The Present

We should care about constitutional rights for all, says lawyer and religious freedom scholar Asma T. Uddin. If they are denied for some, history demonstrates how they may be at risk for us all.

According to recent papers by Zucman, and his colleague Emmanuel Saez, one should be implemented.

When adults are challenged to behave like adults, by a child, they can go in one of two directions.

Recent years have seen countries across the African continent investing deep into the tech industry. Rwanda is angling to get ahead of the pack.

Hackers look for open doors. If your personal data isn’t protected, it’s that much easier to compromise your identity.

A new book by constitutional attorney Andrew Seidel takes on Christian nationalism.

When these particles are eaten by earthworms, the results are not good.

When it comes to effectively propagating a message in the modern day, few do it quite like internet activists.

New technology offers us a look at the green future of aviation and cargo shipping.

We can either be fearful of artificial intelligence, or embrace it as a tool to help us improve service.

“We seem to be racing toward a new configuration of government and industry without having fully thought through all of the implications,” Steve Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists, told MIT Technology Review.

From LED-equipped visors to transparent masks, these inventions aim to thwart facial recognition cameras.

Scientists discover the inner workings of an effect that will lead to a new generation of devices.

We’re blissfully ignorant of how we put ourselves at risk online.

How do you convince people to break the habit of a lifetime?

Discrimination against people because of their age is a real phenomenon.

Move over deepfakes. Multi-agent artificial intelligence is poised to manipulate your mind.

There’s concrete tradeoff logic lurking beneath the numbers and market abstractions.

But the U.S. remains an “innovation powerhouse,” according to the annual report from the World Economic Forum.

Cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker reminds us that innuendo and euphemism yield better quid pro quo results than an “or else” ultimatum.

When measuring for the future, there is much to consider.

Increasingly sophisticated automation technology can save big money for banks by paring down the workforce.

“We made America great,” one Russian operative joked as Trump’s victory became clear.

Is capitalism naturally unempathetic?

With teamwork and clearly-stated goals, big transformations can take place — swiftly.

The new trust busting battles begin.

Dr. Joel Smithers was recently sentenced to decades in prison for the numerous illegal prescriptions he gave out.

So much has changed since 1893. Why not the education system?

Why were the Nazis so enamored with the occult, pseudoscience, and magic?

Can we radically shift our perception of who should be enacting real change in K-12 education?