Current Events
The world has improved in mind-blowing ways.
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony sends yet another strong message to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
One of the winners. Dr. K. Barry Sharpless, is now the fifth person in history to win two Nobels.
This is a perversion of justice.
We can never hope for a future with no problems. The solutions to problems create new problems, which in turn require new solutions, as WIRED founder Kevin Kelly explained recently.
The “attention economy” corrupts science.
Women have made incredible gains into STEM fields, but they continue to face gender biases in the workplace.
Americans are more willing to put the greater good above their own interests today than in the 1950s.
From politics to culture, we blame “tribalism” for humanity’s problems. This explanation is entirely wrong.
The new agency wants to push the boundaries of science and technology.
If you don’t mourn in North Korea, you risk being executed.
If you want to escape the negativity, head to Kazakhstan.
Democracy is in decline, regardless of how we measure it.
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
Turning away is a natural response.
Time will tell what the reign of Charles III will look like, but one thing is for sure: the “new Elizabethan age” is long gone.
Queen Elizabeth II has died. How is this loss different from that of a loved one?
The war in Ukraine is unlikely to trigger a catastrophic nuclear meltdown. Physics and smart engineering are the reasons why.
Total annihilation is a permanent threat.
Today’s young people are intelligent and kind, but they are overworked and burned out.
The Russian mindset is characterized by cynicism and distrust.
“Strategic ambiguity” has long been the West’s strategy on Taiwan.
The Arabic word fatwa can mean “explanation” or “clarification.”
Mixed messages and competing interests have left college students feeling lost and stressed.
Argentina’s black market for cash is embracing crypto — but it’s not what crypto proponents expected.
It’s all about salesmanship.
An upstart third party is unlikely to dislodge the status quo in the current system.
For a time, Francis Fukuyama looked like a prophet.