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Month: February 2021

The government’s enblightenment

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The GMO debate is a fascinating object, even though participating in it often amounts to nothing but pain, […]

February 26, 2021 Op-eds

Slate Star Codex: No time for malice

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This post benefited from valuable input and feedback from Thomas Manuel. To the uninitiated: Scott Alexander Siskind is a […]

February 25, 2021 Analysis, Culture

The commentariot

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The following post is an orange flag – a quieter alarm raised in anticipation of something worse that […]

February 23, 2021 Scicomm

The clocks that used atoms and black holes to stay in sync

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You’re familiar with clocks. There’s probably one if you look up just a little, at the upper corner […]

February 20, 2021 Scicomm

UAE’s spaceflight shortcut to making history

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This post benefited from valuable input and feedback from Thomas Manuel. In an hour or so, the UAE’s […]

February 9, 2021 Analysis

End of a tab-hoarding era

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Google Chrome just pulled the plug on the Great Suspender browser extension. The Great Suspender allowed its users […]

February 5, 2021 Life notes

What the DNA Bill needs

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The following article has been published in The Wire, but since it began as a blog post and […]

February 5, 2021 Op-eds, Science
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