The Future of Medicine is Video Games
by Dylan Scott
When does a video game become a substitute for general anesthesia?
0:00 / 10:48 · Narrator Charon
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2026-08-24
Today's Crosscut
Outlasting American Pressure
By trading weapons to Russia and threatening global oil ships, North Korea and Iran survived decades of American pressure to back Washington into a corner with no good options left.
Why Trump Can’t Rekindle the Spark with Kim Jong Un × Iran Unleashed
0:00 / 32:11 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Big Tech’s War on Human Achievement
by Gregory Conti
If a machine can master a craft in seconds, what happens to a life's work?
0:00 / 16:09 · Narrator Algieba
Managed Instability: Why the Wars Against Iran and Ukraine Can Go on and on and On…
by Alex Kolbin
How do you end a war when the fighting itself has become too useful to give up?
0:00 / 24:23 · Narrator Rasalgethi
For the curious →
The Upper Limits of Biology
by Works in Progress
After 4,000 years of breeding horses for speed, what happens when they simply can't get any faster?
0:00 / 26:41 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
Radio Telescopes Help Scientists Map Molecules in Space and Uncover Where and How Stars Form
by Olivia Harper Wilkins, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dickinson College
How do you map the chemistry of a star that hasn't even been born yet?
0:00 / 9:25 · Narrator Sulafat
Smart escape →
Cats Were Domesticated Thousands of Years Ago. Are They Finally Getting Tamer?
by Grace Carroll, The Conversation
Are cats actually getting tamer, or did people just start treating them like family?
0:00 / 6:25 · Narrator Gacrux