One of the only things growing faster than progress in AI applications is speculation about AI’s effect on the economy. I don’t have all the answers, not by a long shot, ...
Social scientists are baffled by the mysterious forces pulling Americans into two contradictory versions of reality.
In the reality inhabited by Republicans, Joe Biden di...
Is it possible that the hyperpartisanship and extreme polarization that has defined American politics for the past decade may reach its apogee in this election? It’s hard...
Blended families or bonus families (also known as stepfamilies), whether they are formed through parents’ remarriage or living together, are common. More than 10 percent ...
A colleague said he called a meeting with his daughter’s Advanced Placement English teacher because the teacher responds to student writing using artificial intelligence....
The modern world is held together not by romantic notions of trust or community (though they help), but by thick gray goo.
Concrete is the second-most consumed material o...
Consumers make choices about what and where they’ll eat based on quality, convenience and price. But higher on the hierarchy of needs is the basic requirement that the fo...
Despite the scale and complexity of last year's Norfolk Southern train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, there is bipartisan legislation in Congress that may a...
Discussion of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia has become popular as Kyiv's battle to drive out Russian troops appears stuck in a stalemate — or worse. Many securit...
Good riddance. Not only for Yahya Sinwar, the evil and now dead mastermind behind the terrorist attack of Oct. 7, 2023, but also for those two other Hamas leaders whom Is...
