The Nothing That Has the Potential to Be Anything
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Suppose you want to empty a box. Really, truly empty...
What They Wanted From Jeffrey Epstein
Ro Khanna’s congressional career has been an ongoing attempt to reconcile what others might see as irreconcilable. He represents a...
The Big 3 of Astrology: Your Sun, Moon, and Rising Signs Explained
The more I learn about astrology, the more I realize just how complex it really is. I used to believe...
Nike salaries revealed: How much the retail giant pays designers, software engineers, and other tech workers
Nike's efforts to boost revenue include new brand partnerships. Kylie Cooper/ReutersSalary data suggests that sportswear giant Nike has invested in...
In South Texas, the GOP immigration hard line is now political kryptonite
Backlash to President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is putting vulnerable Republicans in a tough spot, forcing them to shift their...
Toward a Sane Christian Zionism
If you ever wanted a succinct explanation for more than 2,000 years of vicious Christian antisemitism, all you had to...
Gaza remains a crisis of children’s mental health
As a psychologist in the occupied West Bank, I have spent my career sitting across from children carrying burdens no...
The real reasons people love playing games
Games are often treated as trivial. They can be seen as mere distractions. At worst, they’re time-wasting indulgences. The philosopher...
The two separate lives of Gavin Newsom detailed in new memoir
SACRAMENTO — Gavin Newsom writes in his upcoming memoir about San Francisco’s highborn Getty family fitting him in Brioni suits “appropriate to...
SpaceX Veteran Says He’s Figured Out How to Make Rocket Fuel From Water
The idea of using in-situ resources, such as water, on the surface of distant worlds to synthesize rocket fuel has...
