Profiles The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward. August 10, 2026 Today’s Justices are openly fractious. All Roberts can say is “We’re not as much at each other’s throats as you might think.”Illustration by Paul Rogers / Source photograph

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Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperature record. filed in Climate Change Lies are a lot like gourds. They come in

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In April, Gil Durán was permanently banned from Elon Musk’s X for posting just two words. Durán was responding to a post from the tech company Palantir outlining its 22‑point “technological manifesto”, which praised American “hard power”, western culture and AI weapons, denounced inclusivity and called for compulsory national service.

Photo by iSawRed on Unsplash I had a great-uncle who was a “human calculator”. It’s an odd, rare ability that allows people to multiply large numbers quickly in their heads. I remember using a hand calculator and seeing if my uncle could get it right without a tool faster than

Letter from Beijing Beijing is competing with the U.S. for tech supremacy. Who wins will have huge political implications. August 3, 2026 As Donald Trump has cut research funds, China has pursued what one investor calls an “all-hands-on-deck approach to national innovation.”Illustration by Cleon Peterson Kai-Fu Lee, the C.E.O. of

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As government prosecutors examined the Reflecting Pool to build their case against a three-time Olympic canoeist accused of violently ripping the lining with his bare hands, everything fell apart. They found that damage was consistent all around the pool, even in the middle, “where a vandal would not likely attempt

The refurbished railway station in London I entered last week had none of the usual signs of being a tattoo studio. The walls were devoid of any art, and there were no reclining chairs or massage tables in the room. The only tattoo gun on the premises sat in a

Ben Broca launched a company last December that offers AI tools to entrepreneurs. He’s already added 10,000 paying customers and is on track to bring in $10 million in revenue this year. One thing he hasn’t added: any other employees. The 40-year-old is part of a class of entrepreneurs who

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The Odyssey directed by Christopher Nolan. Christopher Nolan’s $250 million action movie version of Homer’s ancient Greek poem is an entertaining way to hide from the high temperatures for a few hours. Nolan’s trademark jumps and twists in the narrative structure are relatively easy to follow, and appropriate for The

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An investigation into what people think about has put the spotlight on the modern mind, revealing thoughts dominated by work, the need for coffee and a strong desire to go back to bed. It also found evidence for four distinct groups of thinkers who spend more time than most either

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