AI Executives Promise Cancer Cures. Here’s the Reality
The technology is genuinely useful for scientific discovery, but its applications are less dramatic than you might think.
What Would Be Worse Than a Recession?
The loss of America’s economic hegemony
America’s Mad King
The president has grown more impulsive, more vindictive, and more anarchic.
What Porn Did to American Culture
Sophie Gilbert discusses how the industry defined womanhood, sex, and power.
Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard
I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
Trump Administration to Judges: ‘We Will Find You’
The attorney general’s message to the judiciary is clear.
Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council
Firings and leadership challenges have destabilized an institution that has little margin for error.
What Porn Taught a Generation of Women
It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.
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.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
What It Means to Tell the Truth About America
And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”
The Knowledge That Brings True Happiness
Three principles to help you decide whether to go to college
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’
The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.
Tesla’s Remarkably Bad Quarter Is Even Worse Than It Looks
Reality is catching up with Elon Musk.
GLP-1 Is Going the Way of Gut Health
Supplements that are labeled as “GLP-1 boosters” are everywhere. They’re nothing like Ozempic.
Kleptocracy, Inc.
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths
If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.
What the Longest Study on Human Happiness Found Is the Key to a Good Life
The Harvard Study of Adult Development has established a strong correlation between deep relationships and well-being. The question is, how does a person nurture those deep relationships?
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