Artist Hayley Barker: I Want Beauty to Continue

The "Application for an Extension and the Querulous Opposition Continue the Path of Bikeshedding or … Parkinson's Law of Triviality"

A life in episodes

Who Will Own the Moon?

“Wenn Die Blatter trieben:” Autumn in Rilke

What Is Zionism?

What “Hey Jude” by The Beatles is Really About

Are the Cornell 7 Being Tried on Social Media?

Coral Reef-Like Rock Layers on Mars Reveal Ancient Climate Secrets

The Money of the Mind

Is Russia’s Placement on the Security Council Legal?

Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life

Want to Reform Democracy? Start Here.

New tool lets users repair AI-generated 3D models, then fabricate them just the way they want

This Week’s Photograph

A Look at How Many Cancers Are Caused by Infections Worldwide

How to Say “YES” to Your Life

Why is robotics a different RL problem than LLMs?

MIT releases financials and endowment figures for 2026

Founding Rapist: Judging Thomas Jefferson by the Standards of His Time

The OECD Should Be Reclaimed, Not Abandoned