By the Editorial Science Desk Special Report based on analysis by Eric Schmidt, Suhas Mahesh, and Maya Levin Executive Overview For over a century, recurring prophecies have signaled the impending completion of human scientific endeavor. In 1903, the celebrated physicist Albert Michelson declared with absolute confidence that the "facts of physical science have all been…
Executive Overview In a sweeping and unprecedented shift in United States cybersecurity doctrine, the Trump administration has officially authorized private security contractors to conduct offensive cyber operations and surveillance against foreign transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). Unveiled via a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) issued on Thursday, the policy marks a watershed moment in modern statecraft:…
Executive Overview Every few decades, a collective hubris sweeps through the global scientific community, prompting prominent figures to declare that humanity has finally mapped the outer boundaries of knowledge. In 1903, revered physicist Albert Michelson famously asserted in his light-wave treatises that all the fundamental "facts of physical science have all been discovered." By the…
