Culture

Psilocybin use has surged to 11 million US adults in a year, yet research lags behind. As potency rises and regulations stall, who's protecting consumers?

Trump threatened to erase a civilization. A ceasefire followed. But no deal can unwrite those words—or undo what they revealed about US strategy, alliances, and credibility.

Trump's April 2026 threats against Iran crossed a new threshold — not in style, but in the scale of violence his language invited people to imagine. What does that do to a democracy?

Trump's Iran ceasefire revived the TACO theory — that he always chickens out. But a closer look reveals a more unsettling pattern: he backs down, just not before the damage is done.

From Delhi's monkeys to Sydney's bin chickens, urban wildlife worldwide is converging on the same bold behaviors. Scientists call it behavioral homogenization—and it's a warning sign.

As Artemis II astronauts gazed at Earth from lunar orbit and wept, Trump threatened to erase a civilization. The collision of these two moments asks something profound about power, ego, and what we choose to see.

The Persian Gulf's staggering oil wealth isn't luck—it's geology. Understanding the science behind the region's reserves reveals why its politics will shape global energy for decades.

Trump's Iran war enters its seventh week with shifting deadlines, escalating rhetoric, and no exit strategy. What does this pattern reveal about power, credibility, and the limits of threats?

Trump's Truth Social post threatening to erase Iranian civilization overnight isn't just overheated rhetoric. It implies nuclear weapons, raises war crimes questions, and tests whether any institution can say no.

The near-closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered the worst energy crisis in modern history. Here's what it reveals about global infrastructure—and what must be built before the next crisis.

The Strait of Hormuz closure didn't just cut oil. It's strangling the world's fertilizer supply—and that means food prices are coming for everyone, everywhere.

India's over-the-counter antibiotic culture is accelerating the global antimicrobial resistance crisis. What happens when a fix for poverty becomes a threat to humanity?