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Science & Health

The Second Opinion Machine: AI Quietly Reshapes Medicine

Artificial intelligence is already reading scans, drafting notes, and flagging the patient who will crash at 3 a.m. The technology is ready. The accountability is not.

July 25, 2026

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Weaving Tradition into Tomorrow: The Quiet Renaissance of Islamic Art
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Ninety Five Billion Is Not What Anybody Paid
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Two Thirds of the Passengers
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What a Foreign Involvement Law Actually Does
Science & Health

It Stops Making the Vaccine and Keeps Half the Money

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Dismissed Without Prejudice Means Exactly What It Says

The first prosecution was dismissed in November because the prosecutor was unlawfully appointed. Without prejudice, which

April 29, 2026

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A Determination Is Not a Decision

Reported as a revocation of green cards, which is not what the statute does. A secretary

April 20, 2026

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Two Departures, One Mechanism

An attorney general dismissed and an army chief asked to retire on the same day. The

April 3, 2026

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What a Foreign Involvement Law Actually Does

Uganda has passed a law restricting foreign involvement, with ten year penalties. Four technical features decide

May 11, 2026

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Everyone Says Two Parties. There Are Not Two Parties.

Every account of this calls it two parties. It has at least five, and the two

May 1, 2026

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A Ceasefire Without a Term

The ceasefire has been extended indefinitely, which sounds stronger than a fixed term and is weaker.

April 22, 2026

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The Fare Was Never the Price

You could fly Spirit for nineteen dollars, and that was the whole proposition. A low fare

May 4, 2026

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Twenty Thousand Flights Is a Frequency Decision

Twenty thousand flights sounds like a retreat from Europe. It is a frequency decision, and the

April 24, 2026

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A Surcharge Is a Price, Not a Pass Through

The 157 percent figure is an increase in the surcharge, not a surcharge worth 157 percent

April 8, 2026

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They Sold the Shoes and Kept the Ticker

Allbirds did not add AI to a shoe company. It sold the shoe company. What is

April 17, 2026

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There Is a Legal Power for This. It Was Not Used.

Planet Labs has gone dark over Iran at the American government request. A legal power exists

April 6, 2026

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The Court Struck Down a Ban That Had Already Ended

Albania repealed its TikTok ban on 3 February. On 11 March the Constitutional Court ruled the

March 25, 2026

Science & Health

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It Stops Making the Vaccine and Keeps Half the Money

BioNTech is closing its vaccine plants and keeping roughly half the revenue from every dose. The

May 8, 2026

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The Trial Asked a Narrower Question Than the Headline

Approved for adults whose HIV is already controlled, on stable treatment, without prior failure or resistance.

April 27, 2026

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The Thing Being Tested Is Not Whether It Can Get There

A free return needs no engine: the path completes itself. The mission is not testing whether

March 30, 2026

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Slightly Dented, and No Permanent Damage

The helmet is slightly dented, the museum says, and there will be no permanent damage. That

April 15, 2026

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Thirteen Years From a Branch to an Award

The first new Oscar category since 2001 went to casting. The Academy cannot add an award

March 16, 2026

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Nobody Was Keeping Spanish Out. The Architecture Was.

The first Spanish language album to win Album of the Year. The obstacle was never a

February 2, 2026

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The Same Empty Motorway, for a Completely Different Reason

Malaysia has sent its civil service home to save fuel. The mechanism is the one we

April 13, 2026

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The Hour That Does Not Exist

An hour was taken out of the year at two on Sunday morning. It is a

March 11, 2026

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The Thing Was Not Deleted. It Was Put Somewhere You Cannot Reach.

OpenAI retired the model on Friday, for the second time. The thing people are grieving and

February 16, 2026

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The Barrier Was Never the Training

Women have trained thoroughbreds at the highest level for fifty years. What almost none of them

May 6, 2026

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Five Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty Eight Days

Fourteen seasons, never finishing higher than nineteenth, in a league where half the teams qualify. That

April 10, 2026

Close photograph of an old painted steel turnstile at a stadium entrance, shot from the side in low evening light. The paint is chipped to bare metal at the height where thousands of hands and hips have passed, and the arms are at rest.

Two Ways to Miss a World Cup, and Only One of Them Sets a Precedent

Russia was expelled in 2022 and Iran has withdrawn in 2026. The same absence from the

March 20, 2026

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