We accumulate knowledge until, we hope, the uncertainty disappears. But what if uncertainty never fully goes away? In a ...

The far-right parties the White House favors have a foreign-policy agenda that won’t serve American interests.

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Each of these record-scratch moments is a distinctive product of the Trump era. The desire to resist the president continues ...

A secret 15-year effort has produced genetic evidence that one of the nation’s Founders fathered children with a woman he enslaved.

I f you’re a Democrat, attending a Jon Ossoff rally feels very good. Therapeutic, even. Many Democrats feel as if every day ...

The accomplishments of athletes are every bit as impressive and legitimate as those of dancers, debaters, and oboists.

The president announced an agreement that appeared to satisfy all parties but came at a great cost.

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Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment ...

She had never heard of a book called Project Erebus. And she certainly wasn’t its author. She looked up her author profile on ...

Andy Masley is a writer and researcher focused on AI safety and policy, working on a grant from Coefficient Giving. His writing can be found on his Substack and website.