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The 1970s law holding back modern biotechnology
Opinion: The science on relieving cancer symptoms is clear. Why isn’t insurance paying?
On “Derek,” Captain Ahab’s Evil Half Brother
Diabolical Motherhood
US Subways Build Too Many Cross Passages
The Book Claiming to Teach Couples How to Select Their Baby’s Sex
Madras, a city that has always expanded its language to welcome words into its fold
Your robotic vacuum is a witness: What home robots mean for evidence, privacy and the law
The taming of Black thought
Crosscut: american democratic collapse
At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollution
Terminal lucidity: when dying dementia patients regain awareness
Researchers Reveal the Power of ‘Quantum Proofs’
The Death of Reading Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Will Southeast Asia Actually Benefit From Its AI Boom?
Crosscut: abandoned overseas workers
The pediatricians who take in vaccine-skeptical parents others won’t
How AI could influence our understanding of mathematics: A computer scientist-novelist’s reflections
Can Elite Rule Be Reconciled with Democracy?
Professional gaming is brutal on the body – inside the growing field of treating esports injuries
The New Majority Makers
The Last Thing Teenagers Will Let You Teach Them
Crosscut: understanding black holes
Why housing reforms keep failing
Greening and blueing
What to Know About Mail-In Voting for the 2026 Midterms
Why part of your brain stays awake when you sleep in an unfamiliar bed
How the American revolt against Flock cameras mirrors the Boston Tea Party of 1773
How to be an ethical gossip
Crosscut: nepal flood resilience
A New Form Of Life
Big Tech, big cons: Scammers are hiding in the apps that make your life easy
The Whimsy and Heartbreak of America’s Garage Sales
The thinking style that makes people vulnerable to extremism
Crosscut: when traditions break
Roaches in revolt
Dads today talk more freely with their teens about sex and relationships
Why China’s Internet Is Talking About ‘Korean Women’
To Defeat the Royal Navy During the American Revolution, a Rebel Inventor Designed a Secret Weapon: a Bomb-Carrying Submarine
How to keep your cool when it feels like everything is going wrong
The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do
Crosscut: american democratic guardrails
Explained: Why an Indian passport is not proof of citizenship – and no single document is
Who Needs Life On Mars When It Has Glacial Spiders?
How to think like a Hegelian
The Myth of Perfect Knowledge
Physicists Solve a Big Quantum Mystery. Now, Old Results Don’t Add Up.
AI Is Already Making Us Less Human
A New Kind Of Creative Poverty
In Hilbert Space, All Things Are Quantumly Possible
Our Energetic World
How An Unsubtle 9/11 Tribute Was Added To Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’
How to bail on plans without losing friends
What Gets Left Out Of Math’s New Era?
Crosscut: trusting health authorities
Fibermaxxing? Your microbes (and your health) say thanks.
There’s an awful lot we don’t know about data centers
Should I Be Worried That My Kid Hasn’t Found A Best Friend?
Why women’s laughter has long been treated as a threat
Royce On San Francisco
Crosscut: silicon valley and washington
Data Center of Attention
Opinion: The quiet joy of being an oncologist
The invention of the MMO
Could you survive The Oregon Trail? An emergency medicine doctor offers tips on how to not die in the great outdoors
How we meet the future
Crosscut: fear and security
Where Has Construction Automation Been Successful?
Is it wrong to send your kid to private school?
A 4,000‑yr‑old Rock Painting in Indonesia Offers Clues to One of Humanity’s Greatest Migrations
How Did the Nation Get Its Name? Other Suggestions Included the United Colonies, Columbia and the United States of Alleghania
The Curse of Too Much Evidence
Kiss The Ring: Richard Wagner’s Opera Festival in the Age of AI
Crosscut: the toll of tennis
U.S. companies have an AI problem. Indian IT wants to be the solution
The Synthesis Is Here
You can’t shield kids from scary news – here’s what ‘Sesame Street’ and other children’s shows did after 9/11
The moral paradox of extreme wealth: Why people oppose it yet are reluctant to take steps to reduce it
How to rediscover your purpose later in life
Crosscut: maternal health crises
The Holiday from History Is Over
‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
There’s Still Tennis At The U.S. Open
Why some men seek refuge in ever bigger muscles
Taking Care of the Father Who Broke My Heart
Crosscut: us deterrence in asia
AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems
God Help Us, Let’s Try To Learn About Mechanistic Interpretability Techniques
Our eloquent hands
Instructions for Watching My Girlfriend While I’m Out of Town
You Can Know Too Much About Your Genes
Crosscut: ai cheating in college
When did getting prescriptions start feeling like online shopping?
OpenAI Wants to Talk About <em>The Federalist Papers</em>
Is it morally wrong to not take care of yourself?
The Japan-Thailand Relationship: Light and Shadow
Kermit the Frog Was Just Trying to Put on a Variety Show. Fifty Years Later, the Muppets Are Some of the Biggest Stars in Television History
Crosscut: living in broken systems
Greek-Roman philosopher Plutarch’s ancient advice for how to be happier online
The Fruit of Patience: How Regional Shifts Ripened Turkey’s Path to Kurdish Reconciliation