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Will AI mean the end of liberal democracy?

By Sean Illing April 20

Are there really more things going wrong on airplanes?

By Kelsey Piper April 19

Your brain’s privacy is at risk. The US just took its first big step toward protecting it.

By Sigal Samuel April 18

Would you donate a kidney for $50,000?

By Dylan Matthews April 17

The dairy industry really, really doesn’t want you to say “bird flu in cows”

By Marina Bolotnikova April 16

The charitable deduction is a complex, broken mess. There’s a better way.

By Dylan Matthews April 15

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Every year, tuberculosis kills over a million people. Can a new vaccine turn the tide?

By Jess Craig April 14

A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

By Kelsey Piper April 12

Why is there so much lead in American food?

By Dylan Scott April 11

Language doesn’t perfectly describe consciousness. Can math?

By Oshan Jarow April 10

Mega drive-throughs explain everything wrong with American cities

By Marina Bolotnikova April 9

Why are so many young people getting cancer?

By Dylan Scott April 8

Why the death of the honeybee was greatly exaggerated

By Bryan Walsh April 5

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Taiwan’s earthquake preparedness saved a lot of lives — and prevented a catastrophe for the global tech economy

By Bryan Walsh April 4

Good news: Democracy won in Senegal. Here’s why it matters.

By Ellen Ioanes April 4

Bird flu jumped to cows, then to a human. Should we be worried?

By Benji Jones and Kenny Torrella April 3

Can Ozempic be a breakthrough drug and overpriced at the same time?

By Dylan Scott April 3

Pig kidney transplants are cool. They shouldn’t be necessary.

By Dylan Matthews April 2

Want a 32-hour workweek? Give workers more power.

By Oshan Jarow March 31

AI “agents” could do real work in the real world. That might not be a good thing.

By Kelsey Piper March 29

3 Body Problem’s most mind-bending question isn’t about aliens

By Sigal Samuel March 29

AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.

By Brian Calvert March 28

One big problem with how we rank countries by happiness

By Sigal Samuel March 27

How AI could explode the economy

By Dylan Matthews March 26

Congress can’t get anything done. Except on foreign aid.

By Dylan Matthews March 24

Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis is part of a frightening global trend

By Dylan Scott March 22

A Harvard dishonesty researcher was accused of fraud. Her defense is troubling.

By Kelsey Piper March 22

Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way?

By Sigal Samuel March 21

Why did geologists reject the “Anthropocene” epoch? It’s not rock science.

By Sigal Samuel March 20

The next big climate deadline is for meat and dairy

By Kenny Torrella March 20

Can a friend be your most significant other?

By Sigal Samuel March 20

Can we protect and profit from the oceans?

By Julieta Cardenas March 18

Psychedelics are about to become a casualty of Oregon’s opioid crisis

By Oshan Jarow March 16

This AI says it has feelings. It’s wrong. Right?

By Kelsey Piper March 15

How the world has radically cut child deaths, in one chart

By Dylan Scott March 15

The tropical disease that’s suddenly everywhere

By Dylan Scott March 14

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