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,…
Can you really date an AI? Inside the rise of AI girlfriends and boyfriends.
The AI revolution is breaching a new frontier: the human heart. For those seeking a partner who feels…
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,…
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 —…
We can have growth while fighting climate change
Climate stories usually start the same way: fire, flood, loss, collapse. The charts are grim. The vibes are…
What did cavemen really eat? The myth of the carnivore diet.
Across the far right, a paranoid prophecy has been taking hold: the belief that globalist elites want to…
Does my protein powder have lead in it?
Americans’ love affair with protein powders may slowly be poisoning them with the known neurotoxin lead. That, at…
US farmers are struggling to sell soybeans. Here’s how to think about the trade war.
Americans have a weird relationship with soy, one of the most important and widely cultivated crops in the…
Lead batteries are poisoning millions of children. We can stop it.
Remember the Flint, Michigan, water crisis? The public health disaster that, at its peak, poisoned nearly 5 percent…
Social Security retirement age: How to raise it without hurting poor people
The other day, economist Tyler Cowen made an offhand observation that took me aback a bit: that the…