How Facebook – the Wal-Mart of the internet – dismantled online subcultures
Mar 28, 2017 11:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Before the internet, people interested in body modification not just tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, but those drawn to more unusual practices like ear pointing, tongue splitting, suspension, scarification and the...
Did medical Darwinism doom the GOP health plan?
Mar 28, 2017 11:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics
We are now contemplating, Heaven save the mark, a bill that would tax the well for the benefit of the ill. Although that quote reads like it could be part of the Republican repeal-and-replace assault against the...
We’re suing the federal government to be free to do our research
Mar 28, 2017 10:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Many apps and algorithms that feature prominently in our lives are, essentially, black boxes: We have no idea how they accomplish what they do; we just know they work. Or at least we think we do. Most recently this became...
Climate politics: Environmentalists need to think globally, but act locally
Mar 28, 2017 10:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As President Trump pivots from a failed attempt to overhaul health care to new orders rolling back controls on carbon pollution, environmentalists are preparing for an intense fight. We study environmental politics, and...
Brexit creates a human rights crisis for Ireland
Mar 28, 2017 10:50 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The UK government will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on Wednesday. This will serve as a formal notification of the UKs intent to withdraw from the European Union. It will set off two years or more of...
New research shows immigration has only a minor effect on wages
Mar 28, 2017 10:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Economic arguments against immigration often take two forms immigrants either suppress the wages of workers, or immigration creates higher unemployment. But our research shows that the impact of immigration on the labour...
Star Trek's Holodeck: from science fiction to a new reality
Mar 28, 2017 10:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Many of the technological advances predicted in Star Treks fictional universe have become reality, such as the mobile communicator and hand-held tablet computers. Others, such as tractor beams and warp drives, are still...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects