Are human beings fundamentally good or fundamentally bad? Are people mostly generous, or are they mostly selfish?Over the centuries, many of our leading lights have taken the view that people are basically selfish. Machiavelli argued that people are deceitful,... More »
The narrative about China has changed with stunning speed, from unstoppable juggernaut to pitiful, helpless giant. How did that happen?My sense is that much writing about China puts too much weight on recent events and policy. Yes, Xi Jinping is an erratic lea... More »
A microscopic image of a metal sphere that some scientists argue came from an interstellar objectInterstellar Expedition Tiny metal spheres found on the seafloor may have come from an interstellar meteor. The team of researchers that recovered the spherules sa... More »
A sprawling network of fake accounts linked to Chinese law enforcement was taken down by Meta this week in what the social-media company called “the largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world.” The operation was the largest t... More »
The population crashed following climate change about 930,000 years ago, scientists concluded. Other experts aren’t convinced by the analysis.No place on the planet has escaped the influence of Homo sapiens, from the rainforests cleared for farms to microplast... More »
The core formula of a new study in Science that suggests our ancestors may have survived a bottleneck 900,000 years ago Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Academy of SciencesFor 75 years the Doomsday ... More »
Taking antioxidant supplements, such as vitamin C, may help existing lung cancer tumours grow and spreadChay_Tee/Shutterstock Taking antioxidant supplements such as vitamins C and E may cause lung cancers to grow bigger and spread by stimulating the formation ... More »
It's always important to stay hydrated. After all, more than half of the human body is made of water.Drinking water keeps you from becoming thirsty and can help cool you off on a hot day. But staying hydrated provides many other health benefits, such as regula... More »
Supernova 1987A, as seen by the James Webb Space TelescopeNASA, ESA, CSA, and M. Matsuura (Cardiff University)/A. Pagan (STScI) One of the universe’s most iconic supernovae has been observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), revealing its structure in ... More »
WASHINGTON − Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Thursday disclosed additional travel paid for by GOP GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow, including a private jet flight last year to Texas.In an annual disclosure report made public on Thursday, Thomas noted a flig... More »
The number of Americans who say they are stretched thin has remained stubbornly high, according to several reports. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently called for continued vigilance in the fight against inflation, warning there may even be more inter... More »
A video appearing to show late Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin alive has sparked a flurry of conspiracy theories. The Russian warlord, 62, was killed alongside nine others after his private jet caught fire and fell 28,000 feet to the ground last week (August 23)... More »