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The Roman sage Marcus Aurelius said we should never let the future disturb us. But then he never had a conversation with the futurologist Nick Bostrom…

Tributes pour in from around the world as Bangladesh mourns Khaleda Zia.Published On 30 Dec 202530 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareThe death of…

AI technologies need to be safe and transparent. There are few, if any, benefits from being outside efforts to achieve this. Credit: George Chan/GettyYou don’t need…

They say you either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain. At a feverish and hostile Alexandra Palace, the same crowd that…

Stingless bees from the Amazon have become the first insects to be granted legal rights anywhere in the world, in a breakthrough supporters hope will be…

When the Chinese cargo freighter Istanbul Bridge set sail for Europe in late September, it took an unusual route. Instead of heading south for the 40-day…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.The Christmas tree feels like a tradition from time immemorial—and in some ways…

Victor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he…

After several failed attempts at elected office, Dan Bongino finally found national acclaim as a pugilistic, bare-knuckle conservative media personality, appearing as a contributor on Fox…

From herbalists in Africa gathering plants to use as poultices to acupuncturists in China using needles to cure migraines, or Indian yogis practising meditation, traditional remedies…