Our Own Worst Enemies (and How to Stop Them)

The Pickaxe Mountain Trap: Why a Tactical Nuke Won’t Stop Iran—And Could Wreck the American Economy

Why Did a California County Fine Them Over $1 Million for Someone Else's Code Violations?

Today in Supreme Court History: September 22, 2005

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Finding purpose through research

Batteries that safely break down in the GI tract could improve ingestible devices

The Property-Tax Temper Tantrum

Are Our Antidepressants Harming Fish?

It was announced to much fanfare that AI had solved the Navier–Stokes problem. As a mathematician explains, that’s only sort of the case

Does CNN Deserve To Be Banned From the White House?

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AI Could Make Our Lives Better. So Why Are We Trying To Stop It?

'AI Kill Switch Act' Won't Stop Rogue AI, but It Will Slow Down Innovation

MIT researchers are mapping extreme weather risks — and building tools to act on them

To teach students how to think, shut down the WiFi, scramble the cell signal, and send them to weeklong retreats in the deep, dark woods 

Ezra Klein: Why I Can’t Stop Thinking About ‘The End of History’

Why AI agents invent their own language if you let them chat

It’s Time to Reconsider Inflation Targeting

Breaking Analysis: Saudi Arabia Goes to Tel Aviv

DOJ Says Workers at L.A. Homeless Nonprofits Spent Tax Dollars on Vacations, Nightclubs, Bail