What James Watson chiefly learned at university was that most scientists were stupid and that you could leapfrog over your peers by pursuing an idea that was thought too far ahead of its time. We remember the scientist https://t.co/WjCi2ga5aK ...

The British intelligence cut-off is likely to be a minor inconvenience to the American killing spree in the Caribbean.But there are worries that Donald Trump, now that the news is out, might respond angrily https://t.co/GltQIjSMwv ...

Concerns about academic freedoms have mounted since Donald Trump returned to the White House. For now though, as our charts show, the America’s most prestigious universities seem as magnetic as ever https://t.co/k2wqEi5NOa ...

Taiwan’s central bank needs to establish a long-term path for its dollar. In return, ordinary people will at last be able to enjoy more of the fruits of an extraordinary export miracle https://t.co/4GUjWsryEb ...

On “The Weekend Intelligence” @nicolaspelham tells the story of Nader Sadaqa, the Samaritan who chose the path of violence and kill for the Palestinian cause https://t.co/diz1oLPhGo ...

Elderly Americans’ risk tolerance has shot up. Many now eschew traditional investment advice, which is concerned with protecting rather than increasing wealth https://t.co/u6AwgbNp0l ...

In the absence of human trials on these stacks of chemicals, a “folk pharmacology” has developed. The result is a mess—and a lost opportunity https://t.co/4tKJ3krgBZIllustration: Cristina Spanò https://t.co/M3zY2kPl4C ...

Once, prestige drama meant kitchen-sink realism, offering good prose in bad kitchens. This is the era of kitchen-island dramas, offering bad prose in lovely ones https://t.co/Ys11BCirO2 ...

America’s stockmarket boom may be hiding deeper cracks and a correction could be coming.@currhenry and @tomstandage join @zannymb on the latest Insider episode to examine why AI valuations have become so stretched—and what a market correction could mean for the US and world economies.Watch the full episode: https://t.co/fh7lI2a849 ...

A downturn would expose vulnerabilities in today’s economic and geopolitical landscape, by further weakening America’s hegemony, undermining government budgets and worsening protectionist instincts https://t.co/l5mD5206Uz ...