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

By Kelsey Piper

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

By Sigal Samuel

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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

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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

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

By Oshan Jarow March 6

Why is Biden blocking the cheapest, most popular EVs in the world?

By Dylan Matthews March 4

Who fakes cancer research? Apparently, lots of people.

By Kelsey Piper March 1

Driving at ridiculous speeds should be physically impossible

By David Zipper March 1

Space trash lasers, explained

By Coleman Lowndes February 29

Black Nazis? A woman pope? That’s just the start of Google’s AI problem.

By Sigal Samuel February 28

Should Big Pharma pay poor countries for finding new diseases?

By Dylan Scott February 28

9 charts that show US factory farming is even bigger than you realize

By Marina Bolotnikova and Kenny Torrella February 26

I got to see the IRS’s free tax-filing software in action. Here’s what I learned.

By Dylan Matthews February 26

Is oat milk unhealthy? That’s the wrong question.

By Benji Jones February 25

What two years of AI development can tell us about Sora

By Kelsey Piper February 23

Your brain needs a really good lawyer

By Sigal Samuel February 21

Can California show the way forward on AI safety?

By Kelsey Piper February 16

A war has never been fought in orbit. That may be about to change.

By Tim Fernholz February 15

Sell lab-grown meat in Tennessee, pay a $1 million fine

By Kenny Torrella February 14

How a ragtag band of internet friends became the best at forecasting world events

By Dylan Matthews February 13

The death of the world’s best marathon runner is part of a troubling global trend

By Dylan Scott February 12

We have treatments for opioid addiction that work. So why is the problem getting worse?

By Lydialyle Gibson February 12

Can effective altruism stay effective?

By Kelsey Piper February 9

How a shipping error more than a century ago launched the $30 billion chicken industry

By Kenny Torrella February 9

Can the courts save us from dangerous AI?

By Dylan Matthews February 7

Should we make our most powerful AI models open source to all?

By Kelsey Piper February 2

How Congress is planning to lift 400,000 kids out of poverty

By Dylan Matthews February 1

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