The Use and Abuse of Joan Didion

René Daumal’s Sermon on the Mount

How the war in the Middle East is impacting global energy systems

Ancient Teeth Hint at Homo Erectus-Denisovan Interbreeding

Forming Souls in an AI Future

AI’s Shadow Global Governance

Big strides in cancer detection and treatment from the tiniest technologies

There Is A Soul, But Not A Transcendent One

Rare seals spotted snoozing in an underwater ‘bubble cave’

S. Ct. Denies Stay of Virginia Supreme Court's Redistricting Referendum Decision

CIA Whistleblower Reveals COVID Lab Leak Cover-Up

Israel's Conduct in Gaza Does Not Resemble Genocide

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

Open Thread

The weirdness of quantum matter. A seemingly simple question — what is the world made of? — might have a surprising answer

Open Thread

The DSA’s Politicization of Public Office

Will Trump Betray Taiwan?

“If you’re in a household where the currency is stories, it’s an environment which is conducive to learning those tricks”

Where the Russia-Ukraine war stands today

The Wrong Kind of Black Poet