The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.

The role playing game Dungeons & Dragons suggests the opposite. It gives players a small number of races, classes and backgrounds and somehow produces characters that feel endlessly distinct. A ...

Can A.I. be useful while still allowing us to use our minds creatively? On this week’s episode of “The Ezra Klein Show,” the Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark shares his perspective.

A century after Erwin Schrödinger sketched out a bold vision for how we perceive color, scientists have finally filled in the missing pieces. A Los Alamos team used advanced geometry to show that hue, ...

Students and colleagues share firsthand experiences with Vic’s teaching, research, and professional career, offering insight ...

Want to master artificial intelligence? Experts say the key is hands-on practice with real projects, building strong ...

In a truly free market, there is no class conflict. In the presence of the state, however, things are different because various groups jockey with each other to ...

From the Jacksonians to the Marxists, political theorists have understood that there is something unique about “small industry” between big business and ...

But, five years later, Mamdani announced he would not, in fact, be defunding the police if elected as mayor, disappointing racial justice activists and critics of the police. And soon after his ...

Armenia's integration of displaced persons from Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) serves as a contemporary case study of ...

TECH4GOODFamous Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco once said, “Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke ...

Students visit the Alaqua Animal Rescue in Freeport, Fla., for an SEL lesson on Aug. 23, 2025. Social-emotional learning can be a powerful tool for boosting student engagement and improving behavior ...