A little bacterium that’s in everyone’s business

Soylent Green and the enclosure of collective intelligence.

Before a state can punish its enemies, it has to teach the law what “enemy” means.

Inside the Vatican’s science and technology playbook

The party of “fuck your feelings” suddenly has feelings.

Civilizations can carry a surprising number of parasites and live. But there’s a line — Rome crossed it, the Gilded Age toed it, and for the first time in history, we can measure it.

America turns 250 this Saturday, so I sat down to write the essay you’d expect: Shared values, big things we’ve built together, the arc of…

Teachers warn that writing, attention, and critical thinking are collapsing in American classrooms

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From smallpox in George Washington’s army to flu outbreaks in today’s training camps, U.S. military history has proved that vaccine…

Smart Sci-Fi author, new novel "Grendels"; Your Angry Pediatrician, salty hot takes from a semi-retired pediatrician who is mad as hell and can't take it anymore. Click to read Robert Wack on Substack...

We've got a lot of work to do.

On the surface, a no-brainer. Underneath, some real red flags.

I know this isn't healthy but...

Even among thieves....

Things get messy when the fat stacks hit the table

This one is a scorcher

The next day, Bina returned to the pond.  Her mother would return soon. She knew once her mother learned what Bina was up to, they’d run, again. If she was going to learn more about the W…

The press looked away for a reason.

...is the sharpening of the Long Knives.

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

Haste makes...another post

It doesn't take long before all the feculent stupidity floats to the surface

We have a lot of work to do.

We must always speak clearly about who is doing what, to whom, and why.

The two essential ingredients of any healthcare relationship

Nothing is free