The top 0.1 percent hold $1 of every $6 in US private wealth, much of it never taxed because they borrow against assets instead of selling. UC Berkeley’s Brian Galle, writing for the progressive Roosevelt Institute, proposes charging interest on deferred tax at the asset’s own rate of return — so holding forever no longer shrinks the bill.
Northwestern’s cerebellum-inspired memtransistor stays idle through normal beats and fires only at the unexpected, hitting 98 percent accuracy where standard AI was still at 70–80. The catch: only the devices were built — the surrounding network was simulated.
A Nature Human Behaviour study of 31 million American workers finds party sorting at work now rivals sorting by gender. Whether it’s workers choosing, employers screening, or minorities leaving, the data can’t say — all four look the same.
A landmark National Academies report finds synthetic cells pose no wholly new risks, but calls for coordinated, adaptive federal governance of these life-blurring biotechnologies.
A Hudson Institute report says America should treat rival kleptocracies as strategic targets, exposing corruption to weaken regimes from China to Venezuela.
Brain condition challenges David Hume’s claim that abstract thought depends on mental images, forcing philosophers to reconsider how minds handle ideas like justice and geometry.
People testing AI chatbots trained on the dead preferred emotional “reincarnation” over accuracy, while warning the technology could deepen grief.
Graduate school is America’s main pipeline for recruiting foreign scientists, but that door is narrowing. A Peterson Institute brief warns the economic cost could reach $481 billion a year.
Sixty years of income data complicate the usual generational story. The bigger shift came when the two-earner household stopped delivering the same boost.
California’s FAIR Plan now covers many low-risk homes, as a Stanford study warns wildfire losses, not just premiums, drive the insurance crisis.
Ancient farming landscapes show that food production and conservation do not have to be enemies. A new study finds their survival depends on culture, markets, pride and local knowledge.
A new psychology scale measures the belief that truth is personal and felt. Researchers say it may help explain why some people distrust science.