Australia’s Strategic Ambiguity is Running Out of Road
by Marina Yue Zhang
If a country’s strongest ally and its biggest customer pull apart, how does it keep its balance?
0:00 / 5:59 · Narrator Sulafat
Daily edition
2026-07-23
Today's Crosscut
Building Physical Habits
From 18th-century street bets to Josh Kerr’s record-breaking mile, the brain uses the same shortcuts to make a grueling run second nature so it doesn't have to fight the snooze button on a cold morning.
For the First Time in 27 Years, a Man Set a New World Record for Fastest Mile. People Have Chased the Goal for Centuries × How to Become the Person You Want to Be
0:00 / 41:09 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
New Genetic Approaches Raise Hopes for Restoring the American Chestnut to Its Former Glory
by Steve Strauss, University Distinguished Professor of Forest Biotechnology, Oregon State University
Could a new way of reading DNA bring a lost forest giant back to the woods?
0:00 / 9:15 · Narrator Charon
The Best Running Shoes You Can’t Get Your Hands On
by Scott Douglas
Why is a better and cheaper running shoe so hard to find in a local shop?
0:00 / 13:59 · Narrator Rasalgethi
For the curious →
You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Supply Chains!
by Imani Radney
How much of the history of empire is still moving through the boxes on the doorstep?
0:00 / 14:43 · Narrator Gacrux
When the World Stopped Moving
by Devin A Giordano
When the cell door locks, what happens to someone who never learned to be still?
0:00 / 12:21 · Narrator Algieba
Loitering Towards War
by Anton Cebalo
How did the talk in a poet’s cafe and a radical’s coffeehouse lead a continent toward war?
0:00 / 29:25 · Narrator Vindemiatrix