A chatbot won’t fix your family drama, but it might help you hear what someone’s really trying to say Sign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course, here Last autumn, I was pacing my ...

Unruly Republic: Columnist Barton Swaim argues that Democrats' response to President Trump's attack on Iran is motivated by the Iraq war, appeasing the progressive left, but ultimately brings us back ...

The key to working at a place like Ars Technica is solid news judgment. I’m talking about the kind of news judgment that knows whether a pet peeve is merely a pet peeve or whether it is, instead, a ...

President Donald Trump has spent a lifetime talking himself out of tough spots. But in the war with Iran, his trusty technique of sowing confusion to postpone reckonings is beginning to fail. Ten days ...

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert couldn’t quite seem to pull together the words to define inflation. Political commentator Piers Morgan put Boebert to the test this week on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” ...

This Pew Research Center analysis focuses on how Black Americans define and experience family – that is, who is included in their family networks and how they provide support to one another. Pew ...

If you are leasing a car, what’s the point of paying thousands of dollars due at lease signing? My contract says tax, title, fees and licensing — but then wouldn’t I have to pay that again at the end ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

In case you've faced some hurdles solving the clue, Can you explain this whole deal to me?, we've got the answer for you. Crossword puzzles offer a fantastic opportunity to engage your mind, enjoy ...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) renewed her criticism of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on Tuesday as the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether states can enforce sex-based rules in school sports. In ...

Stock prices and corporate earnings move closely together over long horizons, a relationship confirmed by more than a century of data compiled by Robert Shiller. Correlations fluctuate meaningfully ...

Right now, the debate about consciousness often feels frozen between two entrenched positions. On one side sits computational functionalism, which treats cognition as something you can fully explain ...