India wants to increase nuclear power capacity from 8.78 GW to 100 GW by 2047. Here’s how...
Deep Dives
Geoffrey Hinton helped create modern AI. Now the ‘Godfather of AI’ carries Einstein’s fears
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Geoffrey Hinton helped lay the foundations of modern AI. Like Einstein after the atomic age, he now...
The 2,500-year history of the word Hindu, from Sindhu and Hiduš to India, al-Hind and modern Hinduism.
Let’s start with a word you’ve probably not heard yet, but will soon. FOBO. Fear of being...
Despite peace efforts, the two countries resist to cease their conflict. Why? TFP tries to explain.
The Pope, the press, and the AI: What Gutenberg’s machine tells us about Leo XIV’s war on new tech
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Five hundred and seventy years ago, a new technology arrived that the Church first welcomed, then feared,...
Aquatic Ape Theory explained: did our ancestors evolve near water? The science, the controversy, and what it...
Beyond biology: how the names we give pandemics — from 'Spanish flu' to HIV — shape blame,...
The class of Giorgia Meloni: Why the world needs more women leaders who exude flamboyance
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From the Colosseum at night to the Elysée's awkward embrace, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is writing...
Your wrists remember a past you never lived — when our ancestors walked on their knuckles
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A sweeping new study of primate bones asks one of evolution's oldest questions: before we stood up,...
