Continental divide

Many Space Missions Are Searching for Life Beyond Earth—But Are We Prepared for the Fallout If They Succeed?

If Canada is 'Ripping Off' the U.S., Why Is It Falling Behind?

The True Purpose of Tarot

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Cooking Show Is Government Propaganda. I Kind of Love It?

Open Thread

Chasing the Ideal Dog

The secret life of a cell-cycle gatekeeper of breast cancer

Liberal Education Worthy of the Name

The Argument We Forgot How to Have

Gloria Steinem (1934 – 2026) Feminist, Journalist, CIA Agent

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

Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island

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.

Before puritanism and personality cults made it boring, affect theory brimmed with real intellectual potential. Laura Kipnis explains

The End of Oak Street Is a Nasty, Effective Exercise in Dino Terror

The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time

How Art Invented Humanity

Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions

Massive herbarium merger rescues century-old plant collection