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How Experts Are Reimagining Early Childhood for a Changing World
How Experts Are Reimagining Early Childhood for a Changing World
“I think that the problem is that there's too much focus on what's good for my children and who cares about other people’s children, whether it's in a country...
Governments Must Prohibit Superintelligent AI While We Still Can
Governments Must Prohibit Superintelligent AI While We Still Can
While announcing his resignation on Sept 8., the now-former Anthropic engineer Jacob Coxon wrote, “I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race” toward superintelligence. We...
The Woman Winning the Reading Wars
The Woman Winning the Reading Wars
“Boy, did I have impostor syndrome,” she says. “Here I was in this room full of eminences, and I had been reading their work, I’d been citing them, I’d...
Why California Just Declared a State of Emergency Due to El Niño
Why California Just Declared a State of Emergency Due to El Niño
What impacts has California already felt from this year's El Niño?The governor’s office noted that the state has already experienced coastal flooding attributable to El Niño. The state can...
America Must Win Back Its Global Standing
America Must Win Back Its Global Standing
“From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land,” President Donald Trump declared in his inaugural address in January 2017. “From this moment on, it’s going to...
What a Diesel Export Ban Would Mean for U.S. Consumers
What a Diesel Export Ban Would Mean for U.S. Consumers
Outgoing Senator John Cornyn of Texas, the largest oil-producing state in the U.S., claimed that the ban is a “gimmick.”Cornyn’s colleague, Senator Lisa Murkowski of major oil producer Alaska,...
You Actually Don’t Need to See That Movie in IMAX
You Actually Don’t Need to See That Movie in IMAX
Filmmakers understand this as well. Though they might prefer you to see their movie in IMAX, they ultimately shoot with all formats and audiences in mind, knowing that not...
The Next Four Years Will Decide the Ocean’s Future
The Next Four Years Will Decide the Ocean’s Future
This summer, the ocean sent us another warning. In August, global sea-surface temperatures reached their highest level on record. Days later, the most comprehensive assessment of coral reefs ever...
McConaughey and Harrelson’s Disjointed ‘Brothers’ Coasts on Charm
McConaughey and Harrelson’s Disjointed ‘Brothers’ Coasts on Charm
What actually works is, not surprisingly, the buddy-comedy stuff—the sillier, the better. Matthew and Woody squished into a rideshare with too many rowdy, young fans? A treat. Woody and...
Hurricane Polo Intensifies Off Mexico’s Coast
Hurricane Polo Intensifies Off Mexico’s Coast
Polo’s intensification is similar to Hurricane Otis in 2023, which had a wind increase of 105 miles per hour in 21 hours before it made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico,...
Exclusive: Myanmar’s Dictator Wants to Rebuild Ties With the West
Exclusive: Myanmar’s Dictator Wants to Rebuild Ties With the West
On Feb. 1, 2021, a convoy of black military vehicles rolled through Naypyidaw to detain top NLD leaders. Suu Kyi was sentenced to 33 years (now reduced to 18)...
Trump Administration to Cancel Obamacare Coverage for 760,000 Enrollees Over Alleged Fraud
Trump Administration to Cancel Obamacare Coverage for 760,000 Enrollees Over Alleged Fraud
A poll conducted by health policy research group KFF in June found that most voters believe there is at least some fraud in government health programs, and that more...