Jeffrey Clark’s 2023 arraignment photo on charges related to the 2020 election. When Jeffrey Clark was tapped to lead the second Trump administration’s chief regulatory review office, it marked an astonishing redemption. For years, congressional investigators and prosecutors had pursued the former Department of Justice official primarily over an unsent letter he drafted, in support… Continue reading From Lawfare to Barfare: Another Way To Target Trump Allies
How a Contentious CDC Vaccine Meeting Will Affect Public Health
The already tumultuous landscape of U.S. vaccine policy faces more turmoil in what’s anticipated to be a politically charged two-day meeting of a recently overhauled advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is an independent panel of experts that has traditionally met three times a… Continue reading How a Contentious CDC Vaccine Meeting Will Affect Public Health
The Femicide Crisis: How the Netherlands Can Learn from the UK
The murder of Lisa from Abcoude in August sent shockwaves through the Netherlands. Women (and men) across the country took to the streets to demand their safety in a national campaign to “reclaim the night.” Unfortunately, it has become clear in recent months that girls and women are not only at risk when cycling home… Continue reading The Femicide Crisis: How the Netherlands Can Learn from the UK
Introduction to Parapsychology (October 2025)
Introduction to Parapsychology (October 2025) < !- end of Google Analytics Code Snippet by GA4WP–> // tabnab protection window.addEventListener(‘load’, function () { // make all links have rel=”noopener noreferrer” document.querySelectorAll(‘a[target=”_blank”]’).forEach(link => { link.setAttribute(‘rel’, ‘noopener noreferrer’); }); }); ]]> Podcast: Download Can science prove psychic abilities and survival after death? Jimmy Akin announces his Introduction to… Continue reading Introduction to Parapsychology (October 2025)
These Clever Dogs Know the Difference between ‘Pull’ and ‘Throw’ Toys
September 18, 2025 2 min read Some Dogs Can Learn Categories like Human Toddlers Do These dogs can extend words to new objects based on function the way children do in early language learning By Anirban Mukhopadhyay edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Researchers found that some dogs can learn terms for functional categories, such as… Continue reading These Clever Dogs Know the Difference between ‘Pull’ and ‘Throw’ Toys
Five Questions: Shira Efron on the Future of Israel, Gaza, and Regional Peace
Two years after the October 7 attacks by Hamas and the start of the war in Gaza, the Middle East stands at a crossroads. Despite the immense challenges facing the region, RAND’s Shira Efron sees reason for hope. “The main obstacle is fear and lack of trust,” she said. “While there are ideologue spoilers on… Continue reading Five Questions: Shira Efron on the Future of Israel, Gaza, and Regional Peace
Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs)
Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs) < !- end of Google Analytics Code Snippet by GA4WP–> // tabnab protection window.addEventListener(‘load’, function () { // make all links have rel=”noopener noreferrer” document.querySelectorAll(‘a[target=”_blank”]’).forEach(link => { link.setAttribute(‘rel’, ‘noopener noreferrer’); }); }); ]]> Podcast: Download MYS385: Was Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 sighting evidence of extraterrestrial craft? Jimmy Akin and… Continue reading Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting (The First UFOs)
New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems
But the methods were no longer effective when mathematicians only wanted to find, say, the number of real solutions to the equations in an enumerative geometry problem, or the number of integer solutions. If they asked an enumerative geometry problem in any number system other than the complex one, inconsistencies cropped up again. In these… Continue reading New Math Revives Geometry’s Oldest Problems
The Return of Economic Statecraft
The “Liberation Day” tariffs that US President Donald Trump announced on April 2 did not resurrect economic statecraft. It never went away. The new US approach, however, signaled a decisive shift. Until then, the European Union had preferred to convince itself that each episode of economic statecraft could be managed without asking hard questions regarding… Continue reading The Return of Economic Statecraft
Languages Have Mixed through History. Our Genes Can Reveal How
September 18, 2025 3 min read Genetics Can Track How Languages Mixed in the Past New research shows that wherever human populations mix, their languages blend as well By Cody Cottier edited by Allison Parshall PhotoHamster/Getty Images When speakers of different languages meet, their words, sounds and even grammatical structures mingle in surprising ways. Ketchup,… Continue reading Languages Have Mixed through History. Our Genes Can Reveal How