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Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy

Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy By Doug Jacobson, Iowa State University When most people think about the internet, they...

US military leans into AI for attack on Iran, but the tech doesn’t lessen the need for human judgment in war

US military leans into AI for attack on Iran, but the tech doesn’t lessen the need for human judgment in war By Jon R. Lindsay, Georgia...

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology   Tensions in the Middle East...

Trump says the Iran war will end ‘very soon’ – but it is not clear how

Trump says the Iran war will end ‘very soon’ – but it is not clear how By Andrew Gawthorpe, Leiden University   Donald Trump has said he thinks...

Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could follow

Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could follow By Sarah Schiffling, Hanken School of Economics (originally published...

Why shadow tankers are the only ships still moving through the Strait of Hormuz

Why shadow tankers are the only ships still moving through the Strait of Hormuz By Charles Edward Gehrke, US Naval War College   The Strait of Hormuz...

A Timeline of Trump’s Iran War Timelines

A Timeline of Trump’s Iran War Timelines By Chas Danner, at Intelligencer   How long will President Trump’s new war with Iran last? That depends on who you’re asking, how,...

Trump Has No Idea How to End the War With Iran

Trump Has No Idea How to End the War With Iran By Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times In September 1996, I visited Tehran for the first time....

US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decades

US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decades By Amy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University Oil is a global market,...

President Trump holds a news conference in Miami

Welcome to Trump's upside-down world! Factcheck: Trump’s bogus Iran nuke claim hit with brutal fact check President Trump holds a news conference in Miami CNBC

Investors and Trump Face an Iran Dilemma

Investors and Trump Face an Iran Dilemma A spike in oil prices has roiled stocks and bonds again and threatens to accelerate inflation — adding...

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence The president and his advisers are in the grip of “victory disease.” By Tom Nichols, The Atlantic   The war in Iran has reaffirmed two...

OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us

OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon...

Meet the quiet winners of the Supreme Court tariff ruling: hedge funds creating a $100 billion market snapping up rights to importers’ tariff refunds

Meet the quiet winners of the Supreme Court tariff ruling: hedge funds creating a $100 billion market snapping up rights to importers’ tariff refunds By...

War in Middle East brings uncertainty and higher energy costs to already weakening US economy

War in Middle East brings uncertainty and higher energy costs to already weakening US economy By Michael Klein, Tufts University   The “fog of war” refers to confusion...

Kasparov: Iran: The Russia-Ukraine Angle

Iran: The Russia-Ukraine Angle From the Middle East to Eastern Europe. By Garry Kasparov, The Next Move    All eyes are on Iran, but my Soviet upbringing has...

The Economy’s Warning Light Is Flashing Yellow

The Economy’s Warning Light Is Flashing Yellow A soft labor market, persistent inflation, a potential oil crisis—what could go wrong? By Rogé Karma, The Atlantic The job market...

‘Ugly’: Trump’s job market shrinks as oil fears mount

‘Ugly’: Trump’s job market shrinks as oil fears mount The combination of a weakening labor market and higher energy prices poses serious risks to Republicans...

The Glaring Oversight in the U.S. War Plan

The Glaring Oversight in the U.S. War Plan The Pentagon failed to adopt Ukraine’s best tools for downing drones. By Simon Shuster and Nancy A. Youssef, The Atlantic    The United...

The Gulf Countries Can’t Take Much More

The Gulf Countries Can’t Take Much More Iran is exposing their vulnerabilities. By Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic  From the moment the first Iranian missiles appeared in the...

America Cannot Withstand the Economic Shock That’s Coming

America Cannot Withstand the Economic Shock That’s Coming By Gina Raimondo, NY Times  Ms. Raimondo was the secretary of commerce during the Biden administration and the 75th...

GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people

GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people By Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis   A patient...

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology   Tensions in the Middle East...

GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people

GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people By Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis   A patient...

RFK Jr. Picks a Fight With Dunkin’—And New England Isn’t Having It

Sam Stein, JVL, and Catherine Rampell give their takes on why HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is demanding “safety data” from Dunkin' over its …

Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer

Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer By Sagar Lekhak, Rochester Institute of Technology   At least 57 nations have...

RFK Jr. Lied His Way Into Office and American Health Is the Victim

Ringo Chiu, Shutterstock, The UnPopulist illustrationSen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, chairs and is the face of the Senate Committee on …

The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S.

The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S. For years, the worst outcomes of measles were all but unknown in the U.S. Now...

Experts warn of rapid loss of water in the Baltic Sea: ‘A vibrant reef is turning into an underwater wasteland’

At the beginning of February, the water level in the Baltic Sea dropped sharply. Experts tell Euronews it is a result of climate change. While global …

FDA’s abrupt flip-flop on Moderna’s mRNA flu shot highlights growing risks to drug-makers of investing in vaccines

FDA’s abrupt flip-flop on Moderna’s mRNA flu shot highlights growing risks to drug-makers of investing in vaccines   By Ana Santos Rutschman, Villanova University   The Food and Drug...