Top science stories of 2025
In a year of funding chaos, ongoing climate change and pollution perils, we also saw the most powerful telescope yet, personalized gene therapy, and the next-best-thing to an HIV vaccine…
Terror, androgyny and benevolence: a brief history of angels in Christianity
Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation, circa 1472. Wikimedia Commons Philip C. Almond, The University of Queensland Christianity began with the appearance of an angel. In the gospel of Luke, Mary is…
States crack down on aggressive driving
by Shalina Chatlani, Iowa Capital Dispatch December 20, 2025 NEW YORK — On a frigid December morning along busy Broadway in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York, pedestrians walk…
How to read a poem
Ideally over a lifetime, says New Yorker’s Kevin Young By Kevin Young December 16, 2025 3 min read Kevin Young ’92 is the poetry editor at The New Yorker and…
The Bible says little about Jesus’ childhood – but that didn’t stop medieval Christians from enjoying tales of him as holy ‘rascal’
Mary Dzon, University of Tennessee Manger scenes displayed around Christmastime usually feature an ox and an ass beside the infant Jesus. According to the Gospel of Luke, Mary placed her…
The Phony War on Christians
by Diane Roberts, Florida Phoenix December 15, 2025 Remember the War on Christmas, when conservatives worked themselves into a lather over America-hating freaks wishing people “Happy Holidays,” putting on community…
Science Needs to Embrace the Idea of Style
December 4, 2025 by C. Brandon Ogbunu The stage play “A Disappearing Number,” conceived by Simon McBurney, focuses on the relationship between the mathematicians Srinivasa Ramanujan and G. H. Hardy.…
Americans are waking up to right-wing antisemitism. We’re still ignoring the root problem
Elad Nehorai December 5, 2025 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Nick Fuentes is ascendant.…
Reclaiming the Somali narrative in the diaspora
By: Sulekha Mahmoud Egal, December 4, 2025 Somali creatives across film, tech, photography, and architecture are asserting control of their own story, challenging misrepresentation and erasure. In a world shaped…
I was interrogated by Israeli authorities — I know why they’re terrified of peace activists like me
Zak Witus December 2, 2025 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Two weeks ago, I…