We’re passing a dangerous global warming threshold — but we’re not doomed
The window for keeping global average temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius this century has now closed....
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The revealing pointlessness of Trump’s primetime speech
President Donald Trump during a primetime address to the nation in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House...
Trump is breaking apart a scientific crown jewel
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, on December 17, 2025. | RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post...
The low, low cost of ending extreme poverty
It would cost just $318 billion per year — roughly 0.3 percent of global GDP — to pull hundreds...
America is richer than ever. Why is it so unhappy?
Ordinary Americans today enjoy a living standard that would have awed kings for most of human history. We live...
The 2,000-year-old debate that reveals AI’s biggest problem
Almost 2,000 years before ChatGPT was invented, two men had a debate that can teach us a lot about...
Everything is a mockumentary now, thanks to Rob Reiner
Rob Reiner’s 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap would influence comedy for years to come. | Alberto E. Rodriguez/FilmMagic...
Republican women in Congress are tired of Mike Johnson
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) takes a question from a reporter at the US Capitol Building on December 3,...
Is ISIS back?
Floral tributes and candles are placed at at Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach on December 16, 2025, in Sydney,...
How AI could create “a world without work”
When it comes to artificial intelligence, few fears loom larger than the idea of robots coming to take our...