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Future of WorkAI anxiety is so widespread that veteran Microsoft researchers are having panic attacks because they’re making themselves obsolete
By Patrick Barry and The ConversationJanuary 23, 2026
PoliticsFormer Bush-appointed federal judge: Why the ICE memo allowing officers into your home without a warrant is unconstitutional
By John E. Jones, III and The ConversationJanuary 23, 2026
CybersecurityAmerica hacked Venezuela’s grid to literally turn off the lights on Jan. 3. It could happen here, too
By Saman Zonouz and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
Personal FinanceSweden abolished its wealth tax 20 years ago. Then it became a ‘paradise for the super-rich’
By Miranda Sheild Johansson and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
AI‘Visual elevator music’: Why generative AI, trained on centuries of human genius, produces intellectual Muzak
By Ahmed Elgammal and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
By Steven Lamy and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
SuccessValentino, one of the first Italian designers to succeed in France, defined the iconic female with bold reds and silhouettes—sometimes problematically
By Jye Marshall and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
Arts & EntertainmentTaylor Swift’s political polarization Rorschach Test: why young women love her and young men really don’t
By Laurel Elder, Jeff Gulati, Mary-Kate Lizotte, Steven Greene and The ConversationJanuary 22, 2026
PoliticsHistory says there’s a 90% chance that Trump’s party will lose seats in the midterm elections. It also says there’s a 100% chance
By Robert A. Strong and The ConversationJanuary 20, 2026
By Dudley L. Poston, Jr. and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
North AmericaFor 15 years, a neuroscientist has studied raccoon intelligence in Central Virginia. Then a drunk one passed out in a nearby liquor store
By Kelly Lambert and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
North AmericaHow Trump became a death knell for the 85-year relationship between farmers and the federal government
By Peter Simons and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
PoliticsThe U.S. has absorbed 1 million Venezuelans over the past decade. That’s much more recent than most immigrants
By Matt Brooks, Karin Brewster and The ConversationJanuary 16, 2026
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