AI and the Risk to Democracy
by Mercy A. Kuo
Can a machine ever be safe if the government controlling it answers to no one?
0:00 / 9:49 · Narrator Rasalgethi
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2026-10-12
Today's Crosscut
Seeing the Invisible Universe
From South African radio dishes to sensors buried deep in Antarctic ice, astronomers are using the most extreme places on Earth to catch faint signals from unreachable worlds.
Researchers May Have Directly Glimpsed an Exoplanet’s Magnetic Field for the First Time, Building Hope of Peering Deeper Into Faraway Worlds × Physics Nobel Highlights Antarctica’s Role in Exploring the Cosmos
0:00 / 19:05 · Narrator Sulafat/Charon/Vindemiatrix
Future-gazing →
For the curious →
Is Everything Conscious?
by Sam Kimpton-Nye
If a collection of atoms cannot create a mind, does that mean the atoms themselves are conscious?
0:00 / 32:19 · Narrator Sulafat
Smart escape →
The Good-Hang Economy
by Dan Brooks
If the future of comedy is just hanging out, what happens to the punchline?
0:00 / 17:17 · Narrator Charon
Alan Dershowitz Won’t Forget What Larry David Did to Him
by Mark Leibovich
What keeps a man returning to a porch where his old friends refuse to speak to him?
0:00 / 24:32 · Narrator Algieba