Against Convenience: Embracing Friction in an Age of Endless Ease

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Human neurons flourish in mouse brains, offering a new view of neurodevelopmental disorders

A Congress for Europe’s Future

Hedging the AI Doomsday Risk

Progressive Prosecutors Have a Crime Problem All Their Own

Are Mexicans Really Better Off Under Claudia Sheinbaum?

"AI Slop" Decried by Florida Appellate Court: "Counsel's Lengthy and Unfocused Filings Contain Gibberish"

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SCOTUS May Soon Determine If California Can Force Doctors To Learn About 'Implicit Bias'

The Story of Walking Upright is Written in the Bones of Our Ancestors

Researchers tune into Arctic under-ice sounds and test through-ice communication

The Lindsay Clancy Trial Was Never Going To Answer the Question Everyone Was Asking

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Why Opposition to Data Centers Is Perplexing

Single brain implant lets paralyzed people both talk and gesture via an avatar

The Mysticism of Purgatory – Catherine of Genoa

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'Alligator Alcatraz' Held Detainees in Small Metal Cages, Inspector General Report Finds

China’s Platform State and the AI Race

A Beginning, Not a Decline: Colette on the Splendor of Autumn and the Autumn of Life