A new era of political violence
This bloodshed is a sign of democracy failing to deliver on its promises.
Will China save the world from climate change?
The only shocking thing is that so few others are doing the same.
Can we imagine life without cars?
The builders of a car-free community in Arizona want to find out.
A list of friendly AI directives recovered from a degraded memory chip, excavated from a circa 22nd-century ash layer
We only wanted it to solve our problems.
The fertility freeze: Why the birth rate is falling
Fewer women are choosing to have kids, and the reasons should be obvious.
The future of antisemitism
We can't get confused about what constitutes anti-Jewish prejudice.
Can deep research fulfill the promise of AI?
Putting AI claims to the test.
The future is (still) less religious
The trend toward a secular world continues.
Operation Spiderweb is the future of war
National leaders everywhere must be shuddering at the implications.
Is a bad future better than no future at all?
Antinatalist ideology holds that it's better never to have been born. One person took this to a violent conclusion.
The resurrection of the American chestnut
Humans wiped out a beloved tree species. Should we try to fix that mistake?
In vivo gene editing: The medicine of the future
The holy grail of genetic therapy has arrived.