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Do Cells Have Goals? | With Melanie Challenger, Nick Lane & Philip Ball
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The far-right marches under its banner. But what is “Western civilization”?
A brief history traces how “the West” became a malleable, powerful label now used by Europe’s far right.
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Wednesday Poem
Wendell Berry’s poem contemplates mortality, nature’s decline, and accepting life’s passage with patience and humility.
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Can Democracy Be Simulated?
AI-driven social simulations aim to explain and predict elections by modeling voters’ behavior and motivations.
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Angry Voters Usher in Beginning of the End to the Trump Era
A Democratic midterm wave rebuked Trump after he made the election a referendum on himself.
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AI Consciousness and the Cost of Being Wrong
By W. Alex Foxworthy (@AlexFoxworthyES)
With AI consciousness unresolved, the case for practical, proportionate safeguards hinges on weighing possible welfare against human costs.
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Judith Shklar on treachery
By Jeroen Bouterse
Judith Shklar’s account of treachery illuminates why political betrayal is difficult to define—and why skeptical judgment matters.
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Catspeak
By Brooks Riley (Catspeak)
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Are You With Me Now? by Hanif Kureishi Review – A Novelist Unleashed
A review explores Hanif Kureishi’s essays with his son, tracing humor, memory, and defiance after paralysis.
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How Did the Biggest Crypto Heist in History Just Happen?
Binance lost $6.36 billion in a coordinated 20-minute heist believed linked to North Korean hackers.
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What Comes After Lithium-Ion Batteries? | With Saiful Islam
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E-Commerce in the “Second Cold War”
The piece examines e-commerce as a geopolitical network in US-China competition, arguing China has so far fought weakly.
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Tuesday Poem
A poem thanks the heart for its tireless work, sustaining life through sleep and Sunday’s quiet rhythms.
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We Face Our Nation’s Fourth Great Crisis
Ken Burns warns that democratic institutions face a fourth great crisis amid misinformation, distrust, and threats to their independence.
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How democracy depends on science — and must protect it
Science sustains democracy by equipping people with reliable evidence, independent knowledge, and tools for informed decisions.
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We Have Acted In Perfect Harmony
By Michael Liss
Michael Liss examines Jefferson and Adams’s political disagreements, renewed friendship, and competing visions of liberty, equality, and government.
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In the midst of death we are in life
By Rafaël Newman
A Berlin cemetery garden and a concert emergency illuminate how mortality and ordinary life coexist.
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Perceptions
Arthur Melville’s relaxed watercolor captures Karachi’s dusty streets, stark sunlight, and deep shadows during his 1882 journey.
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The Story Behind Edward Hopper’s Iconic Painting, “Nighthawks”
Hopper developed “Nighthawks” through diner studies, preparatory sketches, and figures modeled on himself and Jo.
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How Voting Is Like a Klein Bottle
A Klein bottle offers a geometric perspective on Condorcet’s voting paradox and the limits of collective decision-making rules.
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