Since 1875, only one in five assassination attempts on national leaders has succeeded. Of those that did, almost none achieved the assassin's stated goals. The historical pattern is remarkably consistent.
History Revisionist DebatesAngela Lipps spent 163 days in jail after Fargo police used facial recognition to connect her to a bank fraud she could not have committed. She was 1,200 miles away.
Digital Privacy True CrimeHalf of men lose their hair by 50. The explanation involves a potent hormone, a gene on the X chromosome, and a biological paradox no one has fully solved.
Explainers Science & MedicineDecades of political psychology research reveal why democratic voters keep electing the leaders most likely to dismantle democracy, and economic anxiety is not the main driver.
Explainers Psychology & BehaviorFive narrow waterways carry the bulk of global trade. When they fail, the detours are measured in weeks and the costs in billions. Here is how the system actually works.
Explainers Geopolitics & ConflictBelarus freed 250 political prisoners in exchange for U.S. potash sanctions relief. The Iran war's fertilizer crisis made the deal possible. More than 850 prisoners remain.
Geopolitics & Conflict News & AnalysisSevere clear-air turbulence over the North Atlantic has increased 55% since 1979, and the physics says it will keep climbing. The mechanism, the evidence, and what it means for every flight.
Explainers Health & ScienceAutocorrect killed spelling. GPS killed navigation. AI intent prediction is coming for the ability to think clearly, and the trade is not as harmless as it looks.
Artificial Intelligence OpinionOil is the commodity central bankers lose sleep over and most people encounter only as a number on a gas station sign. How benchmarks, futures, and OPEC actually determine the price of everything.
Explainers Geopolitics & ConflictTrofim Lysenko promised Stalin that ideology could replace genetics. The Soviet Union believed him for 17 years, destroyed 3,000 scientists, and exported the consequences to China.
History Modern EraSaaS pricing is up 8.7% year over year, features keep bloating, and cancellation is an obstacle course. The subscription model was a genuine innovation. What it became is a mechanism for turning customer dependency into revenue growth.
Opinion Tech & SocietyAI coding tools have made it trivially easy to build software nobody asked for. The code is insecure, the developers are slower than they think, and the open-source ecosystem is being buried in noise.
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