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The goal of Death Star is simple.

‘Working forests’ like state-run Tiger Mountain retain greenhouse gases — but logging is deeply entrenched in Northwest economies.

How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.

If you’ve never watched it, Kirby Ferguson’s “Everything is a Remix” series (which was recently updated from the original version that came out years ago) is an excellent look at how stupid our cop…

Most economic growth comes from innovation, not the accumulation of capital or labor. And innovation rates are mostly due to two competing factors. One the one hand, we pick the low hanging fruit of the easiest highest-payoff innovations to try first. On the other hand, we can more easily pursue innovation ideas when our world is richer, has better tech, and knows more.

I recently noticed that the Bank of Jamaica, Jamaica's central bank, has implemented two new marketing strategies to drive adoption of its ...

Why are Republicans across the nation insisting that the country’s most severe problems are teaching Black History and trans kids wanting to be recognized for who they are?

In a year of depressingly predictable election trends, the rise of biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy represents something of a breakthrough. In some polls for the Republican presidential nomination, the 38-year-old Ohio native now occupies second place behind Donald Trump, overtaking the beleaguered Ron DeSantis. [...]Read More...

Mathematicians can often figure out what happens as quantities grow infinitely large. What about when they are just a little big?

Gross output (GO) is a relatively new macroeconomic statistic that measures total economic activity. Gross domestic product (GDP)—the other major measure of economic activity—accounts only for final goods and services. However, GO’s scope includes both final output as well as intermediate inputs at all earlier stages of production. Therefore, GO is a much more comprehensive measure […]

Drivers using phones or not wearing seatbelts have been identified by the AI camera system.

Once upon a time, before the internet, there were attempts to combine magazines and catalogs together. The weird part? For a while, it worked! Meet the magalog.

Not even Taylor Swift can fight the devaluation of recorded music, but she makes it up in physical experiences; Disney isn’t much different, but it looks much worse given the company’s …

Disney was, and should remain, a serious engineering company.

(Wayne Stadler/Dreamstime.com) New York City's migrant crisis has been in the news lately. The basic story is that the city...

As they increasingly forsake cash, regular folks are making dozens of digital payments every month. What they don't realize is how this grow...

From million-dollar slide shows to Steve Jobs’s introduction of the iPhone, a bit of show business never hurt plain old business.

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Is affirmative action unfair to black achievement? Not any more than the forms of unfairness that affect other races' accomplishments

A new paper shows underinvesting in government comes at a staggering cost.

A YouTube controversy around a major channel reflects the complexity of maintaining editorial standards, or even integrity, when quantity trumps all.

New data on series like Suits and Bluey makes a strong case that streaming giants like Netflix and Disney+ need to learn the value of their own content.

Disney+, YouTube TV, Hulu, and other streaming services are still ideas in search of a business model.