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Frankly, I doubt that the human race is going to become the first species in recorded history that chooses to go extinct

Does every country need to have a Silicon Valley?

Exploiting regulatory loopholes is the name of the game

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Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated

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The serious implications of Kirk's ideas

The judge said Cook had made a strong argument that her “purported removal was done in violation of the Federal Reserve Act’s ‘for cause’ provision.”

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Nobody is safe from weaponized government

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The real "cautionary tale" is that the old taxi cartels were bad

In recent times my online sphere has had a fair few people make the claim that, in some sense, the culture has moved on from Woke. The d...

According to some prominent billionaires, political pundits, and media figures, American universities have undergone a radical transformation.

And their diffidence empowers pathological liars

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There's more to life than facts and science

Reality still has a well-known liberal bias

Several candidates raise concerns over ballot registration and campaign protocols

The Reagan-appointed judge ordered the NIH to restore funds for research related to racial minorities and LGBTQ+ people.

RES Council member Prof Jo Blanden (University of Surrey) was awarded an OBE for services to economics in the Kings Birthday Honours.

Chef Paul Durand’s menu is full of charming narratives, and food to match

Governments’ obsession with factories is built on myths—and will be self-defeating

A seemingly wonky debate about the “abundance agenda” is really about power.

Freedom is on the line. But so are jobs.

Letter from Department of Homeland Security signals new escalation in stand-off with university

See how allies of four tech titans are staffing the agencies meant to regulate them, raising ethics flags and securing billions.

Marc Andreessen, Tucker Carlson, and a Winklevoss walk into a bar… and the rest of us run out of it screaming.

And it’s all on Donald Trump

Last night, longtime ally John Oliver dedicated an entire episode of HBO's Last Week Tonight to calling out the right wing's "absolute fixation" on transgender athletes. He started the show noting tha...