Saber-toothed cats became inbred—and struggled to move—before they went extinct

How Do Sperm Whales Keep Their Massive, Wax-Filled Heads Beneath the Waves as They Sleep?

In 39 States, People Can Be Sentenced to Life for Murders They Did Not Commit

“I’m not a provocateur,” insists Alex Byrne, the MIT philosopher who helped author a report for the Trump administration on youth gender medicine

Trenchant but sententious, John Berger could sound like Platonov one moment, the next like Alain de Botton

Saving Memphis

How Trump's Tariffs Undermine US Trustworthiness and Credibility—and What Can Be Done to Stop it

Public Health Needs MAHA

Does This Photo from the Curiosity Rover Prove an Intense Sandstorm on Mars?

Open Thread

Large Libel Models Decision in China

Anthropic Says Chatbots Have What May Be a Key Feature of Consciousness. Are They Right?

The Strong Suffer What They Must

OpenAI says its AI model ‘went rogue’: What do we know?

No, we are not post-literate. The reading panic is merely the result of histrionic op-eds that misdiagnose the erosion of literary culture

The heart has a ‘little brain’ — and it protects against stress

Durkheim called it "collective effervescence." The rest of us call it getting gussied up to drink, dance, and have fun

Beyond Greece and Rome

We've Been Wrong About Nuclear Power

In 1994, Stanley Fish described deconstruction as dead in the same way that Freudianism is dead. "It is everywhere.” He had a point

For some conservatives, the Great Books are simply an anti-woke bulwark. But the case for them is much grander and more provocative