Executive Summary: Gene synthesis screening is an effective tool to prevent dangerous pathogens from moving from digital design to physical reality. Mandatory screening will likely provide substantial benefits at modest…
By Anemone Franz | Rachel Hovde | Scott Weathers | February 2, 2026
How the influential 2006 Stern Review conjured up escalating future disaster losses
By Roger Pielke Jr. | February 2, 2026
Just over two months ago, Australia’s much anticipated provisions governing social media platform access by under-16s came into force. While it’s still early, let’s examine how various stakeholders have responded.…
By Bronwyn Howell | January 30, 2026
“The times they are a-changing,” in particular in the context of “climate” policies and initiatives. And they are not changing favorably for the ideological opponents of fossil fuels, that is,…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 28, 2026
In a media ecosystem no longer defined by scarcity, Carr’s revival of the Equal Time Rule may say less about ensuring democratic fairness than about how long a broadcast-era solution…
By Daniel Lyons | January 28, 2026
Following the US Supreme Court’s 2024 rulings in the jawboning cases of Murthy v. Missouri and National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, it was a matter of when—not if—another…
By Clay Calvert | January 27, 2026
People would have a due process right to contest seizures of their data when government agents do not use a warrant. Whether people get such rights ultimately depends on whether…
By Jim Harper | January 27, 2026
The world currently has 8.2 billion people and a global economy approaching $120 trillion. The world also routinely experiences extreme weather events like tropical cyclones, floods, and tornadoes. [1] Given these facts,…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | January 26, 2026
Shane Tews interviews Greg Oslan, where they discuss why established cybersecurity measures failed to halt or slow down the activity of cybercriminals, what can we do to better protect ourselves…
By Shane Tews | January 26, 2026
Summary: A number of comments on the BOEM proposed OCS leasing program oppose the proposal on “climate” grounds, that is, on the purported adverse effects of the greenhouse gas emissions…
By Benjamin Zycher | January 26, 2026
At Davos this week, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, gave a standout talk about the path he believes AI will take in the coming years. While he thinks…
By Will Rinehart | January 23, 2026
Today I share my January column for Dispatch Energy. In it, I identify some important, but deeply buried, assumptions in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA ) most recent World Energy Outlook…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | January 22, 2026
“This is a case about minor Plaintiffs’ alleged addiction to Defendants’ social media platforms and the alleged adverse effects flowing from that addiction.” That’s how California Superior Court Judge Carolyn…
By Clay Calvert | January 22, 2026
A federal court recently blocked Colorado from enforcing part of a new law that compels social media platforms “to provide non-commercial disclosures to minors about the alleged health impacts of…
By Clay Calvert | January 21, 2026
The most profound way I used AI in 2025 came during one of the harder stretches my family has faced: My mother’s cancer came back. In the past, navigating this…
By John Bailey | January 20, 2026