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When poseurs and yes-men run a war

YouTube video by World Science Festival

The idea of ‘biological agency’ — that life devises its own goals and behaves accordingly — complicates our understanding of what it means to be alive. But does it serve a scientific purpose?

Afin de doubler sa production d’électricité d’ici 2050, le Canada misera notamment sur la construction de dix nouveaux réacteurs nucléaires de grande taille.

Watch Belarus; Macron and Trump Admissions

The president’s comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn’t understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth.

America’s first art star remains a mystery.

Predictions of Putin’s demise have been wrong many times before, but something is happening in Russia now that deserves more attention.

YouTube video by Quanta Magazine

The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture—and ambition.

He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat.

Phillips O’Brien on the global fallout of Putin’s war in Russia, Trump’s war in Iran, and MAGA’s indifference toward Taiwan. Plus: Trump’s new slush fund and What Science Says About Astrology.

And the recovery of justice