730 million people in the world live without power. Progress has stalled
The world is hungrier than ever for energy. Demand for heating, cooling, lighting, computing power, and just getting…
730 million people in the world live without power. Progress has stalled
The world is hungrier than ever for energy. Demand for heating, cooling, lighting, computing power, and just getting…
High Seas Treaty takes effect, giving the open ocean real protection
In the spring of 2010, I was one of a few journalists invited to travel down to the…
What ChatGPT Health can actually tell you — and what it can’t
How often have you asked ChatGPT for health advice? Maybe about a mysterious rash or that tightening in…
Poor countries keep paying their debts. That’s actually the problem.
Like many Americans, most countries are in a lot of debt. Developing countries, alone, carry nearly $31 trillion…
How zero sum thinking hurts the economy and growth
I live in New York City, which fashions itself as many things: the financial capital of the world,…
AI voice cloning complicates estate planning for celebrities’ legacies
Before Franz Kafka died in 1924, he had a simple wish for his friend and literary executor Max…
Why did we send Laika to space? The tragedy of the first animal to orbit the earth, explained
In March, I visited the Lowell Observatory — the astronomical research site where Pluto was first discovered —…
We can have growth while fighting climate change
Climate stories usually start the same way: fire, flood, loss, collapse. The charts are grim. The vibes are…
What did cavemen really eat? The myth of the carnivore diet.
Across the far right, a paranoid prophecy has been taking hold: the belief that globalist elites want to…
Does my protein powder have lead in it?
Americans’ love affair with protein powders may slowly be poisoning them with the known neurotoxin lead. That, at…
The traffic revolution that’s making cities cleaner — and happier
While walking my son to school a couple of weeks ago, I noticed something odd happening on Court…