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Fall 2022

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A Nuclear Renaissance?

Stalled for decades, U.S. atomic power seems set for a comeback. Here’s what it’ll take to get it right this time.

Thomas Hochman and Nate Hochman

Bacon Bacon Shakespeare Spy

One brilliant madwoman’s quest to show that the Bard’s works were secretly penned by the father of science, at war with his own creation

Sam Kahn

Kitty Eats the Internet

Cat memes fill a gaping void in our online lives.

Antón Barba-Kay

How to Search for Life on Mars

First, stop refusing to look.

Robert Zubrin, Steven Benner, Jan Špaček

The Big Whimper

Why cosmology may not end with a bang

David Kordahl

The Secret Life of Leftovers

Cheese, curry, beer: We can thank our ancestors who put food scraps to creative use. What we’re leaving our children is garbage.

Nat Watkins

Summer 2022

How Stewart Made Tucker

A world of authentic, post-spin journalism: The dream Jon Stewart spent a decade making real is now America’s waking nightmare. What did he get so wrong?

Jon Askonas

The Case for a Pandemic Moonshot

We cannot accept the same awful options when the next virus comes. Instead, let’s build our way out of the problem.

Tom Ridge and Asha M. George

Unsustainable Alarmism

The crisis mindset is a finite resource — and we’ve exhausted it. From Covid to climate change, we need a new way to manage chronic problems.

Taylor Dotson

Was Fusionism a Fluke?

Why technocratic tyranny made allies of traditionalism and libertarianism

Howe Whitman, III

Stuck Between Climate Doom and Denial

The failure of a mega-popular critique of climate science shows why we need a third option in the debate.

Roger Pielke, Jr.

The Supergenius at the End of the World

In Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi, democracy is an obstacle to Muskian great men saving us all.

David Polansky

Spring 2022

The Coronavirus Pandemic

Spring 2022

Danger: Caution Ahead

We let the precautionary principle run wild during Covid. We needed proportionality too.

Gabrielle Bauer

January 25, 2022

Is This Still an Emergency?

As with 9/11, we cannot sustain crisis politics for years after a moment of unity passes.

M. Anthony Mills

January 21, 2022

Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy

Covid doesn’t care how hard we fight it — only about what works.

Leah Libresco Sargeant

Fall 2021

What Is the CDC?

Eleven ways of looking at the troubled agency

Ari Schulman

January 25, 2022

Is This Still an Emergency?

As with 9/11, we cannot sustain crisis politics for years after a moment of unity passes.

M. Anthony Mills

January 21, 2022

Sacrifice Is Not a Therapy

Covid doesn’t care how hard we fight it — only about what works.

Leah Libresco Sargeant

Fall 2021

What Is the CDC?

Eleven ways of looking at the troubled agency

Ari Schulman

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After Climate Despair

The hope for a global conversion to austerity has failed to stop climate change. What comes next?

Matt Frost

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Do Elephants Have Souls?

On the evidence for non-human intelligence, awareness, and emotion

Caitrin Keiper

Summer 2006

Shop Class as Soulcraft

The case for the manual trades

Matthew B. Crawford

Spring 2003

Ageless Bodies, Happy Souls

Biotechnology and the pursuit of perfection

Leon R. Kass

Winter 2004

The Human Explorer

Why sending robots is not enough

Robert Zubrin

Summer 2010

How Can I Possibly Be Free?

Why the neuroscientific case against free will is wrong

Raymond Tallis

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