The planet is… up to something

Many Space Missions Are Searching for Life Beyond Earth—But Are We Prepared for the Fallout If They Succeed?

If Canada is 'Ripping Off' the U.S., Why Is It Falling Behind?

The True Purpose of Tarot

RFK Jr.'s MAHA Cooking Show Is Government Propaganda. I Kind of Love It?

Open Thread

Chasing the Ideal Dog

The secret life of a cell-cycle gatekeeper of breast cancer

Liberal Education Worthy of the Name

The Argument We Forgot How to Have

Gloria Steinem (1934 – 2026) Feminist, Journalist, CIA Agent

Massive herbarium merger rescues century-old plant collection

Trump Is Expanding Executive Power. Democrats Are Already Eyeing the New Tools.

QAnon vs. the Omnicause

The political right often acts in bad faith in its attacks on academia; in response, academics lapse into tendentious moralism

Trump Once Promised International Students Green Cards. Now The Government Might Charge Them $100,000 To Work.

Open Thread

Americans are indifferent to art. But they obsess over art heists. "It’s as though a nation of teetotalers chooses, year after year, to hang out in bars

Fertility clinics are offering young mitochondria in controversial fertility technique

A Health-Care Company Under Scrutiny

Fastest known star could reveal the spin of our galaxy’s giant black hole