The Trump administration’s reciprocal tariffs have engendered stock markets to panic and U.S. trading partners and Trump’s domestic political opponents to complain about harmful “trade wars.” Some partisan economists have compared Trump’s tariffs to the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariff of 1930, which is often blamed for prolonging the Great Depression, although Amity Shales among others have… Continue reading Trump and the Economics of Statecraft
Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex
“I had got disillusioned with the state of the art of looking for life on other worlds,” Wong said. “I thought it was too narrowly constrained to life as we know it here on Earth, but life elsewhere may take a completely different evolutionary trajectory. So how do we abstract far enough away from life… Continue reading Why Everything in the Universe Turns More Complex
Trump Spending Freeze on Rural Electric Co-ops Could Raise Energy Costs
CLIMATEWIRE | Billions of dollars for rural electric cooperatives are stuck in limbo as the Department of Agriculture continues the Trump administration’s funding freeze, despite federal court orders. The Empowering Rural America program — also known as New ERA, a $9.7 billion grant and loan program created by the Inflation Reduction Act — has been… Continue reading Trump Spending Freeze on Rural Electric Co-ops Could Raise Energy Costs
What Is the True Promise of Quantum Computing?
Quantum computing promises unprecedented speed, but in practice, it’s proven remarkably difficult to find important questions that quantum machines can solve faster than classical ones. One of the most notable demonstrations of this came from Ewin Tang, who rose to prominence in the field as a teenager. When quantum algorithms had in principle cracked the… Continue reading What Is the True Promise of Quantum Computing?
Trump’s “First Term Energy” | RealClearPublicAffairs
Like him or not, you probably agree President Trump is off to a fast start. From his selection and appointment of new and unexpected cabinet members to a succession of actions reshaping government, this administration is more than just a continuation of the first. The number and substance of Trump’s executive orders have surprised even… Continue reading Trump’s “First Term Energy” | RealClearPublicAffairs
How a Problem About Pigeons Powers Complexity Theory
By January 2020, Papadimitriou had been thinking about the pigeonhole principle for 30 years. So he was surprised when a playful conversation with a frequent collaborator led them to a simple twist on the principle that they’d never considered: What if there are fewer pigeons than holes? In that case, any arrangement of pigeons must… Continue reading How a Problem About Pigeons Powers Complexity Theory
Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. When a hurricane or tornado starts to form, your local weather forecasters can quickly pull up maps tracking its movement and showing where it’s headed. But have you ever wondered where they get all that information? The forecasts… Continue reading Why Private Forecasting Companies Can’t Replace the National Weather Service
Follow the Science: Why Peter Marks Was Asked to Leave the FDA
On Friday, Dr. Peter Marks announced his resignation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as Director of CEBR (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research) citing differences with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kennedy regarding vaccines. The New York Times, Washington Post, and other media outlets such as STAT News breathlessly reported that… Continue reading Follow the Science: Why Peter Marks Was Asked to Leave the FDA
The Fouke Monster (Arkansas Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Legend of Boggy Creek)
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Newly Discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is at Risk of Hitting Earth. What Do We Do?
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Have you heard that an asteroid might—just maybe—smack into Earth sometime in the next few years? The rumors are true, though perhaps not as frightening as you might think. The fact is that this asteroid, called 2024 YR4, is both literally and figuratively a moving… Continue reading Newly Discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is at Risk of Hitting Earth. What Do We Do?