Noble and Naughty: In Praise of the Circus

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Taller Than She Expected: On the Violence of Unwanted Repair

Will We Ever Understand Dementia?

This Is the Oldest Peace Treaty Ever Discovered

FBI Foils Plot To Attack Mall of America With FBI-Provided AK-47

New Essay: "The Establishment Clause At The Second Founding"

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Scott Aaronson on the Mathocalypse

MIT Lincoln Laboratory hosts National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology

I Seeded My Dreams and This Story Emerged

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The Pentagon Is Eating Silicon Valley

Vincent van Gogh on Fear, Taking Risks, and How Inspired Mistakes Propel Us Forward

Is a 600-page history of the British novel a monument to a dying form? If so, it's a joyous one

Why Trillionaires Will Be Good for America

Not the Interface Between the Machine & the Model But the One Between the Model & the Human

Kafka's The Trial "Was Not Supposed to Be an Instruction Manual"

Lessons From Singapore: Pests, Pesticides and Beyond

Why Old Dogs Might Be Able to Teach Alzheimer’s Researchers New Tricks

Data Centers Reduced Electricity Prices. Can That Continue?