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.
Pope Leo Warns of AI’s Risks to Humanity
6 minute read. Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, names AI a defining moral challenge of our time. Three Australian Catholic University scholars explain.
Yes, Democracies Are Controlled by the Superrich
6 minute read. Why hasn't two centuries of free voting curbed inequality? Jeffrey Winters, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University, says the answer lies in a blind spot: democracy was built to serve oligarchs all along.
Richard Feynman was Wrong about Truth and Beauty in Science
5 minute read. Did Feynman get beauty and truth wrong? Massimo Pigliucci, K.D. Irani Professor of Philosophy at City College of New York, says yes — and explains why it matters.
Probiotic Supplements: Should You Take Them?
Do probiotics actually work? Berenice Langdon, Senior Lecturer at St. George's, University of London, weighs the evidence behind a booming supplement industry.