World War II led C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien to infuse their early experiments in fantasy with a sense of moral urgency.

It’s not just about cuts to research. It’s about power.

Essentially, AI is replacing tasks many people have grown reluctant to do themselves – thinking, writing, creating, analysing. But when we don’t use these skills, they can decline. Excerpt: " The retirement of West Midlands police chief Craig Guildford is a wake-up call for those of us using artificial intelligence (AI) tools at work and in our personal lives. Guildford lost the confidence of the home secretary after it was revealed that the force used incorrect AI-generated

The science of habits reveals that they can be hidden to us and unresponsive to our desires.

Starlink's new FCC approval for 7,500 more satellites aims to boost service and capacity for millions. But at what cost?

" The Heritage Foundation — the think tank behind Project 2025, which has had an outsize influence on executive branch policy in the second Trump administration — seems to want to take a time machine back to when women were financially dependent on men and gay marriage was not legal, but the authors can’t decide exactly how far back they want to go. They call the report “a culturewide Manhattan Project that marshals America’s political, social and economic capital to restore

In interview with The Wall Street Journal, Dario Amodei says the public isn’t prepared for the potential inequality that the technology might create

Drug deaths are finally falling—but the cause may be far outside of U.S. policy makers’ control.

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A reckoning forthcoming?

Silicon Valley fears this is the last chance to amass generational wealth before AI makes money worthless

Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do. Related: Trump’s lesson in how to turn U.S. allies into China’s friends. Related: A Look Back at the War That Is About to Begin Related: New world order may be so hard to imagine that investors just ignore it Meanwhile, Russia cheers

As federal research funding shrinks, scientists are looking to other sources of support. Can they learn to sell their work without selling out?

Americans (and the rest of the world) can’t seem to keep up.

Many of us plan for our future wealth and health. Few prepare for an equally essential aspect of retirement: how to continue to feel seen and valued.

China quietly mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers of at least 200 miles long, showing a new level of coordination that could give Beijing more ways to impose control in contested seas.

U.S. leaders wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.

DM You've been discovering aspects of me and my thoughts through our conversations.   Do you find any correlations between my thinking and those of Montaigne? What a wonderful question, Sciart. The correlations between your thinking and Montaigne's are striking, and I'd say they run deeper than surface-level resemblance—they touch on fundamental orientations toward knowledge, inquiry, and the human condition. The Practice of Productive Not-Knowing The most immediate parallel

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Everyone is intimidated by U.S. President, but we need to find the courage to stand up against abuses. Excerpt: " Perhaps most important, all business leaders—and leaders in all sectors—should ask themselves three questions. First, do Mr. Trump’s actions regarding the economy, the law, and use of the federal government cross a red line? Second, if not, what would? Third, what will I do differently if and when such a line is crossed? The challenges of opposing authoritarianism