You’re reading Fault Lines, Jay Caspian Kang’s weekly column on politics and the media. If you never have to explain yourself, you can’t really ever be wrong. In recent decades, few things have been ...

Organizations of all sizes in all industries face a monumental project of migrating to post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to address the risk of adversaries using quantum computing to intercept sensitive ...

If you identify as a serial over-explainer, there are two things you should know: first, that you’re not alone. An over-explaining habit is one of the most common protective strategies people use ...

Running with wet feet, in wet socks, in wet shoes is the perfect recipe for blisters. It’s also a fast track to low morale. Nothing dampens spirits quicker than soaked socks. On ultra runs, I always ...

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...

When Ben Rosenfeld started working as a residential assistant at a Stanford University dorm, he encountered 77 freshmen possessed by an “all-consuming” force. His new gig coincided with the release of ...

A recent attempt to catalog all theories of consciousness identified 350 distinct approaches (Kuhn, 2024). A recent contest for the best essay in consciousness studies produced 3,000 diverse ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military would have committed a crime if it killed the survivors of an attack on an alleged drug boat, legal experts say. Media coalition seeks to unseal records in ...

Cindie*, a 25-year-old English teacher who requested anonymity, told The Sunday Standard that she was targeted in 2025 by a man who had expressed romantic interest in her, an interest she did not ...

Jay Soneff has spent his career navigating real estate cycles — booms that feel unstoppable and downturns that expose who’s built to last. A third-generation Denver native and longtime commercial real ...

Army soldiers Tyler Butterworth and John Howell use social media to help boost military enlistments. Traditional recruiting methods are less effective as young people spend more time online. Humor and ...

Muse Treatment Alcohol & Drug Rehab Los Angeles has published a new educational resource that explains how opioid receptors function in the brain and why they play a central role in pain relief, ...