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Without appeals to Christianity, how is person freedom justified? You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

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The computer science (CS) major in the McKelvey School of Engineering, once the biggest major at WashU, is seeing a dramatic decline in enrollment in the 2025-2026 academic year. According to CS ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.