Saturday, August 15, 2026
ArchiveThe Economics of a Shrinking World
For the first time in human history — not in wars, not in pandemics — global fertility has fallen below replacement. The shock: it's concentrated among the world's poorest women, not the wealthy countries everyone assumes.
Going Dark, and the era of law enforcement hacking
Matthew Green dissects how law enforcement quietly shifted from demanding encryption backdoors to just hacking everyone directly. The policy implications are playing out right now, and Green is one of the few people qualified to explain them.
The Insane US-Japan Currency Bailout
A former Soros trader running the US Treasury secretly sold euros to prop up the yen — without telling the ECB. Patrick Boyle breaks down the first US currency intervention in 28 years.
Her Brain Was Broken. It Was Fixed With Sound—Not a Scalpel
Erin McNulty had been missing for weeks when her mother sat down, exhausted. Then doctors aimed sound waves at her brain — no scalpel, no incision — and something changed. Focused ultrasound for addiction is real, and it's working.
Scientists Solve Mystery of Earth’s Continents
Why does Earth have continents at all? Most rocky planets don't. The answer may trace back to the shape of the Milky Way itself — a connection between galactic structure and the ground beneath your feet that nobody saw coming.