Looks Like the Intelligence Explosion Will Happen in 2027 After All

In a Paris suburb, 60,000 readers gather to celebrate “an American literature that Americans don’t like”

Democrats Have Big Plans for Artificial Intelligence

Michael Levin: Memory and intelligence do not require a brain

U.K. 'Looking Seriously' at Including Online Marketplaces Like eBay and Depop in Teen Social Media Ban

James Wood on how Chekhov became his characters

Decoding Ediacaran fossils

New research could lead to faster, trustworthy AI models for climate prediction

Judge Richard Posner, RIP

Here’s Why It’s So Hard to Boost a Satellite

What the US Midterms Could Mean for AI

A Major Reform of California's Environmental Regulations Looks Destined for Failure

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

Yu Deng ’11 and Hong Wang PhD ’19 awarded Fields Medal

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