Where Has Construction Automation Been Successful?
by Brian Potter
If a machine can pave a highway, why does it struggle to lay a single brick?
0:00 / 19:47 · Narrator Charon
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2026-09-12
Today's Crosscut
Fear and Security
Whether it ends with a basement full of freeze-dried food or a billion-dollar border agency, the urge to build a fortress against disaster always starts by assuming the worst about other people.
How 9/11 Supercharged Immigration Enforcement × How Do I Avoid Becoming a Doomsday Prepper?
0:00 / 20:11 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
For the curious →
Is It Wrong to Send Your Kid to Private School?
by Sigal Samuel
Does doing right by the neighborhood mean doing wrong by your child?
0:00 / 13:32 · Narrator Sulafat
A 4,000‑yr‑old Rock Painting in Indonesia Offers Clues to One of Humanity’s Greatest Migrations
by Ceri Shipton, Shimona Kealy, and Sue O'Connor
Could a painted sunburst explain what drove ancient explorers across thousands of miles of ocean?
0:00 / 6:56 · Narrator Algieba
The Curse of Too Much Evidence
by Kaitlyn Tiffany
What happens when a search for answers gets buried under the evidence itself?
0:00 / 19:37 · Narrator Gacrux
Smart escape →
How Did the Nation Get Its Name? Other Suggestions Included the United Colonies, Columbia and the United States of Alleghania
If the founders didn't think they were creating a nation, what exactly were they naming?
0:00 / 12:38 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Kiss the Ring: Richard Wagner’s Opera Festival in the Age of AI
by Krithika Varagur
What happens when a 150-year-old opera festival hands its stage over to artificial intelligence?
0:00 / 20:00 · Narrator Vindemiatrix