How These Four Founders Built Long-Lasting Value

These principles helped these honorees of the Forbes Builder 250 create value that lasts.

This Former OpenAI Exec Is Trying To Cure Chronic Diseases, Including Her Own

Sufferers of complex, chronic diseases like POTS and long COVID often spend years searching for relief. The longtime tech exec started ChronicleBio to find treatments using AI and lots of biological data.

See Jupiter Eclipsed And A ‘Hunter’s Moon’: October’s Night Sky

Northern Hemisphere celestial highlights for October 2026, with Saturn reaching opposition, Jupiter disappearing behind the moon, the Orionids and a “Hunter’s Supermoon.”

Putin’s Assassination Plot? Ex-CIA Head Petraeus Relives Drone Strike

Onetime UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ex-CIA director David Petraeus say it was possible, but not probable, that Vladimir Putin set out to assassinate one of them.

About Half Of Men Are Balding By 50 — An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why

Why do so many men go bald by 50? Discover the evolutionary logic behind male pattern baldness, from DHT and hundreds of genes to a possible social signal.

The 9/11 Lesson We Still Haven’t Talked About

Twenty-five years after 9/11, America must secure critical space systems against adversaries exploiting cyber links, supply chains, and commercial technology.

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Concerned About Bioweapons Development—Even Without AI

In her new book on biological warfare, Annie Jacobsen didn’t even discuss AI because scientists can already warp Mother Nature to create extinction-level events.

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A Biotech Founder Makes the Moral Case for Gene-Editing Human Embryos

The practice of editing the genes of embryos remains highly controversial and risky, but Origin Genomics founder Cathy Tie argues its a “moral imperative” to address hereditary diseases.

Oura’s IPO Went From Oversubscribed To Delayed In Just A Week

Oura’s IPO delay. The dangers of “secretagogues.” Unpaid medical debts. These stories and more in this week’s InnovationRx newsletter.