Last week, Carlos Lozada of the Washington Post published a widely shared and fundamentally snarky item headlined “How to write a Thomas Piketty think piece, in 10 easy steps.” Some of the pieces ...

In 2013, during a core decision-making meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping used the term “think tank” for the first time as he laid out a case in which such intellectual groups would help advance a ...

Google is upgrading its most capable Gemini AI models. On Tuesday at Google I/O 2025, the company announced Deep Think, an “enhanced” reasoning mode for its flagship Gemini 2.5 Pro model. Deep Think ...

Over the course of teaching for more than 15 years, I have experienced many embarrassing moments. One occurred last year when I failed to switch off my lapel mic during a bathroom break for a class.

With so many ways to have instant access to another person, it's so important for each of us to think before we immediately react by thinking through the various possible intended and unintended ...

How aware are plants? This is the central question behind a fascinating new book, “What a Plant Knows,” by Daniel Chamovitz, director of the Manna Center for Plant Biosciences at Tel Aviv University.

The students participating in the annual International Math Olympiad (IMO) represent some of the most talented young computational minds in the world. This year, they faced down a newly enhanced array ...