Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
Picture this: You are freshly 16 years old, zooming down the New Jersey Turnpike with music blasting at 2 AM, hitting 103 miles per hour like it is nothing. The feeling is nipped by the glare of flashing blue lights. Panic does not set in, however, b...
Carol Bond was initially thrilled when she learned her friend, Myrlinda Haynes, was pregnant. She was understandably a little less thrilled when she discovered that her husband, who had been having an affair with Haynes, was the father. So, naturally...
Carol Bond was initially thrilled when she learned her friend, Myrlinda Haynes, was pregnant. She was understandably a little less thrilled when she discovered that her husband, who had been having an affair with Haynes, was the father. So, naturally...
As an undergraduate, the FBI closing of the Silk Road anonymous marketplace may not affect you beyond your drug supply or your easy purchase of another fake ID. But if you’re a political dissident in China, or a currency trader in London, the loss ...
As an undergraduate, the FBI closing of the Silk Road anonymous marketplace may not affect you beyond your drug supply or your easy purchase of another fake ID. But if you’re a political dissident in China, or a currency trader in London, the loss ...
If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be reckoned with, and she hasn’t even started high school. She speaks out against North Carolina’s new voter...
If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be reckoned with, and she hasn’t even started high school. She speaks out against North Carolina’s new voter...
It is good to be back after last week’s live-blogging interlude. Only later did I come to know the real reason I was tasked for the assignment: the now infamous and then-still-plausible Commissioner Kelly event was scheduled to take place at the sa...
It is good to be back after last week’s live-blogging interlude. Only later did I come to know the real reason I was tasked for the assignment: the now infamous and then-still-plausible Commissioner Kelly event was scheduled to take place at the sa...
As the leaves change color and the temperature drops, winter and the flu season are fast approaching. With the chill also comes the choice of whether or not to get the flu vaccine. Many factors go into this decision: religious beliefs, philosophical ...
As the leaves change color and the temperature drops, winter and the flu season are fast approaching. With the chill also comes the choice of whether or not to get the flu vaccine. Many factors go into this decision: religious beliefs, philosophical ...
Hello, readers! I hadn’t expected to write about abortion this week, but after the Supreme Court dismissed Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, I felt that I should probably step in and do some explaining. The case was originally ...
Hello, readers! I hadn’t expected to write about abortion this week, but after the Supreme Court dismissed Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, I felt that I should probably step in and do some explaining. The case was originally ...
If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking Bad withdrawal. This week, the Economist compared the Tea Party’s shutdown antics to “a type of self-affirming ...
If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking Bad withdrawal. This week, the Economist compared the Tea Party’s shutdown antics to “a type of self-affirming ...
On October 29th there were two events. At one, a New York City police commissioner was shouted down. The lecture hall in which he had been invited to speak and the street outside were crowded with angry, offended, frustrated people who did not share ...
On October 29th there were two events. At one, a New York City police commissioner was shouted down. The lecture hall in which he had been invited to speak and the street outside were crowded with angry, offended, frustrated people who did not share ...
Hello, readers! We have ahead of ourselves yet another week that’s devoid of Supreme Court oral arguments, so I figured now would be a good time to preview a case that’s going to be argued on November 6: Town of Greece v. Galloway. This case addr...
Hello, readers! We have ahead of ourselves yet another week that’s devoid of Supreme Court oral arguments, so I figured now would be a good time to preview a case that’s going to be argued on November 6: Town of Greece v. Galloway. This case addr...
Starting the Conversation on College Hill. The event is a discussion of the impact of the Citizens United Supreme Court case and what role students can (and should) have in determining public policy. Sponsored by the Brown Political Forum. Lending...
Starting the Conversation on College Hill. The event is a discussion of the impact of the Citizens United Supreme Court case and what role students can (and should) have in determining public policy. Sponsored by the Brown Political Forum. Lending...
While Washington has been wrangling with the shutdown and the largely synthetic debt ceiling crisis, a smaller but no less worrying debt problem brews just beyond the mainland. Puerto Rico, technically a commonwealth of the United States, is dangerou...
While Washington has been wrangling with the shutdown and the largely synthetic debt ceiling crisis, a smaller but no less worrying debt problem brews just beyond the mainland. Puerto Rico, technically a commonwealth of the United States, is dangerou...
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Kaley v. United States, a somewhat complicated but deeply consequential case on the scope of pretrial criminal defendants’ Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights. Specifically, in 2005 petitioners Kerri and...
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Kaley v. United States, a somewhat complicated but deeply consequential case on the scope of pretrial criminal defendants’ Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights. Specifically, in 2005 petitioners Kerri and...