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What would it take to raise the birth rate?
The world's fertility woes may have a treatable cause.
The future of flying vehicles is closer than you think
Self-flying air taxis could be mainstream as soon as 2030.
Vaccine wars
We're about to reap the deadly harvest of anti-science ideology.
Negativland and me: Why we fall for hoaxes
Public gullibility was a problem in the 1980s when I was caught up in a famous media hoax. It’s worse today.
The future of antisemitism
We can't get confused about what constitutes anti-Jewish prejudice.
When it’s hell on the surface, it’s time to go deep
The perspective is out there.
The future of murder
A 'guided missile for the poor' is changing the face of targeted killing.
You are one of the most important humans who have ever lived
It isn't the end of the world. But give it a minute.
A less crowded future
Almost no one saw this coming.
The passing of the American era
For better and worse, it's over.
Is oligarchy the human condition?
Let's stop pretending that this is a departure from the norm.
The unforgiven generations
We will be remembered for nothing else.