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I came across an interview recently, with psychologist Paul Bloom, titled “What’s Wrong with Having an AI Friend?”  The question sounds almost mischievous. After all, if an AI can listen patiently, respond with care, and be available at all hours, why not call it a friend? Friendship is more than companionship. It rests on reciprocity, on vulnerability, on the unpredictability of two separate lives bumping against each other. A real friend is fun to be with; but they also can

A recent article in Nautilus asked a question that sounds improbable but is scientifically serious: Could the Sun’s orbit shape evolution?  It describes research suggesting that as our solar system moves through the Milky Way, the varying intensity of cosmic rays might influence mutation rates on Earth, subtly shaping the course of life itself. To even imagine such a link requires a mind that is fluent in both astrophysics and evolutionary biology — two fields that, in most

Most of us grow up believing that mathematics belongs to prodigies — children who solve puzzles in seconds, multiply large numbers in their heads, or finish the syllabus before anyone else. The rest of us, we are told, simply don’t have the talent. We learn early that you are either “a math person” or not, as if mathematical ability is something fixed at birth. But the lives of some of the most remarkable mathematicians of our time tell a different story. Maryam Mirzakhani, t

If you listen to the conversations around corporate learning today, they sound like a race. Microlearning, AI copilots, bite-sized...