June 24, 2018
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On the quiet alignment between “smart” government and the universal information engine. By Adam J. White, director...
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May 22, 2018
Shakespeare’s Worlds of Science
New scholarship reveals a Bard brooding over the science of his day. What can we learn from his vision of cosmic...
May 7, 2018
Richard Feynman and the Pleasure Principle
How a cerebral hedonist became a scientific hero
April 23, 2018
Algorithmic Injustice
Don’t blame the algorithm — as long as there are racial disparities in the justice system, sentencing software can...
April 8, 2018
The University the King Built
Saudi leadership wanted global prestige as a science powerhouse. Western scientists wanted freedom from the funding rat...
March 23, 2018
March 23, 2018
Responsible Frankensteins?
Brendan P. Foht on the trouble with the idea that we can play God, but ethically
December 27, 2017
Wokeness and Myth on Campus
Alan Jacobs on why crying “free exchange of ideas!” misses the cultural meaning of protest in a society coming...
December 27, 2017
December 23, 2017
The Evangelist of Molecular Biology
The story of James D. Watson's co-discovery of the double helix — and his unfinished quest to master genetic destiny