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AI Consciousness and the Cost of Being Wrong

New Mexico Cop Charged With Taking Bribes Also Was Involved in a Bizarre Case of Drug War Infighting

The Biggest Victory of the Night

Hunt for natural hydrogen, an elusive clean fuel, hits roadblocks

The Evolutionary Arc From Pigeon Brains to Machine Consciousness

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Oldest Evidence of Human Cannabis Use Has a Ghoulish Twist

MIT-led team receives funding to develop a wearable monitor for early disease detection

Music and the Body: Richard Powers on the Power of Song

Halloween’s Lost Heroes: Michael Pollan on Radical Gardening and the Insurgent Botanical Origin of the Broomstick in Flying-Witch Legends

Open Thread

American Cities, Population >50K, Named After Foreign (Excluding British) Political Figures

Will Alito or Thomas Retire if Democrats Win the Senate?

A Tory Mentor for the MAGA GOP

What Archaeology Reveals About the Rise of All-Powerful Rulers

A Trump Appointee Says the President Likely Violated the First Amendment by Banishing Disfavored Journalists

Washington Irving’s American Ghost

MIT affiliates named 2026 Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows