Can Zapping Our Brains Make Us Less Selfish?

For leftists, philanthropy is often simply an expression of plutocratic power. How then to make sense of the surprisingly radical Garland Fund?

AI can summarize an email, but it can't make a genuine intellectual contribution. Right? Wrong, as Yascha Mounk found out

Personalization features can make LLMs more agreeable

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Global Cooperation in a Time of Geopolitical Disruption

MIT faculty, alumni named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

No Pseudonymity for Defendant in Computer Fraud and Abuse Act / Trade Secrets Case

Mamdani Discovers Common Sense on Homeless Sweeps

Staunch anti-Nazis, Berlin’s Fest family was penalized first for their politics, and then as defeated Germans

Review: The Outer Worlds 2 Is a Video Game About Unchecked Corporate Power

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

The poorly understood science of sensation. Music can make chocolate taste bitter; rice pudding can make you cry 

Study: High-fat diets make liver cells more likely to become cancerous

Cells Use ‘Bioelectricity’ To Coordinate and Make Group Decisions

Europe Must Make AI Firms Pay for Training Data

When Denis Johnson started to make money, he bought a sports car, painted it orange, and had “MANIAC DRIFTER” inscribed on its side

"It Is Unfortunate That the Video of This Encounter Will Likely Go The Way of the Lost Ark Because It Doesn't Make for Good Clickbait"

The Biggest Mistake Warsh Could Make

How to Make Friends and Influence Judges

Daily briefing: The neural circuit that can make it hard to start a difficult task

Astronaut Brains Change Shape in Space