A New Species of Pit Viper Emerges in the Himalayas

This Week’s Photograph

Open Thread

Iran, Not Trump, Is in Control of This War

A Top Mamdani Official Tried to Meet with Iran

New flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird

How Many Crimes Do Illegal Immigrants Commit?

D.C. Circuit Denies Stay of Order Removing Trump's Name from Kennedy Center

MIT-led project opens first climate shelter in Bangladesh

The French surrealists, stricken by serving in World War I, adopted a new philosophical approach: “vibrant pessimism”

Video of National Constitution Center Conference on "2026 Supreme Court Review: Key Decisions, Executive Power, Civil Discourse"

How Animals Communicate Across Species

Deep-sea oddities and boatloads of other new species

The American Bald Eagle Is Back - But Don't Credit the Endangered Species Act

Today in Supreme Court History: July 3, 1941

Skill nostalgia

Religious rites, rock concerts, and other transcendent moments stem from directing our attention to “something more than human”

We are entering a world of extreme cognitive polarization. Some people will use AI to think more. Others will use AI to think less 

Open Thread

Libel Lawsuit Over ICE Mass Hysterectomies Claim Thrown Out

The Headache of Hospital Pricing