When everything feels uncertain, expecting the worst can start to feel like the safest strategy. There are practical ways we ...

After recently writing about Singularity in this column, I felt it was time to address the elephant in the room – the difference between Artificial Intelligence and Human Consciousness in the Age of ...

Aristotle, a pivotal figure in history, profoundly influenced philosophy, science, and politics for centuries. Born in Stagira, he studied under Plato in Athens, later establishing his own school, the ...

Our borders are a test lab for technology and surveillance policies, but how far are we willing to let the government use ...

UW–Madison honors 13 faculty with 2026 Distinguished Teaching Awards recognizing excellence, innovation, inclusion and ...

I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as an undergraduate in Argentina. The lecturer asked a simple question: where does language come from? My instinctive answer was: books.

In traditional corporate finance, valuation rests on measurable foundations: revenues, profits, cash flows, and assets. Startups, particularly in emerging technologies, operate differently. Many have ...

The transition from mythology to rational, scientific thought in Ancient Greece set the foundation for Western civilization.

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in sport has not only transformed workflows; it has triggered an emotional response. Excitement, curiosity, scepticism and fear coexist in equal measure.

A decade later, she spoke to me about her grief in metaphors, as something ongoing rather than completed, a process that had shifted shape over time but had not ended. Ella’s experience is not unusual ...

There are so many low-quality, kitsch-militarist, cringe aspects to the past several weeks’ bumble toward an AI-enabled, nuclear-curious World War III — or at least some vast, multi-theater, ...

Correctional staff are routinely exposed to high-stress environments, with inmate self-harm emerging as one of the most emotionally corrosive and ethically complex dimensions of prison life. While ...