The Fatal Combination of Ideology and Charisma

Open Thread

On the hunt for dark matter

Why Do Americans Support the Death Penalty, Despite Wrongful Convictions?

Wednesday Poem

Trump's Ballroom Fight Could Make Courts Rethink 'National Security' Deference

The mystery of the Chinese tea chest label

The Man Who Refused to Sit on the Sidelines

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Researchers Return to a Forgotten Forest Experiment 30 Years Later—With “Astounding” Results

Why Are Rivers So Mathematical?

What made the late-80s culture wars distinct wasn't ideology alone, but a landscape where art itself still mattered. Paul Elie explains

A Major 'Online Safety' Bill Cleared a Senate Committee. More Crackdowns on Internet Freedom Could Be Coming. 

The Canary in the AI Coal Mine

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

MIT researchers tackle the economic realities of fusion power

Nick Cave on Integrating the Darkness of Loss with the Bright Ongoingness of Life

Fertility clinics are offering young mitochondria in controversial fertility technique

Under fire from Republican senators, Fauci takes the Fifth at COVID-19 hearing

Open Thread

What Does It Take to Inaugurate a Scientific Golden Age?