As healthcare shifts from treating illness to preventing it, mental wellbeing may become a defining health priority of the 2040s.

The embers of a great scientist continue to kindle light down here on Earth.

Genetic therapy promises a cure for autoimmune disease.

How can readers tell the difference between genuine human creativity and AI slop?

Technology that merely represents convenience to some can be lifesaving to others.

The courts have blessed anti-democratic gerrymandering.

No one wants to believe reports of sexual abuse when the perpetrators are on "their" side.

We've avoided the worst-case scenario.

ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot speaks from the International Space Station.

American perceptions of racial identity are still influenced by the archaic "one-drop" rule.

The inevitable result of putting political ideology over science and expertise.

Hospitals still carry embedded religious assumptions, even as more people than ever are nonbelievers.

Indonesia models a different kind of secularism, premised on religious diversity and coexistence.

Possible scenarios for the future of Iran under the younger Khamenei.

Public figures caught in the Epstein files resort to denial, deflection, and redirection of culpability.

Ukrainian tenacity and ingenuity are slowly turning the tide on Russia's war.

Workers of the future will live wherever they choose, rather than being tied to a fixed location.

We shouldn’t rest on our moral laurels, but it's worth reminding ourselves how far we have come.

The world is planning how to phase out fossil fuels, with or without the U.S.

We might be vacationing beyond Earth by 2050.

Claims about a surge in young converts are wishful thinking based on no evidence.

A philanthropic foundation that lavishes money on scientists who praise religion also has ties to the Epstein class.

How does space change what we know about human emotions and our relationship with the planet?

The peace of winemaking is a sorely needed alternative to violent regimes warring in the name of God.

Will AI tools help young people train for the jobs of tomorrow, or will students lose the ability to think critically and creatively?

When fertility clinics make irreparable errors, what should happen to children born in the wrong family?

Can AI create art that expresses the spiritual impulse, or is that solely the domain of humans?

The United States' permissive alliance with Israel may be coming to an end.

Is lab-grown meat the answer to feeding the world with cruelty-free protein while reducing carbon emissions?

People power defeats an illiberal autocrat.