Rare Meteorite Hints at Ancient Planetary Collision in Our Solar System

Ancient DNA Illuminates the Uniqueness of the Extinct Cave Lion

New propulsion system could make tiny satellites both fast and fuel-efficient

Radical proposal would block solar storms with orbital ‘airbag’

Open Thread

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Research from the ground up

Make Britain Great Again

Teaching AI agents to ask better questions by playing “Battleship”

D.C.’s Police Force Shrank. How Did It Get Safer?

Donald Trump’s Superficiality Is Bone-Deep

A new sensor could enable earlier detection of bladder cancer

Trump’s Border Win

Alasdair MacIntyre believed that Western morality, having lost its rationale, was replaced by something thinner: mere moral passion  

The Left’s Institutional Capture

Open Thread

Harold Bloom read everything, praised lavishly, and struggled mightily with self-doubt 

Totó La Momposina (1940 – 2026) Singer

Killing Me Softly with His Song

Open Thread

Today in Supreme Court History: May 30, 1865