The remarkable story of how humanity turned the tide on HIV/AIDS
On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a brief, clinical report in its…
US smoking rate falls below 10 percent for the first time
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Agentic AI, the alignment problem, and what comes next, explained
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Baseball’s new robot umpires look like a compromise. They’re not.
For a sport that’s more than 150 years old, the opening of the 2026 Major League Baseball season…
The world’s deadliest infectious disease is on the rise in the US
Something unusual happened at Archbishop Riordan High School last fall. In September, a student in the Bay Area…
AI is here. Should you become a plumber? Electrician? Stay in your job?
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How the US cut medical research, explained in 1 chart
Think about the disease that worries you most — the one that runs in your family. Or maybe…
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…
We’re discovering new species fast — and it might help save them
When the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus published Systema Naturae in 1735, he set out to classify every living…
You’ve taken antidepressants for years. Has it changed your personality?
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Why is the Colorado River running out of water?
More than one in 10 Americans rely on the Colorado River to take showers and drink clean water.…
730 million people in the world live without power. Progress has stalled
The world is hungrier than ever for energy. Demand for heating, cooling, lighting, computing power, and just getting…