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While it may be a belated Christmas present for the petrochemical industry, your article (‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body, 13…

“One of my most distinguished colleagues … for a time refused to attend any meetings and made a point of always working on a book while others…

November 7, 20254 min readChina’s Stranded Astronauts Show the Dangers of Space JunkThree Chinese astronauts will likely return safely to Earth after a reported space-junk strike.…

John Oliver opened the latest episode of Last Week Tonight infuriated by the ongoing US government shutdown, now in its fifth week, that has imperiled the…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This spring, scientists at…

In April, comedian Jena Friedman had a strange encounter in Vancouver airport. She had just performed a Ted talk about the future of comedy and was…

I can’t tell you how sad this article makes me (Burn notice: Gen Z and the terrifying rise of extreme tanning, 6 August). Sunbeds and extreme…

After several decades of writing books and blogs about the culture wars, academic freedom and campus free expression, I’ve started this column to illuminate some of…

The EU justice commissioner has expressed shock at the toxicity and dangers of some goods being sold by Shein and Temu, amid a crackdown on the…

Artificial intelligence companies are “fundamentally unprepared” for the consequences of creating systems with human-level intellectual performance, according to a leading AI safety group.The Future of Life…