The topic of “artificial intelligence” has recently brought a confluence of nationally significant announcements. In September, Stanford University released its One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence, which was quickly followed by the announcement in early October that five firms…
Geez, research like this makes women seem stupid and it’s so irritating: This geeky image is at odds with the way that many girls see themselves. Work from our lab shows that when high school girls see Star Trek posters…
New research confirms that The Pill, and other female hormonal contraceptives, increases a woman’s chance of becoming depressed (and suffer other mood disorders). Women know this obvious fact. It is a source of great consternation because married women, especially, seek a…
University of Michigan’s Energy Institute research professor John DeCicco believes that rising carbon dioxide emissions are causing global warming and, therefore, humans must find a way to reduce its levels in the atmosphere — but ethanol is the wrong solution….
Did you catch that the internal combustion engine has been outlawed? Not here… not yet. In Germany — where according to a just announced new mandate all new cars registered come 2030 will have to be “emissions free.” This includes carbon…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is once again in the headlines, but this time it’s not for rockets or electric cars. No sir. Instead he has decided to lend his brilliance to the most complex, confounding problem in all of history:…
If you want more of something, tax it less. That’s a basic concept from Economics 101. We know it works. So for example, if you want more prosperity, cut tax rates on profits. And if you want more ever-cheaper green energy and clean tech, simply cut tax rates for such investments. It is the simplest, most direct, most economically beneficial way to accomplish that objective. With the huge multiple benefits of reducing CO2 and other pollution and health risks while boosting prosperity and lowering energy costs.
So what else is new — and on how many other fronts? Whether it’s gun control, health care reform, climate change, or a host of other issues, President Barack Obama does not follow the law if it conflicts with his…
When leftists run the bureaucracy no one has any fun. In the Food and Drug Administration’s crackdown on what is now a thriving market for vaping products (nicotine and flavorings delivered without tobacco through a vaporizing device), Trevor Burrus has identified one…
The silliest news items are those that belie their headlines, as is the case with a sensational front-page story in Tuesday’s New York Times, titled “Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees.’” From the eye-popping title, one would think that the…
