How Europe’s migration policy and arms empowered Sudan’s warlords | Opinions
Sudan was teetering on the edge of crisis long before open war erupted in April 2023. Decades of…
The Left’s Climate Dreams Hit Energy Reality
The politically-driven effort to force a transition from traditional power to wind, solar and battery has produced an…
Humanoid Robots Have a Long Way to Go
Humanoid robots are back. Videos of robots folding laundry or brewing espresso have flooded social-media feeds, while investors…
The First Large-Scale Cyberattack by AI
A state-backed threat group, likely Chinese, crossed a threshold in September that cybersecurity experts have warned about for…
COP30 cannot meet the 1.5C goal while military emissions stay uncounted | Environment
Militaries are major global polluters, yet they remain exempt from climate reporting, creating a blind spot that threatens…
What Comes After the FDA’s Drug Monopoly?
The FDA’s monopoly over drug and device approval—created by the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and expanded…
Gen Z are demanding schools and hospitals, not superyachts and helicopters | Poverty and Development
A wave of youth-led “Gen Z” protests is sweeping the world. A recurring slogan during the recent protests…
Quebec’s disastrous forest reform bill was killed, but the threat remains | Environment
Last month, the right-leaning populist government of Canada’s French-speaking province of Quebec finally scrapped a controversial forestry bill.…
Clean air is the new frontier of global cooperation | Environment
As the Group of 20 leaders gather in Cape Town, clean air features on the agenda as a…
Elon, me and 20 million views: A conversation with Grok | Race Issues
“Didn’t know you were famous,” the rapper Juliani, an old friend and musical collaborator, texted me from his…
The terrifying spectre of an internet shutdown in Afghanistan | Opinions
When I was a child, Afghans had to travel to Pakistan whenever they needed to make a phone…
Treaty failure is not the end of the fight against plastic pollution | Environment
As global plastic treaty talks end in failure, with no agreement, all is not lost in the global…