The Future of Health Care Is Local
At a Zócalo/Arizona State University event at Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden, Sir Malcolm Grant, the chairman of NHS England, explains how his system is experimenting with pushing funding to regions.
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Donald Trump Could Make the Media Great Again
Newsrooms May Be Guilty of Fueling His Rise, but Journalists Can Redeem Themselves by Holding the Mogul Accountable
A few weeks ago, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof weighed in on who is to blame for the poisoning of American politics.
“The G.O.P. Created Donald Trump,” blared the headline. …
Albert Einstein, Gravitational Waves, and Me
Why Astrophysicists Were So Desperate to Catch a 'Whopping Big Signal' from the Universe
Like nearly every other physicist in the world last week, I was glued to my computer screen watching the recent press conference jointly called by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory …
The New Industrial Revolution Could Use a Lesson in Empathy
If You Leave Technology to the Technologists, Innovation Will Only End Up Creating More Problems
It’s hard to miss the drumbeat: Self-driving cars are coming. Self-driving cars are coming.
You may have heard about self-driving cars when Google was first on the road with a …
Why I Dig Aztec Kitchen Trash
While Most Archaeologists Hunt for Pyramids and Palaces, I’m Fascinated by the Detritus of Ordinary Life
For years I was too embarrassed to admit how I first got interested in the Aztecs and Mayas. Now, as an archaeologist who has directed excavations at Aztec sites for …
For Refugees in America, Even the Light Switches Can Be Bewildering
Getting into the U.S. Is Hard. Adapting to Life Here Is Harder Still.
In the aftermath of the recent attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, politicians in the U.S. have voiced skepticism about the arrival of foreigners on their shores—and even question the …