Staying Safe from Wildfires, Smoke and Heat
6 minute read. With wildfire smoke and extreme heat impacting Canada, the U.S. and Europe, Farhan M. Asrar, MD (Toronto Metropolitan University), shares who's most at risk and how to reduce exposure.
Fascism’s Liberal Parents? (Review)
6 minute read. Is fascism liberalism's own child? Political scientist Gábor Szabó reviews Žižek.
When One Brain Becomes Two (Split Brains and Consciousness)
20 minute read. Drawing on decades of research, neuroscientist Christof Koch—longtime Caltech professor and Chief Scientist at the Allen Institute for Brain Science—examines what split-brain patients teach us about the divided mind.
Alan Greenspan, 1926-2026: How Will History Judge Him?
7 minute read. UC Berkeley economist Barry Eichengreen reflects on the death of Alan Greenspan at 100, and the mixed legacy of a Fed chair whose tenure vindicated much of what he opposed.
Is Iran Shaping a New World Order?
5 minute read. Leiden University's Andrew Gawthorpe on Iran's bid to build a new regional order, and why Israel and the US may be unable to stop it.
The Pope’s AI Warnings Are Historic, but Insufficient
6 minute read. Nobel Prize–winning economist Daron Acemoglu of MIT says Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical is historic—but stops short of the real question: what should we be designing AI to do?
Pope Leo Declares War On AI
You don't need to be Catholic to applaud Pope Leo's war on AI. iDose Magazine Editor-in-Chief Aly Kamadia comments on the Pope's historic call to action.
Trump’s Gift to Beijing
5 minute read. Former German foreign minister and vice chancellor Joschka Fischer: Trump's Beijing visit revealed a hegemon in retreat—and a Europe sinking even faster.