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A More Political Science

What is science’s rightful place? How should we govern technology?

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Online Exclusive | July 3, 2024

July 3, 2024

  • Philip Wallach

Will Congress Take the W on Chevron?

Making legislators decide regulations is good for democracy — if they actually do it.

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Essay | Winter 2024

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  • M. Anthony Mills

A President’s Council on Artificial Intelligence

The White House’s bland solution doesn’t match the problem. Here’s what would.

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Essay | Fall 2023

Fall 2023

  • Peter Z. Grossman

The Fantasy of Energy Independence

50 years ago, America was shocked by gas lines during the Arab oil embargo. The memory still haunts bad energy policy today.

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Editorial | Summer 2023

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  • The Editors of The New Atlantis

Take No for an Answer on Genetic Engineering

Good news: The agonizing moral quandary of “designer babies” has been resolved. But will scientists accept democracy’s verdict?

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Review | Spring 2023

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  • Bonnie Kristian

Digital Appeasement

“Meganets,” the melodramatic new excuse for giving up against digital oppression without a fight

Bonnie Kristian

Review | Winter 2023

Winter 2023

  • Nicholas Clairmont

Still Truckin’

As the zeitgeist declares the car dead, Americans keep driving.

Nicholas Clairmont

Essay | Summer 2022

Summer 2022

  • Tristan Abbey

Power Metals

Can the U.S. wrest control of rare-earth elements back from China?

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Symposium | Winter 2022

Winter 2022

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We Still Don’t Know How to Fix Social Media
Don’t Wait for Silver Bullets for Social Media Reform

Correspondence | Winter 2022

Winter 2022

  • Nicholas Carr

Don’t Wait for Silver Bullets for Social Media Reform

A framework to protect privacy and promote the “public interest” gives us what we need now: the right start.

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Correspondence | Winter 2022

Winter 2022

  • Martha Bayles

We Still Don’t Know How to Fix Social Media

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