Why does some content go viral? Usually, it is not one thing. It is emotion, timing, easy sharing, algorithms and luck all lining up at once. We wrote about how posts spread, why people share them and why virality is so hard to predict. www.evidencefirst.com/p/why-some-t...

Why Some Things Go Viral

How emotion, timing, technology and luck turn ordinary posts into shared obsessions

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If AI can explain a book in minutes, is it still worth reading? Our latest piece at Evidence First explores what AI can replace and what we might miss when we skip the book. www.evidencefirst.com/p/what-is-a-...

What Is a Book Worth When AI Can Explain It?

Artificial intelligence makes it easier to get the point. Whether that means we can skip the book depends on what we were hoping to get from it.

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Jewish Americans are disproportionately represented in some influential institutions. That fact is real. What does not follow is collective intent or control. Our new Evidence First piece looks at what the evidence actually shows: www.evidencefirst.com/p/jewish-suc...

Jewish Success, American Power and the Myth of Collective Control

How history and opportunity shaped Jewish achievement, and how facts about representation became dangerous myths about control.

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Can scientists really reverse aging? The science is moving fast, but the headlines move faster. In our latest piece, we look at what researchers can do today, what is still experimental, and how realistic claims of whole-body age reversal really are. www.evidencefirst.com/p/can-scient...

Can Scientists Really Reverse Aging?

Research has entered early human trials, but repairing one tissue is very different from making an entire body younger or stopping aging altogether.

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AI is moving from answering questions to taking action. We’re giving systems tools, access, permissions, and goals before public rules have caught up. Test it before release. Limit what it can do alone. Make companies responsible when it fails. www.evidencefirst.com/p/the-danger...

The Dangerous AI Shift Most People Still Don’t Understand

AI is moving from answering questions to taking action. Our rules have not caught up.

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The Macklemore controversy is usually framed as a fight over free speech. We think the bigger question is about access. Who gets a stadium stage? Who can take it away? And how much power belongs to the artist, promoter, or venue? We followed the evidence. www.evidencefirst.com/p/who-gets-t...

Who Gets the Stage?

The Macklemore controversy reveals the difference between being free to speak and having access to the places where millions can hear you.

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Our latest piece looks at AGI, one of those ideas that sounds simple until you try to draw the line. We tend to imagine a big announcement or a moment when everyone agrees something historic has happened. But what if the real story is less obvious than that? www.evidencefirst.com/p/is-agi-alr...

Is AGI Already Here?

The answer depends not on whether machines can think like us, but on whether we trust them to act for us.

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Mamdani draws strong reactions from both supporters and critics. We looked at the major claims around him, what the evidence supports, where the arguments go too far, and what remains a matter of judgment. www.evidencefirst.com/p/the-case-a...

The Case Against Mamdani That Holds Up

A fair critique of Mamdani starts by rejecting exaggeration, then asks harder questions about capitalism, Israel and public judgment.

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Welcome to Evidence First. We start with the evidence, not the conclusion. We look at important questions, separate what the evidence actually supports from what it doesn’t, and make the uncertainty clear when the answer isn’t settled. www.evidencefirst.com/p/why-we-bui...

Why We Built Evidence First

For a long time, we treated information as if more of it would naturally bring us closer to the truth.

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