Should We "pace" AI Self-improvement?
by Tim Fist
If a machine can build a smarter version of itself, how do you slow it down?
0:00 / 25:53 · Narrator Charon
Daily edition
2026-08-11
Today's Crosscut
Managing Childhood Emotions
How can a child learn the quiet habit of managing frustration when their favorite video games are engineered like slot machines to intentionally overwhelm a developing brain?
Why Kids Can’t Quit Roblox × What is Emotional Regulation? A Child Psychologist Explains
0:00 / 28:15 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Behind the news →
A Dark Dimension Could Link Two of the Universe’s Great Unknowns
by Steve Nadis
Could the invisible matter holding galaxies together be tied to the energy pushing the universe apart?
0:00 / 11:31 · Narrator Algieba
For the curious →
The Great Silence: Why Haven’t We Found Any Aliens Yet?
by Adam Kirsch
If an alien civilisation were truly advanced, would it still care about building rocket ships?
0:00 / 31:54 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Every Novel is Boring—Until It Isn’t
by Imani Radney
What exactly happens in the moment a boring novel becomes impossible to put down?
0:00 / 9:18 · Narrator Sulafat
Small delights →
Would You Eat This Cretaceous Turducken?
by Sabrina Imbler
How does an entire prehistoric food chain end up swallowed whole and turned to stone?
0:00 / 6:23 · Narrator Gacrux