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How to Break Free from the Tyranny of Certainty: The Japanese Concept of “Ma”

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

Study predicts large disparities in access to food, water, and energy in 2050

Second Amendment Roundup: 1st Volley of Briefs Filed in Viramontes

Iowa’s University Reforms Show the Way Forward

Europe’s Security Depends on a Clear Electrification Target

The Labor Movement’s AI Split

Kahlil Gibran on the Courage to Weather the Uncertainties of Love

Terry Eagleton brings his vast reading to bear on life’s most inescapable fact

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In the White House's Retro Arcade Games, the Trump Administration Always Loses

Judge Rejects Trump Administration's Plan To Break Up Google's Ad Business

Automatic Selective Service Registration Keeps the Threat of Conscription Alive

How to Lose a Trade War

The Cost of Not Building Data Centers

Federal Judge Halts Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban, Signaling Other States' Efforts Might Be Illegal Too

Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island

Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan

RFK Jr. Wants More FDA Oversight of Food Ingredients. It Could End Up Costing $210 Million.