Russia Is in Demographic Free Fall. Putin Isn’t Helping.
The Russian president is enacting one of the world’s most extreme natalism programs—and one of the weirdest.
The Texas County Where ‘Everybody Has Somebody in Their Family’ With Dementia
And many people with the condition are cared for at home.
The Polls Are Sending Trump a Message
The president is eager to blame the messenger. But his real problem is the numbers themselves.
The Liberals Who Can’t Stop Winning
Trump isn’t the only reason Canada’s center-left has stayed in power.
Trump Is Paving the Way for Another ‘China Shock’
The MIT economist David Autor helped fracture the old free-trade consensus. But he thinks that what’s replacing it is even worse.
Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025
A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature-photo competition
Who’s Afraid of Gen Z’s Squeaky-Clean, Backflipping Bro?
Benson Boone has charmed his way to the top—and that really seems to bother some people.
Why Trump Is Giving Putin Everything He Wants
If the U.S. president holds all the cards, why hasn’t he won any concessions from Russia?
A New Book Challenges the Church’s Reputation on Sex
Mainstream Christianity’s attitudes about sex have always been complicated—and its institutions might even be able to evolve.
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
Americans Don’t Do This
On Mahmoud Khalil and the right to free expression
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
American Panopticon
The Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next.
How Drug Cartels Took Over Social Media
Mexico’s gangs are influencers now.
DOGE Was Bad. Schedule F Will Be Worse.
An executive order will convert 50,000 government employees into de facto political appointees who serve only at the president’s pleasure.
The 35th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope
A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope
Finally, Someone Said It to Joe Rogan’s Face
Should the star podcaster take any responsibility for how he uses his power?
The End of Chicken-Breast Dominance
The price of boneless chicken thighs is finally catching up with the price of white meat.
Oklahoma Is Asking the Supreme Court to Ignore History
The Founders had disagreements about the role of religion in America’s public schools, but there was always one line they would not cross.
Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber
A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.
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