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Today's six picks
— Laura Carvalho
Far-right presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro holds up Argentine President Javier Milei’s economic program as a model for Brazil. But Milei's economic experiment has been a failure, leaving millions of Argentinian…
— Thomas Jeffries
Namely: How worried should we be? The post The Death of a Russian Plague Researcher, Explained by a Microbiologist appeared first on Nautilus.
— Elaine Chen
New research found that nearly 40% of FDA advisory meetings held over a recent 20-year period included either a patient or consumer rep with active ties to an advocacy group…
— Aeon Video
These women once fled ISIS. Now they defuse the landmines the militants left behind in their Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
— Sara Herschander
The Trump administration’s transit policies won’t “make travel family-friendly again” in the ways that matter most. | GraphicaArtis/Getty Images “We should look for love!” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy bellowed …
— Stephen M. Walt
Militarizing now may require even further militarization down the line.
— David Broder
A discussion on the roots of the far-right’s success, its plans for power and what President Trump has to do with it all.
Readers react to President Trump’s diesel fuel deal with Russia. Also: Stressed out in America; useful skills.
— Lydia Polgreen
The old world order is fraying. Who gets to shape the next one?
— Leander Schaerlaeckens
The protests around an anti-ICE T-shirt show that politics can never be separated from sports, especially now On 26 September, Daniela Silva was expelled from Austin FC’s match with San Diego FC for wearing a T-shirt …
Sherry Turkle, who has spent decades studying people’s relationships with machines, believes we have “a very small window” to correct our current course with A.I.
— Jayson Greene
The film has been panned by critics and shunned by audiences, but its message about the climate crisis is one we need to hear.
— Laura Carvalho
Far-right presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro holds up Argentine President Javier Milei’s economic program as a model for Brazil. But Milei's economic experiment has been a failure, leaving millions of Argentinian…
— Jamelle Bouie
The party will need to make the most of whatever majority it has.
— Thomas Jeffries
Namely: How worried should we be? The post The Death of a Russian Plague Researcher, Explained by a Microbiologist appeared first on Nautilus.
— Kristen French
Mike Jay, author of “Wireheads,” on the murky borderlands where the science and fiction of mind control meet The post Our Messy Cyborg Past and Future appeared first on Nautilus.
— Heather LaMarre
Philadelphia voters will help elect the state's next governor and lieutenant governor, as well as members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the state Legislature, in the 2026 midterms. Matthew Hatcher/AFP via G…
— Paul M. Collins Jr.
Democrats will attempt to slow down the confirmation process, but they face an uphill battle with few options. Grant Faint/Getty Images Democrats are gaining momentum in their bid to retake the Senate in November. Thi…
— Maurizio Valsania
A 1747 print of a public execution at the so-called Tyburn Tree, a gallows in London that served for hundreds of years as a site of hangings. William Hogarth The proposed livestream of Nidal Hasan’s execution by a U.S…
— Suzanne Eckes
Religious schools may participate in Colorado's Universal Preschool Program if they follow its requirements, including antidiscrimination rules. FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images When Colorado launched its Universal Presc…
— Sohini Sarah Pillai
A special Los Angeles preview event for the movie 'Ramayana' on March 30, 2026. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Prime Focus American audiences will be able to watch an English-dubbed version of “Ramayana,” a Hindi fi…
— Dana R. Fisher
After a deadly tornado hit communities in rural southwest Michigan in March 2026, the state's request for federal disaster aid was denied. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images When Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle on …
— Elaine Chen
New research found that nearly 40% of FDA advisory meetings held over a recent 20-year period included either a patient or consumer rep with active ties to an advocacy group…
— Ed Silverman
The FTC asked a U.S. court to hold Martin Shkreli in contempt for “flagrantly” violating a court order banning him from working in the pharma industry
— Brittany Trang
In this edition of AI Prognosis, Brittany Trang talks to Eric Nguyen, the CEO of Radical Numerics, a startup pursuing "general biological intelligence.'
— Ed Silverman
E.U. antitrust regulators accepted concessions from Sanofi to settle a probe into an allegedly “misleading” campaign that disparaged a rival flu vaccine.
— Theresa Gaffney
A wave of clinical trials have begun to test the ability of GLP-1 weight loss drugs to quell various substance use disorders, with some promising results. A new trial announced…
— Mario Aguilar
Lobbying groups for doctors and hospitals and trade groups are working behind the scenes on how to regulate AI in medicine.
— Joel Dodge
“States can serve as a last line of defense against the Trump administration’s anti-vaccine policy,” writes Joel Dodge.
— Holly Baines and George Vradenburg
“We need more rigorous, large-scale research into the gut-brain axis across the life course,” write Holly Baines and George Vradenburg.
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
— Alexander MacDonald
It may be tempting to dismiss out of hand the notion that Edgar Allan Poe — popularly conceived of today as an almost mythic figure cloaked in ravens and tell-tale hearts — was the “grandfather of realistic spacefligh…
— Drew Dernavich
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.
— Hannah Jocelyn
The experts recommend favorite titles for kids and their grownups.
— Aeon Video
These women once fled ISIS. Now they defuse the landmines the militants left behind in their Yazidi homeland in northern Iraq - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
— Dexter Filkins
Dexter Filkins on Pete Hegseth’s planned public execution of Nidal Hasan and his memory of a public execution by the Taliban in Kabul.
— Max Callimanopulos
For decades, the novelist has dismantled the tropes of realist fiction, writing about mysterious individuals trapped in byzantine systems. In “The Rhyl Poster,” that approach may have reached its limit.
— Talia Argondezzi
You’re feeling too lazy to text, and you know perfectly well that I’m just going to let it go to voice mail and then text my response anyway.
— Sara Herschander
The Trump administration’s transit policies won’t “make travel family-friendly again” in the ways that matter most. | GraphicaArtis/Getty Images “We should look for love!” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy bellowed …
— Positive News
This year’s competition has attracted a record-breaking number of entries The post Wildlife photographer of the year 2026, the winning images appeared first on Positive News.
— Lucy Purdy
Rebecca Howard’s paintings capture a wilder Britain in the making. Her exhibition celebrates nine projects restoring nature The post The ‘in awe’ artist painting a wilder Britain appeared first on Positive News.
— Stephen M. Walt
Militarizing now may require even further militarization down the line.
— Anchal Vohra
The country’s coming election has become focused on the status of the country’s ultra-Orthodox at wartime.
— Kelly A. Grieco and Maximilian K. Bremer
The decades-old model has been upended by a war that favors movement and dispersal.
— Chietigj Bajpaee
The two countries have reset bilaterally and internationally. Now it’s time to think regionally.
— Joseph Rachman
It’s been a week of diplomatic breakthroughs for the junta.
— James Palmer
Today’s Beijing shows marks of how costly total control can be.
— Alexandra Sharp
Prime Minister Narendra Modi defends his country as a “mother of democracy” amid widespread protests.
— Antonio Zappulla
Press freedom setbacks are largely driving deteriorating scores around the world.