Briefing: Toxic Pfas residue identified on 37% of California produce, new analysis finds
Strategic angle: Peaches, strawberries and grapes were almost always found to be contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’ in the analysis.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Opinion
Commentary, analysis, editorial perspectives, columns, and interviews.
Briefing: Opinion: White House 'gamifying' Iran war updates
Strategic angle: The White House has depicted the war in Iran online with videos that weave real life images of missile strikes and destruction with clips from video games, sports clips, and action movies.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Volodymyr Zelensky's exclusive interview with Le Monde on the war in Ukraine
Strategic angle: In an interview with Le Monde, the Ukrainian president shares his perspective on a possible end to the conflict and urges the US and all allied nations to maintain their support for Ukraine.
Editorial Staff Mar 27
Briefing: Opinion: America’s nuclear renaissance has everything — except uranium, welders and a plan
Strategic angle: A critical look at the challenges facing America's nuclear energy revival.
Editorial Staff Mar 26
Briefing: Drug company penalties for paying kickbacks to doctors failed to dent bottom lines, analysis finds
Strategic angle: An analysis reveals that drugmakers penalized for kickbacks paid only a small fraction of their U.S. revenue from the drugs involved.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: 2026 ESPN Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide
Strategic angle: All the rankings, projections, cheat sheets, strategy and analysis you need for the 2026 fantasy baseball season.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Interview: B2B commerce is broken – innovation can fix it says Bharat Sharma
Strategic angle: Bharat Sharma discusses the challenges in B2B commerce and the potential for innovation to drive change.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Hillbilly Hostility: A Political Analysis
Strategic angle: Exploring the rise of regional tensions in American politics.
Editorial Staff Mar 21
Briefing: Opinion: Lessons from a bad weather forecast
Strategic angle: Residents in and around Washington braced themselves for damaging storms earlier this week, but turns out it was a forecast flop. One local meteorologist apologized.
Editorial Staff Mar 21
Briefing: Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows
Strategic angle: Much of the damage was caused in initial retaliatory strikes by Iran in the week after the US and Israel launched its operation.
Editorial Staff Mar 20
Briefing: A conversation with the ‘godfather’ of biotech
Strategic angle: This week on 'The Readout LOUD,' a conversation with biotech 'godfather' Stelios Papadapolous live from #STATBreakthrough.
Editorial Staff Mar 20
Briefing: Norway Crown Princess Admits Manipulation by Epstein
Strategic angle: Mette-Marit acknowledges her lack of awareness regarding Epstein's past in a recent interview.
Editorial Staff Mar 20
Briefing: Why the gender wealth gap is still so stubborn, and what it means for women's well-being
Strategic angle: Inequality in wealth between men and women persists, impacting women's overall well-being.
Editorial Staff Mar 20
Briefing: Anne-Claire Legendre, new president of France's Arab World Institute: 'Our role is to provide tools for understanding'
Strategic angle: Legendre discusses her vision for revitalizing the Arab World Institute in an interview with Le Monde.
Editorial Staff Mar 20
Briefing: The autonomy of universities in the U.S. falls far behind peer group, analysis finds
Strategic angle: Academic freedom continues to decline worldwide, with significant implications for U.S. universities.
Editorial Staff Mar 17
Briefing: Generating Expressive and Customizable Evals for Timeseries Data Analysis Agents with AgentFuel
Strategic angle: A new approach to enhance conversational data analysis agents for various domains.
Editorial Staff Mar 16
Briefing: Six Nations Rugby: Final Round Analysis
Strategic angle: All the talking points and in-depth analysis from the final round of the 2026 Six Nations.
Editorial Staff Mar 15
Briefing: Opinion: An ancient, sophisticated palate
Strategic angle: Researchers looking at foodcrusts on the pottery shards of ancient humans say there's evidence of a wide variety of ingredients, indicating that they may have been experimenting with 'recipes.'
Editorial Staff Mar 14
Briefing: Trump’s New Nuclear Nightmare in Iran
Strategic angle: A deep dive into the implications of Trump's policies on Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Editorial Staff Mar 12
Briefing: An interview with Jerry Goldman, founder of the Oyez Project
Strategic angle: Exploring the impact of the Oyez Project on Supreme Court understanding.
Editorial Staff Mar 12