never mess with mom A Colorado woman managed to fight off a mountain lion that was attacking her 5-year-old son. During the harrowing rescue, she reportedly reached into the cat's jaws to free her child's head. The full story

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