MIT remembers Thomas Rose, a brilliant researcher and generous colleague

Why Physics Cannot Be a Theory of Everything | Thomas Nagel

The Death of a Russian Plague Researcher, Explained by a Microbiologist

Trump’s Misguided War Against Effective Altruism

No Immunity for Judge Who Locked Children in Holding Cells in Custody Case

Will Pennsylvania's Vape Ban Create More Cigarette Smokers?

Deskilling the body

Code Games 2.0

Helion CEO David Kirtley on why fusion finally works

Probability Theory Pioneer Mark Kac on the Unpredictability of Creativity and the Two Types of Geniuses

New Anthropic policy cracks down on cruelty to Claude

My Review of Ted Cruz's Biography of Justice Thomas

Federal Judge Halts Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban, Signaling Other States' Efforts Might Be Illegal Too

Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan

Before puritanism and personality cults made it boring, affect theory brimmed with real intellectual potential. Laura Kipnis explains

The End of Oak Street Is a Nasty, Effective Exercise in Dino Terror

The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time

How Art Invented Humanity

Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions

Robert Frost was both a skeptical believer and a believing skeptic. Yet his letters reveal a soul closer to despair

Today in Supreme Court History: October 11, 1972