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Already the world’s worst displacement crisis, new battlefronts in Sudan could unleash ethnic violence and genocide.
Both skeptics and boosters are too sure of themselves.
Mindfulness is one thing. Jhāna meditation is stranger, stronger, and going mainstream.
“I’m scared. I’d be crazy not to be,” one former employee tells Vox.
Musician FKA Twigs made a digital clone of herself. Is this the future of celebrity?
A new study finds that combating malaria, TB, and HIV pays for itself 405 times over.
House Republicans are working to make America's factory farms even crueler.
Obesity will go down, electric cars will go up, and a nuclear bomb might just fall.
AI is holding the internet hostage — and media is no exception.
How centuries of milk marketing warped the way we think about dairy and nutrition.
Exposure to salty water can rob women of their reproductive organs and pregnancies.
How climate change transforms our reproductive lives, from menstruation to fertility to pregnancy.
Extreme heat is dangerous when you're pregnant — particularly for those in underrepresented communities.
How to protect mothers and babies as warming temperatures expand the risk of contracting the disease.
INR is “almost always right.” How come nobody has heard of it?
Non-combatants bear the brunt of modern war's toll, but we don’t know how to memorialize them.
Who killed the prediction market?
Has Sam Altman told the truth about OpenAI’s NDA scandal?
Is OpenAI gaslighting Scarlett Johansson?
Dopamine detoxing, hacking, and fasting: Is any of it real?
And how to measure fuel economy better.
Company insiders explain why safety-conscious employees are leaving.
Why is OpenAI’s superalignment team imploding?
Decades of citizen science are finally translating into clinical trials for psychedelic pain treatments.
Biden is acting like he hates the Chinese more than he likes the climate.
It’s not as complicated as it seems, but there’s one key hurdle.
We eat pigs. Do we need them to process our urine too?
New regulations are a win for safe synthetic DNA.
Bans on cell-cultivated, “lab-grown” meat are about protecting Big Ag.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis banned cell-cultivated or “lab-grown” meat. Why did Democratic Sen. John Fetterman lend his support?
Because of one law, the internet has no legal duty of care when it comes to hate speech. Just take a look at what happened in Myanmar.
Tyson Foods refuses to explain how it’s cut emissions for its new “climate-smart” beef.
Longevity research may not let us live forever — but it could still make our lives better in smaller ways.
A post-Covid pandemic treaty was supposed to be a breakthrough. Instead, it looks like a disappointment.
Investing in AI safety could help ward off a big threat to humanity.
AI nudges us to prioritize speed and scale. In Gaza, it’s turbocharging mass bombing.
Emerging apps use AI to guess when you’ll be sad. Can they also help you feel better?
The genetic data that underpins CRISPR has a big diversity problem.
Think twice before throwing out your leftovers.