Karl Hess: toward liberty

MIT researchers advance toward greater bandwidth, more energy-efficient communications

“Silly on top of silly.” To some sociologists, the field’s yearslong drift toward left-wing advocacy is self-defeating

Lab-created ‘SpudCell’ marks ‘stunning’ step toward building life from scratch

Catspeak

How Modi Has Remade India

The anguish of choice

Boleslaw Wyslouch steps down as director of Laboratory for Nuclear Science

Open Thread

Tolkien Reads from “The Hobbit” in Rare Archival Audio from His First Encounter with a Tape Recorder

A Win for Girls’ Sports—and Common Sense

The British Statesman Who Recognized America's 'Fierce Spirit of Liberty'

Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students

Supreme Court Quashes Scientifically Bogus Lawsuits Against Roundup Herbicide

Open Thread

The Fiscally Conservative Revolution

Can the President Fire Anyone He Wants? Yes, Unless the Target Is Part of the Federal Reserve.

The American Revolution Isn't Over

What Do You Do When You Lose Gigantic Megalodon Shark Vertebrae?

Paul Klee painted it. Walter Benjamin coveted it. And Morgan Meis spent a lifetime obsessing over it

A National House in Disorder