Falling Test Scores: Reasons and Fixes
To the Editor: Re “The Slump in Student Achievement Persists” (The Upshot, May 16): Our tragic educational decline requires preaching...
Expert says Trump accidentally revealed his Obama ties: ‘He doth protest too much’
A veteran foreign policy expert delivered a cutting verdict on Donald Trump’s Iran diplomacy Monday, arguing that the president’s relentless...
‘Nobody knows anything’ and ‘this time is different’: the phrases that define — and haunt — the AI economy
There are two phrases that have reliably marked every great financial bubble in modern history. The first is “this time...
The Burden They Carry
Wheeling the old warriors off the Honor Flight plane with flags and banners, people calling their names. From Chosen to...
‘Can’t Believe That I’m Sitting Here’: Paraglider Nearly Falls to Her Death After Plane Hits Her in Wild Video
A nausea-inducing video captured a small plane colliding with a paraglider over the Austrian Alps, nearly ripping her out of...
3 big takeaways from Pope Leo’s letter on AI
Pope Leo XIV speaks with Christopher Olah, pictured right, who is the cofounder of Anthropic on May 25, 2026. Alberto...
One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible.
In a small, preliminary study, an experimental gene-editing treatment dramatically lowered cholesterol levels, perhaps permanently, after just one infusion, scientists...
Pope Leo’s Unsettling Vision of the AI Future
The Vatican, as one aphorism puts it, tends to “think in centuries.” But Pope Leo XIV seems intent on changing...
Simon Sinek says the most successful people in the world ‘hit zero’ or came close to it: Failure is ‘the gift’
While it may feel as if successful people are leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of us, people who...
Jeff Bezos gets taxes right — and very, very wrong
Socialism will always find an audience because it appeals to base envy and resentment. Ginning up a mob to be...
