Current Events
This may be the largest helium reservoir in U.S. history.
The majority of people in every country support action on climate, but the public consistently underestimates this share.
Throughout the world, traditional political organizations are increasingly seen as dysfunctional. But can democracies live without them?
A physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher walk into a bar and discuss a framework for thinking better in the 21st century.
Executive advisor Tiffani Bova wants leaders to value their employees as much as their customers.
Susannah Fox, former chief technology officer for the HHS, explains how technology has empowered us to help fill in the cracks of the healthcare system.
Kahneman was a world-changing psychologist — even with his lesser known ideas on life satisfaction.
His career helped define humanity’s place in the world by bringing us “a little closer” to our ape relatives.
The sober reality behind the effectiveness of two new drugs touted as Alzheimer’s breakthroughs: lecanemab and donanemab.
Police forces are choosing humans over algorithms to make some identifications.
Meanwhile meteorite hunters rushed to Berlin to find this most rare space rock.
The case for why NASA should pivot to searching for current — not ancient — signs of life.
Five times in U.S. history, American presidential candidates have ascended to leadership despite lacking the popular vote. Here’s how.
No shots fired. No flags raised. And no dry land gained. Still, the U.S. effectively grew by the size of about two Californias in December.
The U.S. ranked 59th worldwide.
Sometimes called “the new gold,” sand is the second most exploited natural resource in the world after fresh water.
Frontier, the ORNL supercomputer, used machine learning to perform 9.95 quintillion calculations per second.
U.S. particle physicists recently recommended a list of major research projects that they hope will receive federal funding.
Claims of a sudden infestation appear unfounded.
This new geologic activity could be part of a thousand-year cycle, ushering in a new era of volcanism on the island.
In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.
Destruction of the Ukrainian dam unleashed a catastrophic flood—and surfaced centuries of cultural heritage. Now there’s a call not to rebuild it.
Through humility, the old arrogance of infallibility crumbles. And in that there is genuine hope to prevent wrongful convictions.
We’ve heard this argument before.
In war zones, aggressors steal art to eradicate the cultural heritage of others. Victims, meanwhile, sell stolen art in order to survive.
You are much more likely to die in a car crash than from terrorism. Yet, philosopher Eran Fish says fearing terrorism more is justified.
The Persian Constitutional Revolution made unlikely allies and enemies of missionaries, ayatollahs, the shah, and his Russian ambassadors. Its legacy shaped modern-day Iran.
Every astrobiologist wants to find an alien. But the public should be skeptical when the “aliens” look like tiny humans.