A California aquifer may have crossed the point of no return

California Dreaming

Trenchant but sententious, John Berger could sound like Platonov one moment, the next like Alain de Botton

In search of the northern cassowary

The Newcomer

Are Autonomous Cars More Dangerous Than Uber Drivers?

Mysterious Human Relative Was Bigger Than Previously Thought

Future of giant monkey research facility uncertain, even as sanctuary plan dropped

Frequent Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Morning Stress Hormone Levels

Xanadu, the "Home of Tomorrow" that promised automation as liberation, was run on a "house brain," another word for mother

Companies’ Reporting on Race and Sex Could Come to an End

In 1994, Stanley Fish described deconstruction as dead in the same way that Freudianism is dead. "It is everywhere.” He had a point

A Man Died of COVID at This California Detention Center. A Judge Just Ordered Sweeping Improvements There.

The Old Gods Return

The Secret Effort to Prevent the Revolution

No, we are not post-literate. The reading panic is merely the result of histrionic op-eds that misdiagnose the erosion of literary culture

For some conservatives, the Great Books are simply an anti-woke bulwark. But the case for them is much grander and more provocative 

Open Thread

OpenAI Agent Breaks Free and Hacks Hugging Face

OpenAI says its AI model ‘went rogue’: What do we know?

Open Thread