Building “hardcore” advanced machines

Molecules emerge as a new kind of building block for quantum computers

In Praise of the Useless: Bertrand Russell’s Salve for Hard Times

On Children: Poignant Parenting Advice from Kahlil Gibran

The scientists fighting to stop the antibiotic apocalypse

Rights require money

Open Thread

New Attacks in Hormuz

North Dakota Court Refuses to Recognize Foreign Islamic Divorce

From technical solution to systems change: Tackling the problem of plastic waste

How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Power

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

Israel's Conduct in Gaza Does Not Resemble Genocide

The caricature of Camus as an absurdist and existentialist is a convenient fiction. But fiction nonetheless

The problem with a literary culture of images is that images have an exceptionally short shelf life. People soon grow bored with them

Virginia Supreme Court Voids Virginia Gerrymander

Open Thread

Power without Ideology

How Africa Can Escape the Debt Trap

The DSA’s Politicization of Public Office

Will Trump Betray Taiwan?