Politics

Appearing on CBS’ 60 Minutes on Sunday, President Donald Trump acknowledged that his immigration crackdown had been “too tough” and could have hurt Republicans in a midterm election that gave Democrats control of both chambers of Congress. The president said he’d “love to do something on immigration.” When asked what a deal with the Democratic […]

Parents, students, educators, union members, artists, creatives, and community members stood outside Google’s New York City headquarters, located in the eerie corporate section of Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon to protest Google pushing its AI technology into schools.  It was a family event: Attendees of all ages held signs reading, “NO AI IN […]

On Wednesday, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Jim Himes (D–Conn.), urged Republicans to “take the win” and renew President Donald Trump’s warrantless mass surveillance powers during the lame-duck session.  Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)—a provision used by US intelligence agencies to spy on the electronic communications of […]

Emily St. John Mandel in September 2016. | Ulf Andersen/Getty Images The world is full of unanswered questions and strange ideas. Do parallel universes exist? What would it look like if a pandemic wiped out life as we know it? Is time travel possible?  I host the science podcast Unexplainable, where we often speak to scientists about their attempts to puzzle through life’s greatest mysteries, but academic researchers aren’t the only people wrestling with these concepts. On the latest episode o

Alors que l'hiver approche, des millions d'Ukrainiens doivent composer avec des coupures de courant pouvant durer jusqu'à vingt heures par jour. Selon plusieurs experts, l'approvisionnement en électricité a atteint un point critique.

If it wasn't clear before the elections, it should be clear now that Democrats and their base knew what this election was about -- and it certainly wasn't affordability.

Post-election press conference.

On les imagine portés par la vocation, mais le quotidien sous tension de l'hôpital met l'humanité des internes à rude épreuve. Entre «sentiment de toute-puissance» technique et épuisement émotionnel, plongée dans la fabrique psychologique de nos futurs soignants.

Trump might still take Mark Levin seriously. Hopefully he'll soon see his real purpose is to be a widely recognized, fondly welcomed joke.

The surveillance tech giant Palantir’s products have always been “essentially progressive,” its founder Alex Karp said Wednesday. Karp’s company won hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts under Donald Trump’s second term, soaring past the billion-dollar quarterly revenue mark by working with ICE to track and monitor immigrants and building AI systems for the US […]

Creatine is everywhere right now. But are the claims around this classic supplement actually based in real science? Or are they just more marketing hype? For decades, creatine has been sold to fitness buffs, as a way to build more muscle, faster. Now it’s being pitched to almost everyone, with influencers, podcasters, and celebrity doctors claiming it can sharpen your mind, lift your mood, offset sleep deprivation, and even reverse the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. And these wellness claims ar

The entire Nvidia scandal illustrates the importance of confidential sources, not merely to journalism, but also to our national security.