Careful with Those Redactions

The Carapace Cracks

Sound guardians

He was probably right

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

America Needs a New Urban Vision

Critical theory can be used to convey sophistication — but when it goes wrong, the whiff of pretension and arrogance is unmistakable

The Libertarian Case for Flock

Unmasking “zombie cells” in aging tissue with an AI-powered barcode

The Pinball President

The One, the Many, and the In-Between

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

You Have Two Brains, Not One

Cosmic amnesia

“The precarity of art in the 21st century has led Gen Z to forsake subcultural credibility for an instrumentalized careerism”

Open Thread

“Technology is the equalizer”

Nanoscale mechanics could enable brain-inspired computing

Human neurons flourish in mouse brains, offering a new view of neurodevelopmental disorders

Rising wealth inequality is a problem

The End Of Upward Mobility