Science & Technology
A selection of recent articles on this topic
Sex in the Frame
I doubt the readers of First Things need persuading that pornography is bad. It might feel invigorating…
Who Owns the Embryos?
For Emily Ballou, it seemed like the perfect solution. She had always wanted to adopt a child…
Elon’s Family Values
A battle has broken out on the American right. Two visions of what it means to have children…
The Dirty Science
My formal introduction to the costs of inquiry into sensitive matters began at 6:30 Eastern time on…
Anti-Humanism at Home and Abroad
Canada’s laws on medically assisted dying are remarkably progressive even by today’s standards. In 2022, the government…
Putting Americans in Iron Lungs Again?
The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services…
Human Battery Hens
Britain’s Daily Mail recently reported how around one hundred young Thai women were kept against their will,…
Large Language Poetry
In my ideal undergraduate course in literary criticism, the first semester would include a brisk introduction to…
From Science to God
The latest installment of an ongoing interview series with contributing editor Mark Bauerlein. Spencer A. Klavan joins…
How Happiness Studies Lets Us Down
Demand elicits supply. The demand I have in mind is the demand for happiness: Suicide rates are…
The OnlyFans Exploitation Trap
OnlyFans creators are competing to have sex with as many men as possible in the shortest amount…
TikTok Is Digital Fentanyl—U.S. Ownership Won’t Change That
Last year, in a historic bipartisan effort, Congress passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications…
A Future for the Family: A New Technology Agenda for the Right
A new era of technological change is upon us. It threatens to supplant the human person and…
Jane Austen Against the Smartphone
On this day in 1813, England’s most beloved novel was published. Pride and Prejudice has become the…
It’s Good That You’re Alive
Our desire is to obtain legal recognition for the principle that in cases of advanced and inevitably…
