Mike Pearl
Mike asks stupid questions to smart people and then writes about it.
How Drugs Will Get Under, Over, and Around Trump's Wall
A wall may be a powerful symbol, but it won't be a useful tool in the war on drugs.
Was It Wrong for Scientists to Create a Pig-Human Hybrid Embryo?
Scientists at the Salk Institute in California have created a part-human, part-pig embryo. Bioethicist Arthur Caplan told us about the ethical concerns involved in mixing human and animal DNA.
What Would Happen in the Minutes and Hours After a Coup in America?
The government won't be taken over by the military, but here's what it would look like if it did.
The US Just Slapped Sanctions on Russia for Election Hacks
The government also released an intelligence report that connects pieces of code used in the hack with Russian spy agencies.
Why 2017 Won't Suck for Medical Science
Look forward to head transplants, medical ketamine, and a gene-editing arms race with China.
What Would Happen in the Minutes and Hours After North Korea Nuked the United States?
Not that they would, but it's good to game these things out.
How Scared Should I Be of Living Alone?
If you're not splitting rent with someone else, you might need to worry about choking, falling, or becoming weird.
A Brief History of Getting So Wasted You Forget You Created Important Pop Culture
When you're loaded, you can forget entire nights, weekends, novels you've written, and seasons of television you've starred in.
A Wikipedian Explains How Wikipedia Stays Reliable in the Fake News Era
"If Wikipedia's rules were applied to Facebook? Oh my God! They'd lose 99 percent of their content."
What the Future Looks Like with a Climate Change Denier in the White House
Short answer: It looks bad. But what's the long answer?