You Can Know Too Much About Your Genes
by Elizabeth Bruenig
How do you live with a genetic warning that might not mean anything at all?
0:00 / 12:38 · Narrator Gacrux
Daily edition
2026-09-09
Today's Crosscut
Us Deterrence in Asia
When American forces get tied down in the Middle East, the resulting drain on weapons pushes politicians in Taiwan to consider surrendering to Beijing before a war even starts.
US Allies in Asia Are Paying for the Iran Stalemate × Will Taiwan Just Give Up?
0:00 / 53:08 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
Behind the news →
AI Has Solved One of Math’s $1 Million Millennium Prize Problems
by Konstantin Kakaes
If ten thousand machines finish a math problem that humans started, whose discovery is it?
0:00 / 12:27 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
For the curious →
God Help Us, Let’s Try to Learn About Mechanistic Interpretability Techniques
by Scott Alexander
If a machine is just a giant list of numbers, why is its mind so hard to read?
0:00 / 29:57 · Narrator Charon
Our Eloquent Hands
by Alison Bashford
When doctors check the lines on a newborn's palm, what are they actually reading?
0:00 / 20:51 · Narrator Sulafat
Small delights →
Instructions for Watching My Girlfriend While I’m Out of Town
by Blythe Roberson
If you wrote care instructions for a grown adult, would they read like a pet-sitting guide?
0:00 / 5:11 · Narrator Algieba