The Terrifying Privacy Policies of DNA Testing Companies
By Kristin V. Brown Gizmodo You probably wouldn’t hand out your social security number without having a pretty good idea of how that information was going to be used, right? […]
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Mining Asteroids for a Better Earth
By Philip Metzger Aeon Mining asteroids might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but there are companies and a few governments already working hard to make it real. This should not […]
Criminal Justice in a World Without Free Will
By James Flynn Brown Political Review Scientific advancement has often upended long-cherished human beliefs. In the 17th century, the discovery that the Earth was not in fact at the center […]
The U.S. Military Needs a Teacher Corps to Train Its Partners
By Elisabeth Braw Defense One As we speak, U.S. troops are training Afghan armed forces. U.S.forces were also training them last year, and the year before that. In fact, American troops have been […]
The Economics of Russian Aggression
By Shane Hasbrouck Small Wars Journal In the early 1800’s Carl von Clausewitz, the father of modern military theory, wrote, “War is the continuation of politics by other means.” Simply […]
Was Trial by Ordeal an Effective Test of Guilt?
By Peter T. Leeson Aeon The quest for criminal justice is fraught with uncertainty. Did the defendant commit the crime, or is he a victim of incriminating circumstances? Is he […]
The Rise of “Self-Marriage”
By Polina Aronson Aeon This summer I got married for the second time. Unlike my first wedding, in a town hall 11 years ago, this one was strictly informal. The […]
