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Doctors, nurses, and other health care workers participate in a "White Coats for Black Lives" ceremony.

From Caregivers to Social Reformers

Directing physicians to treat their patients as racial statistics rather than an individuals is a grievous misdirection of their skills.

Ronald A. Lindsay

13 May 2024 · 11 min read

Crown of a nuclear bomb explosion over Mururoa atoll, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean

The End of the World as We Know It

Far from enhancing American national security, or the security of the world, nuclear weapons will lead us to the edge of destruction.

Lawrence M. Krauss

6 May 2024 · 6 min read

One Year Since the AI Pause Petition

Just because we can imagine something terrible happening, that does not mean it will happen.

Mathias Sundin

22 Mar 2024 · 9 min read

Vaccine Hesitancy and the Covid Pandemic

Overselling Covid vaccines during the pandemic has backfired and played into the hands of the anti-vaccine movement.

Roger Bate

15 Mar 2024 · 10 min read

Identity Satiation

Some rarely discussed phenomena can shed light on why the focus on identity and introspection has coincided with a rise of mental health issues, including identity disorders.

Brandon McMurtrie

8 Mar 2024 · 6 min read

On Biology and Politics

Why the Left must take human evolution seriously.

Patrick Whittle

18 Feb 2024 · 22 min read

Getting Better All the Time

Hannah Ritchie’s new book offers reasons to be cheerful about the present and the future.

Sean Welsh

15 Feb 2024 · 12 min read

Is the CRISPR Revolution Finally Coming to Europe?

The European Parliament has at last voted to make it easier to grow and consume genetically engineered food. But the road ahead remains bumpy.

Steven E. Cerier / Jon Entine

12 Feb 2024 · 13 min read

Is Life Coaching Just Modern Sophistry?

The popularity of a trend does not necessarily make it ethical.

Andrew White

8 Feb 2024 · 12 min read

Sex Differences in the Brain and the Mind

Men’s and women’s brains are biased to notice and process different aspects of the social and physical world.

David C. Geary

18 Jan 2024 · 11 min read

Intelligence and Health Outcomes

The importance of cognitive ability to disparities in human health is being overlooked.

Robert J. Morris

12 Jan 2024 · 9 min read

Robert Kemp Adair (1924–2020)—Notes on a Friendship

Reflections on the life and work of a superb scientist, for whom integrity and rigor were paramount.

Geoffrey C. Kabat

12 Jan 2024 · 19 min read

Stupidity as Moral Negligence

Those guilty of political stupidity do not necessarily suffer from a lack of reasoning skills.

J.P. de Ruiter

10 Jan 2024 · 9 min read

Mortuary Archaeology

Death, DNA, and the culture wars.

Jon Entine / Patrick Whittle

29 Dec 2023 · 14 min read

To Accelerate or Decelerate AI: That is the Question

Explaining the “accel/decel” split at the heart of the OpenAI power struggle.

Sean Welsh / Michael Timothy Bennett

18 Dec 2023 · 12 min read