We tell ourselves a comforting story about lead. We tell ourselves it’s a problem solved—a ghost of a dirtier, more industrial past. We celebrate the great public health victories of the 20th century: the banning of lead from gasoline in the 1970s, the prohibition of lead-based paint in 1978. We successfully removed the primary sources […]

It began as a ripple of collective, low-grade panic. Sometime on a Monday, the digital assistants we had begun to treat as extensions of our own minds—our copilots, our research aides, our creative muses—simply went silent. Reports flooded social media: ChatGPT was down. Claude was unresponsive. Perplexity was spinning. For a few hours, the modern […]

It’s not often that Prince Harry, Grimes, the CEO of OpenAI, and the “Godfather of AI” Geoffrey Hinton all appear on the same list. When they do, it signals a profound shift in a global conversation, moving a topic from the fringes of science fiction directly to the center of mainstream urgency. This is precisely […]

The digital “all-clear” has sounded. Amazon has officially declared that its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud is “operating normally” following a catastrophic global outage. Across the world, a collective, digital sigh of relief is being exhaled. Engineering teams are taking their fingers off the panic button. Executives are watching their dashboards flicker back to green. […]

For the better part of three years, opening the Instagram app has felt like an exercise in cognitive dissonance. You opened it to see photos of your friends, your family, or your niche hobbies. Instead, you were met with a full-screen, auto-play video from a “creator” you’d never heard of, an ad for a product […]

The vision for Artemis is one of the grandest ambitions in human history. It is not just a mission to leave footprints and flags, but to build a permanent, sustainable human presence on the Moon. It’s a multi-decade, multi-billion-dollar program involving the most powerful rocket ever built (SLS), a new generation of human-rated capsules (Orion), […]

For the entire history of medicine, its most fundamental rule has been immutable: to heal a patient, you must be in the room. From the first shamanistic rituals to the most advanced open-heart surgeries, the physical co-location of healer and patient has been the bedrock of care. That rule has just been shattered. In a […]

For the last two years, the AI revolution has been a consumer-facing spectacle. We have been mesmerized by ChatGPT writing poetry, Midjourney creating art, and large language models (LLMs) passing the bar exam. This spectacular, public-facing “creator” boom has defined the narrative, sucking all the oxygen from the room. But while the world has been […]

For all of our accumulated knowledge, for all our telescopes that pierce the veil of time and all our equations that describe the dance of atoms, modern science is haunted. We are haunted by a presence so vast it dictates the structure of the entire universe. It is the architect of galaxies, the sculptor of […]

In today’s fast-paced world, time seems to always be of the essence. People are constantly rushing from one task to the next, trying to fit as much into their day as possible. With busy schedules and never-ending to-do lists, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and stressed. However, taking the time to slow down […]

The Importance of Self-Care: Why It’s Essential for Your Well-Being Self-care is not just a trendy buzzword; it is actually an essential practice that should be prioritized in our daily lives. In today’s fast-paced world, it is easy to overlook our own needs and well-being in favor of keeping up with the demands of work, […]

In today’s fast-paced world, it can be easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. With work, school, family responsibilities, and social commitments, it can feel like there is never enough time in the day to relax and unwind. However, taking time for yourself is essential for maintaining your physical, […]