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In a darkened convention hall in Chicago on May 31, a Harvard oncologist named Brian Wolpin stood at…
Why Americans are fighting AI data centers
On its surface, the national revolt against data centers seems simple: They are a nuisance, and people do…
How to make the most important choice of your life
The average person works 80,000 hours over the course of their career. Ideally, that time should be fulfilling,…
This animal kills 100,000 people a year. Why can’t we stop it?
There are few animals humans fear more than sharks. This is understandable: Sharks are big, dramatic creatures that…
The 5 most unhinged revelations from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI
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Why “should you panic about hantavirus?” is the wrong question to ask
If you’ve been following the coverage of the hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, these are…
Coffee is good for you. Science keeps making the case stronger
There are few news subjects more reliably depressing than nutritional science. A glance at the headlines will tell…
The Iran War Oil Shock Markets Are Still Ignoring, Like Covid in 2020?
In the early weeks of the Covid pandemic, in those days when public spaces emptied and hospitals filled…
Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak
For more than a century, the world has run on coal. When Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street electrical station…
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis),…
Ozempic just got cheap enough to change the world
By now, Ozempic needs no introduction in America. One in 8 American adults now takes a GLP-1 drug…
What to teach your kids to prepare them for an AI-scrambled job market
I work with a lot of very smart people, and sometimes one of them asks me a question…