A Swindled Future: The Cost of the National Debt

From slaughtered schoolchildren to draconian abortion bans, there is much to deplore in our political present. Daily headlines are littered with stupidity, cruelty, dysfunction, and death. Such a disturbing picture makes it easy to dismiss less tangible issues—like the $31 trillion national debt—as mere distractions. But the government’s profligate ways are no longer a theoretical […]

The Future of the Real Estate Industry…Is Virtual? 

When we think of real estate, we think of homes, skyscrapers, and other buildings. These physical spaces, while a large part of real estate, are not all-inclusive of the magnitude of impact that the real estate industry has on a vast grouping of people. Historically, the real estate market has been known to fluctuate and […]

What Gene-editing in China Reveals About Progress and Risk

On November 25, 2018, a Chinese researcher by the name of He Jiankui released a video of himself detailing the process through which he edited the genes of a set of twin girls. Against the backdrop of various scientific instruments and with a disarming smile, He reveals how his lab deleted the CCR5 gene in […]