How AI Could Influence Our Understanding of Mathematics: a Computer Scientist-novelist’s Reflections
by Anil Menon
If a machine takes over the proofs, is the mathematician finally free to play?
0:00 / 10:50 · Narrator Charon
Daily edition
2026-09-20
Today's Crosscut
Abandoned Overseas Workers
From Caribbean ports in the 1950s to modern Gulf construction sites, nations gladly export their citizens for profit, then abandon them the second a war starts or they ask to come home.
Asia’s Migrant Workers Need Protection From Gulf Wars × Why India Resisted the Caribbean Diaspora’s Attempts to Return Home
0:00 / 19:54 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
The New Majority Makers
by David Dayen
If a district is evenly split, does a candidate actually have to run as a moderate?
0:00 / 40:47 · Narrator Algieba
Behind the news →
The Pediatricians Who Take in Vaccine-skeptical Parents Others Won’t
by Eric Boodman
If a parent refuses to vaccinate their child, what happens when the doctor refuses to turn them away?
0:00 / 21:10 · Narrator Vindemiatrix
For the curious →
Can Elite Rule Be Reconciled with Democracy?
by Matt McManus
If a small group of people always ends up in charge, is it still a democracy?
0:00 / 15:35 · Narrator Rasalgethi
Professional Gaming is Brutal on the Body – Inside the Growing Field of Treating Esports Injuries
by Erica D. Henn, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Science, Temple University
Why do the injuries of professional gamers look so much like those of concert pianists?
0:00 / 7:21 · Narrator Sulafat
Smart escape →
The Last Thing Teenagers Will Let You Teach Them
by Liz Krieger
Why does a teenager only ask for help when they finally get in the driver's seat?
0:00 / 7:39 · Narrator Gacrux