The Future of Academic Freedom
As the Israel-Hamas war provokes claims about unacceptable speech, the ability to debate difficult subjects is in renewed peril.
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What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
Large language models seem startlingly intelligent. But what's really happening under the hood?
The End of the English Major?
During the past decade, the study of English and history at the collegiate level has fallen by a full third. Humanities enrollment in the United States has declined over all by seventeen per cent. What’s going on?
Why Computers Won't Make Themselves Smarter
We fear and yearn for "the singularity." But it will probably never come.
Inside the Making of Facebook's Supreme Court
The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.
How We Discovered Water on the Moon
NASA's interest in lunar water is not purely academic.
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture
What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shattered the Myth of College in America
How the Coronavirus Pandemic Has Shattered the Myth of College in America
Young people think of college as an investment in their future. Now that future is changing in ways they can't apprehend.
The Contrarian Coronavirus Theory That Informed the Trump Administration
Richard Epstein, a professor at N.Y.U. School of Law, discusses two articles he wrote, on the Hoover Institution Web site, entitled "Coronavirus Perspective" and "Coronavirus Overreaction," and his views of the pandemic.
How an Élite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
How an Élite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
New documents show that the M.I.T. Media Lab was aware of Epstein's status as a convicted sex offender, and that Epstein directed contributions to the lab far exceeding the amounts M.I.T. has publicly admitted.
Estonia, the Digital Republic
Its government is virtual, borderless, blockchained, and secure. Has this tiny post-Soviet nation found the way of the future?
Jim Simons, the Numbers King
Algorithms made him a Wall Street billionaire. His new research center helps scientists mine data for the common good.
The Fake-News Fallacy
Old fights about radio have lessons for new fights about the Internet.
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
The Mistrust of Science
The Mistrust of Science
Science has never been more powerful, but it is under attack.
The Forgotten Father of the Information Age
Shannon had a weakness for juggling and unicycles, but his fingerprints are on every electronic device we own.
Humans 2.0
Michael Specter on CRISPR, a new technology that enables us to manipulate our genetic code with unprecedented ease, and which may lead to new cancer treatments.
How methods videos are making science smarter
Methods videos rising popularity has been spurred on by the so-called replication crisis, itself partly a result of the growing sophistication and interdisciplinary nature of life-science research.
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