Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

Opinion: Like being hard to spot? They’d much rather you didn’t

USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

What the next Dark Ages could look like

"Because they are based on centralization and abstraction, our current sociopolitical structures are susceptible to being replaced by AI. This is not only exemplified by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was initiated by the second Trump administration; there are many less heavily publicized equivalents all over the world, including in Europe. Recognizing that our societies are on the verge of a techno-fascist takeover." https://berlinergazette.de/resisting-the-techno-fascist-takeover-are-we-ready-for-decomputing/

"Because they are based on centralization and abstraction, our current sociopolitical structures are susceptible to being replaced by AI. This is not only exemplified by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was initiated by the second Trump administration; there are many less heavily publicized equivalents all over the world, including in Europe. Recognizing that our societies are on the verge of a techno-fascist takeover." https://berlinergazette.de/resisting-the-techno-fascist-takeover-are-we-ready-for-decomputing/

"While contemporary discussions often focus on what we read or how we teach reading, the deeper truth is that literacy itself is an astonishingly fragile achievement." That's writer and teacher Jac Mu...

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

Organizers demonstrated that they didn’t need state permission for queer visibility.