How Terry Tao Became an Evangelist for AI in Math
by Kevin Hartnett
What happens to the solitary act of discovery when a computer allows a thousand people to work together?
0:00 / 29:45 · Narrator Gacrux
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2026-06-22
Today's Crosscut
World Cup Narratives
If supercomputers run a hundred thousand simulations to pick a winner, what happens when a striker from a tiny nation scores a perfect, impossible goal that numbers can't explain?
We Ran 100,000 Computer Simulations of the World Cup. And the Winner Will Be … × Eloy Room Saved a Place for Himself and Curacao in World Cup History
0:00 / 13:04 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Inside Ukraine’s Battlefield Innovation Loop
by Viktoriia Honcharuk
Can a traditional defense industry learn to move at the speed of a soldier’s Signal message?
0:00 / 14:31 · Narrator Sulafat
China is Training a Robot Future — One Folded Shirt at a Time
by Viola Zhou
If a robot is to learn how to live, should it start with a lesson in folding laundry?
0:00 / 5:32 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Behind the news →
The Chipped Cup, the Service Lift and Other Things I Had Forgotten About India
by Rahul Fernandes
How does a decade away make the quiet rules of a home feel suddenly jarring?
0:00 / 6:22 · Narrator Charon
Smart escape →
The City That Rewired My Brain
by Henrick Karoliszyn
How does the unresolved rhythm of a city teach a person to live with uncertainty?
0:00 / 12:04 · Narrator Algieba