Stare Into the Heart of an Ancient Iceberg

Let Your Heart Be Broken

Genetic studies support what historians have argued for decades: ancient India was a place of migration and mixture

AI can design viruses, toxins and other bioweapons. How worried should we be?

Watching Porn on California’s Death Row

A Closer Look: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

A Modest Uptick in Supreme Court Popularity

'Boneless Wings' Aren't Really Wings. Is That Fraud?

Researchers “reprogram” materials by quickly rearranging their atoms

How Much Has the Iran War Actually Cost? A Lot More Than $25 Billion.

The Problem with Liberal Empire

Ancient ice core could help explain mysterious shift in Earth’s ice ages

James Schuyler, the New York school's most neglected poet, may now be its most necessary

He warned against idleness, then stopped doing anything at all. The compelling contradictions of Samuel Johnson

Zoom out and it becomes clear that the defenders of humanistic liberalism have been decisively losing the battle over ideals

Virginia Supreme Court Voids Virginia Gerrymander

The Mifepristone Briefs Are In, But One Dog Did Not (Yet) Bark

Arm-edabad Blues

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Power without Ideology

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