The past three administrations have tried to limit gain-of-function research. The second Trump administration might be the first one to be successful at doing so.
Two new meta-analyses make a case for individualistic approaches to puberty blockers and hormone treatments, driven by patients, parents, and doctors rather than the state.
In this POV haunted house film from the Ocean's 11 director, the camera plays the ghost.
Anyone who thinks state regulatory agencies will help them doesn't understand how these agencies actually operate.
A new crop of restrictive laws faces a friendly reception in the courts but ongoing public resistance.
What happened to Tonka the chimp? The Chimp Crazy series investigates.
“I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is,” said Judge John C. Coughenour.
Not doing so could be harmful for just about everyone.
They are allied countries with which the U.S. has a trade deal (a deal negotiated by Trump, no less), but presidential emergency powers are nearly limitless.
"I can't make sense of it. I couldn't even finish watching the video," said the girl's mother. "That's not how you handle children."
American tariffs will increase the price of final and intermediate goods, hurting our own consumers and domestic manufacturers.
Plus: Sovereign children, Angela McArdle interview, botox fraud, and more...
Robert Roberson was sentenced to death based on outdated and largely discredited scientific evidence.
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board should be Trump's ally in a battle against the deep state. So why is he undermining it?
Many have started to recognize a need to focus on their core business rather than virtue-signaling.
Like many of his other "Day 1" decrees, the order seems more concerned with scoring points in the culture war than advancing sensible policy.
The Fraternal Order of Police mistakenly thought that the president "supports our law enforcement officers" and "has our backs."
A thicket of red tape has made the island's rebuilding efforts painfully slow.
If a central bank has to exist, it has to be independent.
The Libertarian Party national chair talks about the role the party played in securing a presidential pardon for Ulbricht on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
A unanimous Supreme Court decision established as much in 1965.
The dawn of a new golden age?
The founder of Skeptic magazine discusses whether conspiracy thinking is on the rise and whether it's coded right or left.
Plus: Inside the DOGE disputes, Day 1 analysis with Mike Pesca, fleeing San Francisco, and more...
We have too much rule by decree by whoever currently holds the office of president and a pen.
Biden’s preemptive pardons and Trump’s blanket relief for Capitol rioters both set dangerous precedents.
Fulfilling a campaign promise to libertarians and the bitcoin community, the Silk Road founder's life sentence without parole is now over.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the validity of using emergency measures to restrict movement during the L.A. wildfires.
The president drew no distinction between people who merely entered the building and people who vandalized it or assaulted police officers.
Mike Pesca reacts to Trump's inauguration and slate of executive orders on the latest Just Asking Questions.
The order directs the attorney general to ensure that states have the drug cocktails to carry out lethal injections.
The most important thing in any name is not what some official institution or a collection of old maps says. Spontaneous order tends to rule the day.
Children could be denied citizenship even if their parents are here completely legally.
Lawmakers across the country introduce bills to strengthen private property rights, crackdown on out-of-control regulators, and get the government out of micromanaging stairways.
But that doesn't mean he's embracing the doves.
The move "seeks cheaper food for Argentines and more Argentine food for the world."
Domestic deregulation will decrease the cost of living. Trade barriers will do the opposite.
Plus: Pardoning the Proud Boys, revoking birthright citizenship, Elon Musk's not-a-Nazi-salute, and more...
Revolution in 35mm is a collection of essays exploring an era of political violence in cinema.
