Understanding the world, from the Cold War to the age of AI

Why collect stamps? Explanations include nostalgia, anal-retentiveness, erotic frustration, and the desire to escape into a remote, private world

The Ancient Mammal That Changes Our Understanding of Dinosaur Origins

This Philosopher Thinks It’s Time We Call Out Evil in Our World

Cold Weather Could Predict an Increase in Heart Attacks Three Days in Advance

Best Credit in the World

As forests burn, can we replant trees ready for a warmer world?

Middlemarch: George Eliot’s Hegelian World

How Did the Nation Get Its Name? Other Suggestions Included the United Colonies, Columbia and the United States of Alleghania

FDA launches pilot program to speed up sluggish phase 1 trials

Warning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail to ICE Acting Director Likely Violated First Amendment

The Biophysical World Inside a Jam-Packed Cell

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table

MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption

The Fascinating Science of How We Think Not with the Brain But with the World

Justin Smith-Ruiu On Doomerism

Trump Said He Would Rid the Kennedy Center of 'Woke.' He Injected His Own Politics Instead.

Would an influential jeremiad against American literature’s devotion to emotional immaturity change writerly habits? Alas, no

Federal Judge Halts Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban, Signaling Other States' Efforts Might Be Illegal Too

Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan

RFK Jr. Wants More FDA Oversight of Food Ingredients. It Could End Up Costing $210 Million.