Science and Health

Alex Karp seated before an image of his model of a visionary tech thinker during last year's Hill & Valley Forum at the US Capitol's Visitor Center.

Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future Palantir’s Manifesto Promises a Dystopian Future

The tech company’s CEO Alex Karp delivers a self-serving broadside that’s steeped in oligarchic hubris and authoritarian nihilism

Apr 23, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers

What Happens When ‘Your Honor’ Is a Robot?

What Happens When ‘Your Honor’ Is a Robot? What Happens When ‘Your Honor’ Is a Robot?

As AI seeps ever deeper into our judicial system, boosters insist it will bring fairness and efficiency. The way AI is being developed suggests otherwise.

Apr 22, 2026 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Donald Trump attends UFC 327 at Kaseya Center on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida

We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification We Need to Prepare for the Mammoth Task of De-Trumpification

The damage he and his cronies have wrought could take decades to repair, particularly when it comes to science and public health.

Apr 20, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Climate Deniers’ Ball

Climate Deniers’ Ball Climate Deniers’ Ball

Are YOU the doctor?

Apr 17, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir

His tech company aids ICE, and killings in Gaza and Iran.

Apr 17, 2026 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Cholera infected patients receive treatment in the cholera isolation centre at the refugee camps of western Sudan, in Tawila city in Darfur.

At 3 Years of War, North Darfur Is an Open Graveyard At 3 Years of War, North Darfur Is an Open Graveyard

As Rapid Support Forces cut off the flow of resources to western Sudan, hunger, cholera, and violence abound.

Apr 15, 2026 / StudentNation / Jaanu Ramesh

Peter Thiel

How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers How Silicon Valley Is Turning Scientists Into Exploited Gig Workers

Tech elites are enriching themselves by plundering STEM institutions—and offering researchers scraps.

Apr 14, 2026 / Hirsh Chitkara

The Death of an AI Whistleblower

The Death of an AI Whistleblower The Death of an AI Whistleblower

Suchir Balaji sought to expose OpenAI’s data abuses. Did it come at the expense of his own life?

Apr 13, 2026 / Feature / Jacob Silverman

A state ambulance leaves the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.

The Deadly Labyrinth of Nigerian Healthcare The Deadly Labyrinth of Nigerian Healthcare

My mother miraculously survived a series of health scares—but she barely survived our country’s hospitals.

Apr 11, 2026 / Gazelle Mba

HIV educators in South Africa in 2002.

Public Health Needs to Get Off the Laptop and Into the Streets Public Health Needs to Get Off the Laptop and Into the Streets

Too often, we reduce our outreach to distant communication. We have to embed ourselves in communities to make a real difference.

Apr 9, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

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