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‘Change is happening, it’s just painfully slow’

“Climate is our biggest war” says Ana Toni, chief executive of COP30. Hopes are high. Expectations are low.

Solutions to Population Growth Weaken Catholic Church Authority

That the Vatican views the solutions to the population problem as threats to its authority, and thus its political power, is well supported.

What Desperate Regimes Do Before They Fall

Trump is already telling us he’s going to try to steal the 2026 election, and the fact that he’s saying it now, months in advance,…

Is space tourism travelling faster than space law?

Virgin Galactic has signed up more than 200 prospective space tourists out of a potential pool of 30,000.

Pulling back the curtain on Opus Dei

It didn't take long for me to realise that Opus Dei’s public façade - that it was completely transparent and had nothing to hide -…

Scientists have designed a functioning virus from scratch using AI – what you need to know

The result is an important step for a field sometimes called generative biology, in which AI is used to design new biological molecules.

Will humans gradually become part of Superintelligence?

If we do nothing, our species may simply become extinct within this, or the next century, as the consequence of a dozen existential risks.

Lust for life: breaking the 120-year barrier in human ageing

If we are going to live substantially longer, we need to engineer our way out of the current 120-year-barrier.

Trump: when will the GOP Senate allow 67 ousting votes?

Both parties failed to take Trump out of office after he instigated a coup attempt on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

My New Resolution

Salye was distraught over the condition of democracy in the USA. She made me realize that I need to be more active politically.

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