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The one thing Ozempic still can’t fix
GLP-1 drugs promised to usher in a new era of treating obesity as a disease. We could leave behind the anti-fat biases of the past, which blamed obesity on moral failing or personal weakness. Instead, these drugs would allow us to approach it as a medical condition, a complex matrix of genetics and other forces…
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A SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost and ispace’s Resilience lunar landers, lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 15, 2025. —GREGG NEWTON/AFP —Getty Images Humanity has been putting metal on the moon ever since Sept. 13, 1959, when the Soviet Union’s Luna 2 spacecraft completed…
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How Data Centers Broke American Politics
Joe Allen wants to know what the robot’s name is. At first, I think the double whiskey we downed at the hotel bar must be getting to him, as he sprints like a kid at recess toward a delivery vehicle. I’m anxious about the time: I’m supposed to be driving Allen to the airport, my…
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The simple idea that helped prevent millions of traffic deaths
Let me start with the most local of local stories: the intersection down the street from my apartment in Brooklyn, where Columbia Street meets Summit Street. Since my family moved into the neighborhood in 2023, I’ve hated this intersection. It has no stop signs, no crosswalks, no signal. Crossing on foot with my son meant…
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Iran-backed hackers likely behind attack that shut down Minnesota water plant — and they’re not done yet
A notorious Iran-linked hacker group was likely behind the recent attacks on dozens of water systems across the US — and the shadowy cyber-soldiers may not be done with their assault, experts warned. The self-proclaimed “Cyberav3ngers” group appeared to carry out the attacks which hit seven states in recent months, according to cybersecurity company Tenable,…
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The war to succeed Bernie Sanders is already underway
The battle to become the country’s next progressive leader in the mold of Bernie Sanders is heating up ahead of Democrats’ direction-defining Michigan Senate primary. Nowhere is the jockeying and strategy unfolding behind the scenes more pronounced than between Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ro Khanna of California, who have taken disparate…
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Mistral Is in the Right Place at the Right Time
Mistral is having a moment. With access to less funding and fewer compute resources than OpenAI and Anthropic, the French AI lab has lagged behind its American rivals in model performance. But recent turmoil stateside has created a window of opportunity. In June, the Trump administration placed restrictions on the distribution of models from Anthropic…
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The Real Story Behind the 2018 Google Walkout
In 2018, Claire Stapleton was living in New York, raising a young child, and working at Google as a marketing manager. In October of that year, upset with how the company had handled sexual harassment claims, she helped organize what became known as the Women’s Walkout. In this new excerpt from her book Don’t Be…
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Trump’s fantasy blows up thanks to a drawling Republican — who’s not as dumb as he seems
Hey, here’s a thing. Donald Trump, the United States President, aged 80, managed yet again to go full North Korea “Glorious Leader” and win his golf club’s championship for the 43rd straight time. Our full-time golf pro and part-time president tweeted: “The Winning Shot in the Bedminster Club Championship! … so honored… I’m given very…
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Comical case of Cambridge U.’s fibbing prof tests academia’s deep DEI delusions
If The Onion or the Babylon Bee wanted to spoof the absurdity of DEI — the woke ideology of “diversity, equity and inclusion” — they couldn’t have invented a character as unbelievable as Jason Arday. But Arday is very real: Born in 1985, in 2023 he became the youngest black man ever to hold a…