President Donald Trump’s fast pivot on Iran — from “a whole civilization will die tonight” to a benign return to negotiations — has a whipsawed world scratching their heads. What was he up to? One possibility: Many Western analysts believe that Russian nuclear doctrine includes a concept called “escalate to de-escalate,” in which Moscow would […]

Editor’s note, April 7, 7:30 pm ET: President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening that the US and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire to negotiate a more comprehensive agreement to end the war. This news came before Trump’s deadline of 8 pm ET for Iran to reach a deal or, he said, a […]

Editor’s note, April 7, 2026, 5:10 pm ET: The Artemis II mission is conducting experiments that may radically advance our understanding of space medicine. The findings of A Virtual Astronaut Tissue Analog Response (AVATAR) experiment could help us create personalized medical kits for astronauts, and the Artemis Research for Crew Health & Readiness (ARCHeR) study will […]

The Artemis II space mission is making history. Farthest humans have ever traveled in space? Check.  First Black, woman, and Canadian astronauts to make it around the moon? Also check.  First time a toilet has made this journey? Big, important check. Because while there are many significant questions about space — Is life out there? […]

How closely does President Donald Trump’s war in Iran compare with America’s last conflict in the Middle East?  Both the Iran war and the 2003 US invasion of Iraq have paired conventional American military dominance with shifting, ambiguous objectives. And both feature an American president desperate to declare the mission accomplished.  “I do have this […]