Why French Teachers are Afraid

Following the murder of Samuel Paty, many ‘foot soldiers of the Republic’ feel abandoned to extremists.

Mushroom High

Why we can’t get enough of the ‘sunny sponges.’

There are Ten Times as Many Police Cars in Communist Cuba

Than there are ambulances.

Conservationists Track Elephant Populations from SPACE Using Earth-observation Satellites and AI

Can spot the animals even when they are camouflaged by their surroundings.

Salmon Spawning for the First Time in 80 Years

 In the Upper Columbia River.

To Rule the Invisible Battlefield

The electromagnetic spectrum and Chinese military power.

Was the Botched Vaccine Roll-out a Result of Trudeau Placing Too Much Faith in China?

Getting vaccines for all Canadians was a moral obligation. To rely on an unscrupulous, sworn enemy is asking for trouble.

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Debt to Me

An American family’s struggle for student loan redemption.

More Cubans Turn to Prostitution with Foreign Tourists

To survive in communist Cuba.

Not Soon Enough

Payette stepping down as governor general after blistering report on Rideau Hall work environment.

Artificial Intelligence Is a House Divided

A decades-old rivalry has riven the field. See why in my new book, The Last Casebook of Doctor Sababa.

TechNews 科技 新 报

After disabling Adobe Flash, trains in Dalian, China could hardly open. 

Boats Emerge From Sahara

 To take migrants to Spain.

The New National American Elite

America is now ruled by a single elite class rather than by local patrician smart sets competing with each other for money and power.

Humans Could Move to this Floating Asteroid Belt Colony in the Next 15 years, Astrophysicist Says

Wrong design.

Technosolutionism Isn’t the Fix

Whether a crisis of public health or public safety, is the best response increased surveillance?

I Saw the World on Cruise Ships

High school didn't serve up much adventure, so Devin Murphy signed up to do grunt work on expedition ships that sailed to Alaska, Iceland, Antarctica, and other far-flung places. Turned out to be a pretty great idea.

How to Be Lucky

Most of us think that luck just happens (or doesn’t) but everyone can learn to look for the unexpected and find serendipity.

The Case For Liberal Pessimism

A dose of realism about our predicament could be exactly what liberals need.

Not Such a Hero: The Tarnished Legend of Robin Hood

Far from being a selfless righter of wrongs, the outlaw was a brutal killer.