The prospect of artificial intelligence destroying humanity has become a prominent part of the technology industry’s public debate, but Harvard historian Jill Lepore argues that the more immediate danger lies elsewhere: the
In her final public interview with Roger Errera in 1973, Hannah Arendt issued one of her most quoted warnings. “If everybody always lies to you,” she said, “the consequence is not that
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A one-time gene therapy may significantly slow the progression of Huntington’s disease, raising hopes for the first treatment capable of altering the course of this rare, inherited brain disorder. In a small
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I first heard the word ‘depression’ when I was about sixteen. My mother took me to the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru, India, to be seen by
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At a moment when political lines are crossed every week, every day, even every hour, this week still felt different. In the blink of an eye, the looming threat of living under
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“The proper way to respond” to white supremacist fascism “is to have a backbone,” says Tariq Khan, a historian and lecturer at Yale University, in an interview on September 17, a week after the assassination
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor The sun blazed over Jerusalem that day, a relentless heat pressing down on the ancient stones, yet as we stepped into Shalva—the Israel Association for Children with
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor He welcomed us with a charming smile, and with a deep sense of humour, he began by asking a simple yet profound question: “Why do we pray?”
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Birds are more than mere symbols of seasonal change or nature’s background music; they are vital indicators of ecological health. When bird populations decline, it not only threatens their survival but also signals
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Starting in the 1990s, a new form of development was imposed on Latin American countries. In Brazil, the model of industrialization based on developmentalism, which had marked the country’s economic trajectory between
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Finnish Member of Parliament Anna Kontula has publicly disclosed that she worked as an escort for nearly two decades before entering politics. The revelation, made in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat published
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I traveled this weekend to see the opening of a new play about Hannah Arendt at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library. The play is set in Berlin
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Scientists have identified a previously unknown immune cell in fat tissue that may contribute to chronic inflammation as organisms age, according to a new study published in Nature Aging. The discovery, based
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor It began like a grotesque parody of cinema: the sudden rupture of joy by carnage. “That was all of a sudden — started like a horror movie,”
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Labor Day is meant to honor laboring, but for me it marks a new beginning. This year, I return from a sabbatical having finished a new book, A World We Share: The Power of
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“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope” ~ Jeremiah 29:11
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