Meta's buzzy new AI agent comes with some major privacy risks — not just for users, but anybody on the periphery of its users' lives.

I passed up a grad school deferment, and got a different education instead.

New analysis refutes James Watson’s claim he was first to recognize significance of famed photograph 51

January 3 opened the door. Venezuelans are ready to walk through it and never turn back.

Offices in Angola and South Sudan closed last week, with the Zimbabwe office and others not far behind.

Brain-computer interfaces are the latest battleground in its tech rivalry with America

Russian secrecy means it is unclear how grave the threat is

Sitting on your hands is not an option when democracy is at stake.

After an apparent lab accident in Siberia, Moscow is reverting to its old Soviet ways.

ASML leads Europe at $670 billion. Explore the most valuable listed company in 42 European countries, with banks topping 15 national rankings.

Manufacturers say they are close to perfecting a new, more efficient solar panel that could help the United States reclaim ground it lost.

Gov. Gavin Newsom called the president “dangerous and deranged” after his remarks at a political rally, where Mr. Trump said the Iran war was necessary to “keep the world safe.”

Chaos in schools, on the streets and in the markets is rooted in France’s struggles to fund its social welfare state, with a presidential election approaching.

In an impassioned interview with The Times of Israel, the opposition frontrunner explains why he stayed in politics after his son was killed in Gaza, how he would safeguard Israel and return it to the...

America Just Joined Russia and Belarus in Quitting the Fight Against Corruption

The dangerous idea driving today’s wars of choice.

Conflicts in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa have become inseparable.

The question is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city — but who can project power over one of the world’s most important maritime choke points

Suspected plague death in Russia prompts State Department monitoring

Supreme Court decisions that were small comfort in 2026 will turn out to be no comfort at all in 2028.

The Nobel Committee honored Francis Halzen for his “vision and scientific leadership” of a telescope within the ice at the South Pole.

Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.

The Parti Québécois, which secured a minority, has vowed to hold an independence referendum in the years to come.

A former intern bought Georgia’s Monticello News. Weeks later, he grew subscriptions by 30 percent.

The EPA’s attack on auto stop-start comes during record-high fuel prices.

Tests like full-body scans marketed directly to consumers are pitched as a way to detect diseases early and establish a baseline of health markers. But there are financial, physical, and psychological...

The Dose (October 6)

For years, the psychoactive compound kratom has been sold across much of the US as an herbal supplement with few of the restrictions applied to controlled substances. But the market is changing.

President Trump said Monday he will “certainly look at” establishing a U.S. military base in Lithuania a week after the country’s prime minister said he would welcome U.S. service members into the …

According to U.S. and British officials, 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from R.A.F. Fairford air base were withdrawn because of the risk of a drone attack ordered by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

A scrappy science project led to a significant discovery: two new species of a rare organism that could elucidate a fundamental transition in the history of life on our planet.

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the risks of parental cannabis use in pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) elimination by 2030 is a global health priority endorsed by the World Health Organization, and vaccination is the central pillar of a multipronged strategy to reduce chronic li...

This narrative review provides an evidence-based update on optimal management of shoulder pain in primary care.

This cohort study reports on whether Medicare Advantage, compared with original Medicare, is associated with better outcomes for type 2 diabetes.

Intelligence professionals carry an unrecognised ethical responsibility. It arises when they shape what political decision-makers come to know, which risks are held to be salient, and which options ap...

What bureaucracy, satire, sanctions, and superyachts reveal about intelligence, Russian power, and Western institutions.

Somali piracy has resurged in 2026 and now forms one of the many active threats to international shipping, according to International Maritime Organization data. Piracy off the Horn of Africa in 2026 ...

The state has had 108 cases this year, the most since 2019. The declaration comes amid a national resurgence of the highly contagious viral illness.

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common mental health condition primarily characterized by persistent low mood or loss of interest in daily activities. While several medications are available to t...

A lab technician in Russia has possibly died of the plague. Here's what to know about the infectious disease.

A record victory for Latvia’s pro-Ukraine prime minister was accompanied by a surge for populist parties in the country’s lowest-ever general election turnout.

Hegseth’s war on “foreign” threats to our election is dangerous

With the threat of political violence at unprecedented levels, state and federal GOP candidates are openly sharing racist, pro-militia, anti-vaccine, sexist, antisemitic, and secessionist views.