In the wake of the fragile ceasefire, thousands of Gazans have trekked home to find ruin. This highlights an unavoidable question: After all the destruction, where can Gazans live? The 20-point proposal to end to the war in Gaza brokered by the White House put it succinctly: “No one will be forced to leave Gaza,… Continue reading Rebuilding Gaza—from Camps to Communities
Weird ‘Time Crystals’ Are Made Visible at Last
September 16, 2025 3 min read Weird ‘Time Crystals’ Are Made Visible at Last Time crystals, a state of matter once thought physically impossible, could soon be on a banknote By Elizabeth Gibney & Nature magazine A time crystal as seen under a microscope. A time crystal is a form of matter that shows continuous,… Continue reading Weird ‘Time Crystals’ Are Made Visible at Last
AI Is Making Jobs, not Taking Them
The future of AI, depending on whom you ask, is everything and anything. It is the key to never-ending economic growth. It is the cause of catastrophic unemployment. It is the driver of lifesaving medical advances. It is the source of grave risks to national security. The truth is that no one knows the full… Continue reading AI Is Making Jobs, not Taking Them
The Ozone Hole Is Steadily Shrinking because of Global Efforts
September 16, 2025 3 min read The Ozone Hole Is Steadily Shrinking because of Global Efforts After nearly 40 years of global efforts, the ozone hole over Antarctica is continuing to heal By Meghan Bartels edited by Andrea Thompson A 3D rendering of the ozone hole evolution in 2025. Forty years after global policymakers began… Continue reading The Ozone Hole Is Steadily Shrinking because of Global Efforts
An Anatomy of Industrial Involution in China
Spare a thought for Chinese Communist party cadres. In September 2023, at Xi Jinping’s behest, they plunged headlong into building “new quality productive forces.” Barely two years on, the supreme leader scolded them for overzealous investment in those emerging tech sectors and ordered an all-out campaign against “involution.” As if that is not confusing enough,… Continue reading An Anatomy of Industrial Involution in China
The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View
“They don’t look bad,” Strauss said of the resulting equations. “But just take a look at a lake with a little wind on it. You get all these complicated forms, like whitecaps and rolling waves, some parallel to each other, some not.” Each of these varied forms, when understood as a solution to Euler’s equations,… Continue reading The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves Crashes Into View
Eliminating Barriers to Credit for Prior Learning
This commentary was originally published by Inside Higher Ed on October 23, 2025. Many individuals enter college with military training, industry credentials, and/or other noncredit training. To recognize the knowledge and skills from these previous experiences, many colleges offer college credit for prior learning. Credit for prior learning (CPL) saves students time and money on… Continue reading Eliminating Barriers to Credit for Prior Learning
How the Brain Moves From Waking Life to Sleep (and Back Again)
In 2021, a group of researchers at the Paris Brain Institute, including Andrillon, discovered that these self-experimenters had gotten it right. Waking up from this earliest sleep stage, known as N1, seemed to put people in a “creative sweet spot.” People who woke up after spending around 15 seconds in the hypnagogic state were nearly… Continue reading How the Brain Moves From Waking Life to Sleep (and Back Again)
Spirit Communication
Podcast: Download MYS388: For thousands of years, people have sought to communicate with spirits in basically every culture and religion. But is all spirit communication forbidden to Christians? Jimmy Akin gets to the truth of the matter on what the Bible says, what different Christians have held, and what the Church says today. Get all… Continue reading Spirit Communication
Collaborating Toward a Shipbuilding Renaissance
America is a maritime nation, and its security and prosperity are inexorably linked to the sea. Yet the United States has let its ability to design, build, and sustain the fleet of ships that are the backbone of this prosperity atrophy. A maritime nation that cannot build ships cannot long thrive. At the same time,… Continue reading Collaborating Toward a Shipbuilding Renaissance