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

By Marina Bolotnikova

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

By Dylan Matthews

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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

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Why the death of the honeybee was greatly exaggerated

By Bryan Walsh April 5

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

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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

Why can’t anyone agree on how dangerous AI will be?

By Dylan Matthews March 13

A utopian strand of economic thought is making a surprising comeback

By Oshan Jarow March 11

I’m an expert in the end of the world. The Oscar-winning Oppenheimer made me cry in terror.

By Haydn Belfield March 11

Why New York is suing the world’s biggest meat company

By Jan Dutkiewicz March 8

The world’s mental health is in rough shape — and not getting any better, a new report finds

By Oshan Jarow March 8

China’s emerging psychedelic scene looks a lot like Silicon Valley

By Oshan Jarow March 6

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