Microfossils Help Crack Mystery More Than 100 Million Years in the Making

Where Was Your Backyard 145 Million Years Ago?

Patrick O'Brian invented his Irish childhood, his years at sea, his very name. His readers forgave him 

There Are 150 Completely Uncompetitive House Races in This Year's Midterms

Gene may help lizards get a grip in hurricane-force winds

Are you unable to earn a living making art but want to do it seriously and are willing to live modestly? Get a chickenshit job

The American Commentator Making Excuses for Iran

A Bill To Crack Down on Chinese Cars Could Shut Mercedes-Benz Out of American Markets

Free Crack Pipes and Syringes in California

Making robots faster by helping them think ahead

School District Wrongly Retaliated Against Parent for Making and Publishing Video of Rainbow Pride Flag on Display in School

Koalas Are Getting a Vaccine to Help With Their STD Problem

No, Remote Work Is Not Making Us Miserable

Bureaucracy, Labor, & Tariffs: How Government Is Making BLTs More Expensive

Mamdani Moves to Help New York’s Small Businesses—But He Could Do More

The 17-Year-Old Student Who Solved a Major Math Mystery

“I’m not a provocateur,” insists Alex Byrne, the MIT philosopher who helped author a report for the Trump administration on youth gender medicine

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

Open Thread

'AI Kill Switch Act' Won't Stop Rogue AI, but It Will Slow Down Innovation

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