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Edward DeLaquil is affiliated with the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at NTNU—Norwegian University of Science and Technology. After completing his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, his first role was as a member of the Department of Philosophy at Trinity College, Dublin.

On October 19, 2026, Albertans will vote on whether their province should secede from Canada. Except that isn’t quite right. Albertans will vote on whether the province should “commence legal proceedings” in order to hold a...

In the past few decades, there has been a meteoric rise in fascination with forensic science. The advent of true crime podcasts, internet forums, and the inundation of both nonfiction and fictional television depictions of forensic science have brought investigating crime scenes to the masses. The term “internet sleuths” has been coined to reflect the phenomenon of individual...

In the 1940s and 1950s, as part of a federal pest and rodent control program, pigeons in Boston were fed corn that had been laced with strychnine. This incident inspired Tom Lehrer to write one of his most famous (and hilarious) songs, “Poisoning the Pigeons in the Park.” In ...

Michael Crawford is Beat Editor for Research/Diversity and Inclusiveness. He received his B.A. in philosophy from Furman University and his M.A. in philosophy from the University of South Carolina. He has previously served as copyeditor for the blog. His interests are in ethics (particularly in neuroethics and the ethics of emerging technology), philosophy of mind, and ph...