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Latest Research
We Must End the Litigation Doom Loop
April 30, 2024 | James W. Coleman and Arnab Datta
Six Takeaways from Stanford University’s 2024 Report on the State AI
April 30, 2024 | John Bailey
April 22: 30 Years of Environmental Progress: Is It Time at Last to Be Optimistic?
April 9, 2024 | Roger Pielke Jr. and Matthew Continetti
Complexity, Permissionless Innovation, and the English Dance
April 9, 2024 | L. Lynne Kiesling
Judicial Rulemaking and Lucidity: Justice Barrett’s First Amendment Opinion in Lindke v. Freed
April 9, 2024 | Clay Calvert
The TikTok Ban’s Free Speech Dilemma
April 9, 2024 | Will Rinehart
The Myth of Net Neutrality and the Reality of Network Management
April 9, 2024 | Shane Tews
April 22: Is Climate Change to Blame for Natural Disasters? The Science and Politics of Extreme Weather
April 8, 2024 | M. Anthony Mills and Roger Pielke Jr.
Addictive Design: The Legislative and Litigation Synergy Driving Florida’s Social Media Crackdown
April 8, 2024 | Clay Calvert
The Twitter Electorate Isn’t the Real Electors
April 8, 2024 | Will Rinehart
What Countries Have Decarbonized the Fastest?
April 8, 2024 | Roger Pileke Jr.
Mass General Brigham Puts Antiracism Ahead of Their Patients’ Health
April 8, 2024 | Sally Satel
Open App Markets Act: A Misguided Approach That Could Stifle America
April 4, 2024 | Mark Jamison
The Problem With Saying ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’
April 4, 2024 | Carole Hooven and Alex Byrne
An IRS Data Denial Threatens Privacy
April 3, 2024 | Jim Harper
Biden’s EPA Can Justify His New EV Rules Only By Cooking the Books
April 3, 2024 | Benjamin Zycher
The House TikTok Ban Is an Empty Threat
April 3, 2024 | Daniel Lyons
The Re-Emergence of Huawei?
April 2, 2024 | Claude Barfield
Why DOJ’s Antitrust Against Apple Could Fall Flat
April 2, 2024 | Will Rinehart
April 11: The Return of Crypto: Building the Next Era of the Internet
April 2, 2024 | Jim Harper and Chris Dixon
“Away for the Day”: Regulating Cell Phone Use in New Zealand Schools
March 28, 2024 | Bronwyn Howell
Tony Mills on the Failures of Experts During COVID
March 26, 2024 | M. Anthony Mills and Robert Doar
Generative AI’s Napster Moment
March 20, 2024 | Daniel Lyons
Climate Policy Is a Federal Issue
March 19, 2024 | Ben Zycher
Permitting the Energy Transition
March 1, 2024 | James W. Coleman
February 21: Regulating Risky Research: The Science and Governance of Pathogens of Pandemic Potential
February 24, 2024 | M. Anthony Mills
A Lose-Lose Liquefied Natural Gas Pause
February 10, 2024 | James W. Coleman
The Arrival of Post-Industrial Society
January 10, 2024 | M. Anthony Mills
A President’s Council On Artificial Intelligence
November 10, 2023 | M. Anthony Mills
Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science
October 4, 2023 | M. Anthony Mills
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