AI is here. Should you become a plumber? Electrician? Stay in your job?
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Long-term SSRI use: What to know if you’ve taken antidepressants for years
If you’ve been taking antidepressants or anti-anxiety medications for years, you might have certain questions. Do you still…
730 million people in the world live without power. Progress has stalled
The world is hungrier than ever for energy. We don’t have a good grasp on how many people…
Claude Code, explained: why this AI tool has tech people freaking out
If it feels like the tech people in your life and on your timeline have collectively lost their…
What ChatGPT Health can actually tell you — and what it can’t
How often have you asked ChatGPT for health advice? Maybe about a mysterious rash or that tightening in…
RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid puts meat and dairy on top — and it doesn’t add up
If you take anything at all from the latest edition of the federal dietary guidelines, out this week,…
How AI could reboot science and revive long-term economic growth
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. A Pew Research Center survey published…
How zero sum thinking hurts the economy and growth
I live in New York City, which fashions itself as many things: the financial capital of the world,…
Can fish feel pain? That may be the wrong question.
What must it feel like to be a fish — to glide weightlessly through the sea, to draw…
How to fight AI at work
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AI voice cloning complicates estate planning for celebrities’ legacies
Before Franz Kafka died in 1924, he had a simple wish for his friend and literary executor Max…
Why did we send Laika to space? The tragedy of the first animal to orbit the earth, explained
In March, I visited the Lowell Observatory — the astronomical research site where Pluto was first discovered —…