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Daniel Bier is a senior editor at Freethink. His beat covers science, statistics, and criminal justice.

Is the solution to dangerous drugs... making them safer?

Basic science funding is a mess. Fixing it could radically improve the pace of innovation.

Over 600,000 people will leave prison this year; here's how we can help them never return.

SpaceX is out in front, but the race for global satellite internet is getting crowded.

The world's richest and poorest people are teaming up against humanity's deadliest predator.

Our hyper-connected world might be protecting us against devastating plagues.

The evidence suggests that most murderers get away with it. Here's what we can do about that.

Researchers claim that BrainNet is “bringing us a step closer to a ‘social network of brains.’”

The project, named AlterEgo, intentionally crosses the line between what's "out there" and what's in your head.

Zika can devastate fetal brains; scientists want to turn it against brain tumors instead.

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