top of page


Biohacking: Brain or Body?
“Biohacking” is an evolving trend in which people change their food and lifestyle habits to take advantage of biological mechanisms and...
chiefofstaff1
Apr 22, 20193 min read
The Lonely World of Earbuds
Across six time zones, Americans sit in traffic, wait on platforms, and squeeze between strangers. We spend an average of 26.9 minutes...
chiefofstaff1
Apr 22, 20195 min read


In the Race to Build 5G Technology, the U.S. is Losing
Within the next year, major telecom companies plan to roll out technology capable of connecting the world’s billions of devices with...
chiefofstaff1
Apr 20, 20195 min read


Preempting the Dangers of Deepfakes
Although they may seem like novelties at first glance, “deepfakes” threaten to usher in a new era where our eyes and ears can no longer...
chiefofstaff1
Apr 20, 20193 min read


A Corporate Obsession: Why the FCC is Failing to Bridge the Digital Divide
On average, Americans spend ten hours staring at a screen every day. The incorporation of internet use into everyday life has become so...
chiefofstaff1
Apr 20, 20195 min read


The Creation Museum, the Ark Encounter, and America’s Problem of Anti-Science
The Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter are two attractions in Kentucky run by the Christian apologetics group Answers in Genesis. The...
chiefofstaff1
Jul 2, 20186 min read


Neurolaw: Criminal Justice in a World without Free Will
Scientific advancement has often upended long-cherished human beliefs. In the 17th century, the discovery that the Earth was not in fact...
chiefofstaff1
Jan 6, 20186 min read


Man, Machine, and Boundaries between
A humanoid robot named Sophia has become quite the celebrity as of late. A product of Hanson Robotics, Sophia has made appearances on...
chiefofstaff1
Jan 6, 20183 min read


Why Uber Failed in Europe
Uber, the San Francisco based transportation network company founded in 2009, has been incredibly successful in the United States,...
chiefofstaff1
Jan 6, 20183 min read


The Language of Tech
Since the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, Silicon Valley’s “empathy vacuum” has come under fire. Critics of the technology industry’s...
chiefofstaff1
Jan 6, 20185 min read


The Politics of Impartiality: How Media Frames the Climate Change Debate
There are certain scientific principles that we, as a society, take for granted: that an object in motion will stay in motion; that atoms...
chiefofstaff1
Nov 4, 20175 min read
bottom of page