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Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA

New NYU Brennan Center Article on "Using State Constitutions to Combat Exclusionary Zoning"

Chicago Homeowner Sues Border Cops for Warrantless Raid

Hasan Piker and Code Pink Went to Cuba. Now They Might Be Under Investigation.

AI Has Already Entered The ‘Loss Of Control’ Transition

Patrick O'Brian invented his Irish childhood, his years at sea, his very name. His readers forgave him 

High-speed orcas are blowing sunfish to smithereens

Trump's New Director of National Intelligence Is a Menace to Liberty

Resist the technocrats

The Incoherence of the Iran Hawks

This Is the Wrong Way to Police Student Visas

Saber-toothed cats became inbred—and struggled to move—before they went extinct

Sean Carroll and Brian Greene talk physics

New York City’s Hate Crime Problem Needs a Law-and-Order Solution

Nigel Farage's Reform U.K. Party Reports Green Party Leader's Guillotine Instagram Post to Police

Seneca called it existential nausea. Monks called it the noonday demon. Boredom changes names but always returns

Xanadu, the "Home of Tomorrow" that promised automation as liberation, was run on a "house brain," another word for mother

The New York Times On Heritage Foundation 2.0

Nolan’s Odyssey v. Homer’s Odyssey

There Are 150 Completely Uncompetitive House Races in This Year's Midterms

An Abandoned SpaceX Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon. The Real Problem Comes Next