Sunday, October 4, 2026
ArchiveICE Is Everywhere and Acting with Impunity
Nearly 51,000 arrests in August alone, with agents working hospital corridors and school gates. Blitzer reports the specific incidents the aggregate number hides.
I Quit OpenAI Because Its Culture Is Broken
David Robinson ran safety work inside the lab and left convinced the failures will keep coming. His complaint isn't about one company's bad week — it's about how the whole field is built.
Elusive ‘Geoneutrinos’ Are Building a New Map of Earth’s Volatile Interior
Two kilometres underground, a tank of liquid waits for particles bleeding out of Earth's radioactive heart. The closest thing we've built to an X-ray of the planet.
The Uzbekistan-shaped hole in an influential climate cost paper
An influential projection of what warming will cost the world economy leaned on a quirk buried in one country's data. A patient, satisfying demolition of a number everybody cited.
Was There Really a Female King in Ancient Egypt 5,000 Years Ago?
A ruler buried 5,000 years ago, long filed as male, may not have been. New digital imaging of the inscriptions has archaeologists re-litigating a very old argument.