Notes on civic engagement and democracy’s future. || Kenneth Silber

Notes on civic engagement and democracy’s future. || Kenneth Silber

About what really matters

The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.

Gearing up for the campaign trail in Wyckoff, NJ. || Kenneth Silber

Gearing up for the campaign trail in Wyckoff, NJ. || Kenneth Silber

Reflections of a write-in candidate. || Kenneth Silber

Reflections of a write-in candidate. || Kenneth Silber

Updates on stories I’ve covered. || Kenneth Silber

An upcoming book examines post-liberalism. || Kenneth Silber

An upcoming book examines post-liberalism. || Kenneth Silber

Now this is kind of crazy. || C.T. May

Space advocates have offered grand visions of how space can create a better, even utopian, future for humanity, efforts yet to be realized. Jeff Foust reviews a book intended to criticize those claims...

Contemplating a metaphor for humanity’s troubles. || Kenneth Silber

Contemplating a metaphor for humanity’s troubles. || Kenneth Silber

How American military planners anticipated failure in Iran

The political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life.

A new book uncovers links between the alien and the divine. || Kenneth Silber

A new book uncovers links between the alien and the divine. || Kenneth Silber

With hundreds of events now in the books, astronomers are using these cosmic chirps to unravel the mysteries of black holes, neutron stars, and the fate of the universe.

The Trump White House needed me—until the fact that I am trans became public.

Its existence will raise confusing and difficult questions for earthlings that authoritarians won’t have the credibility to negotiate

The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.

|| Kenneth Silber

|| Kenneth Silber

The insufferable hypocrisy of elite academia

Its existence will raise confusing and difficult questions for earthlings that authoritarians won’t have the credibility to negotiate

Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.

Notes on horror, science, and fatalism. || Kenneth Silber

Google Earth was a boon for researchers—and then came the deepfakes.

Returning from Southeast Asia. || Kenneth Silber

The resulting report is a near-random mixture of real problems and grievances.

Charles Ross spent 50 years building “Star Axis,” a naked-eye observatory in New Mexico. Now his masterwork is ready. How to share it with a changed world?

A visit to Siem Reap offers glimpses of the sublime and horrific. || Kenneth Silber

A visit to Siem Reap offers glimpses of the sublime and horrific. || Kenneth Silber

Adventures on and near the Andaman Sea. || Kenneth Silber

They are profiting off the Presidency in ways that demean the office.

Vacationing in Malaysia near the Strait of Malacca, potential global chokepoint. || Kenneth Silber

Vacationing in Malaysia near the Strait of Malacca, potential global chokepoint. || Kenneth Silber