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 Ritchieâs 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 · 13 min read
Sex Differences in the Brain and the Mind Menâs and womenâs brains are biased to notice and process different aspects of the social and physical world. David C. Geary 18 Jan 2024 · 12 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 (1924â2020)âNotes 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 âaccel/decelâ split at the heart of the OpenAI power struggle. Sean Welsh / Michael Timothy Bennett 18 Dec 2023 · 13 min read
Introducing Justapedia A new alternative to Wikipedia has arrived. Can it succeed where others have failed? Shuichi Tezuka 11 Dec 2023 · 24 min read
Why We Should Settle Mars Space exploration will bring us inventions that benefit humanity. And it will help us avoid war. Robert Zubrin 4 Dec 2023 · 13 min read
Forget About Overpopulation, Soon There Will Be Too Few Humans The more people there are, the more solutions to problems will be found. Maarten Boudry 7 Nov 2023 · 8 min read
Robert Sapolsky is Wrong A new book about free will fails to offer an original argument or make a convincing case. Stuart Doyle 6 Nov 2023 · 13 min read
Who Should Fund Science? The notion that governments should fund science is built on falsehoods. Zachary Robert Caverley 4 Nov 2023 · 17 min read
