For decades, commentators dismissive of conservatism have found much to criticize in our movement’s seeming inability to define itself past a reactionary — some would say regressive — attitude. (Here, ...

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If you stayed up for the decisive Game 5 between the Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers, it was worth every second. After a game that lasted roughly five hours and ended after 1 a.m. ET, the Mariners ...

Are AIs capable of murder? That’s a question some artificial intelligence (AI) experts have been considering in the wake of a report published in June by the AI company Anthropic. In tests of 16 large ...

Dedicated to Dr. Jane Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute, whose work continues to inspire hope, action, and respect for all living beings. Jane Goodall devoted her life to demonstrating that our ...

Jane Goodall died Wednesday. As she was universally regarded as the greatest living expert on chimpanzees, her passing is a momentous event. It’s one that comes at a time of upheaval in the field she ...

Scientists said Tuesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilized them with sperm in the lab for the first time—a breakthrough that is hoped to one day let infertile people have ...

Max is getting you ready for "spooky" season by adding a selection of horror movies to its catalogue on October 1, including A Nightmare on Elm Street, Beetlejuice, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, Dr ...

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Many properties of the world's most advanced materials are beyond the reach of quantitative modeling. Understanding them also requires a human expert's reasoning and intuition, which can't be ...