There’s a global plan to save humans from AI. Can it actually work?
When the AI apocalypse becomes regular dinner-table conversation, you know we’ve reached the freakout stage. Rogue AI agents are hacking...
Trump’s short-lived press ban
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Google is sending a data center into space
During a tense vote on a data center being built in her drought-stricken Arizona district last summer, Tucson City Councilmember...
Is it truly important to have a sense of self?
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Trump is bracing to lose his latest fight with the press
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Can AI actually save lives?
If there’s one thing that Americans can unite behind, it’s anxieties over artificial intelligence. According to a recent NBC News/Decision...
It’s not your imagination — dating has gotten way more combative lately
Lisa Marie Wilson matched with a man on a dating app who claimed to be 5-foot-10 and to live on...
Trump gets a Greenland deal
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The psychology behind Trump’s obsession with DC renovations
Since President Donald Trump returned to office, he has moved aggressively to leave his mark. Many of his most visible...
The uncomfortable truth about aquariums
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Soldiers can refuse to commit war crimes. Can AI?
Who gets to tell the military “no”? That question has become even more important after the Pentagon pushed AI companies...
Susan Collins is the abortion rights movement’s biggest test of 2026
Nationally, abortion has faded as a campaign issue. Four years after it helped Democrats stave off a red wave, candidates...
Trump’s new arch plan: snipers and drones
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Scientists are finally starting to figure out Alzheimer’s
For decades, research into Alzheimer’s disease has made painfully little progress. More than 7 million Americans are living with the...
The United Nations looks broken. Is it?
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