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The world's foremost oil historian explains why a smaller power just reshaped global energy. Yergin's framework for Hormuz is the smartest thing you'll hear on the crisis.

There are two continent-sized mystery blobs sitting near Earth's core. Nobody knows what they are. They might be older than the Moon.

Everyone copies Australia's offshore detention policy. Turns out that's not what actually stopped the boats. The real answer is weirder and more instructive.

Pancreatic cancer's five-year survival rate is 13%. Among patients who responded to this mRNA vaccine, 90% were alive six years later. Read that again.

China controls 99% of the world's gallium. The US has zero stockpile. It's the silicon story all over again, except this time we already know how it ends.