Are You a Platonist or an Aristotelian?
Your answer may determine how happy you can be.
Ideas
Ratpocalypse Now
Those rat-proof bins? Not rat-proof after all.
Why People Itch, and How to Stop It
Scientists are discovering lots of little itch switches.
ChatGPT Doesn’t Have to Ruin College
The power of a robust honor code—and abundant institutional resources
This Influencer Says You Can’t Parent Too Gently
Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta wants parents to avoid punishing their kids and focus on “loving connection” instead. Do her methods work—or do they turn kids into little tyrants?
The Perverse Consequences of Tuition-Free Medical School
The latest philanthropic trend, no matter how well intended, might be making health-care inequality worse.
The Invasion That Wasn’t
Conspiracy theories in small-town Alabama
The Case Against Pessimism
The West has to believe that democracy will prevail.
Why the Oil Market Is Not Shocked
Conflict in the Middle East always used to mean a spike in gas prices. So what’s changed?
What Elon Musk Really Wants
The Tesla and X mogul has long dreamed of redesigning the world in his own extreme image. Trump may be his Trojan horse.