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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.
The debate over the Anthropocene epoch, explained.
A pandemic response that amounts to hoping and praying isn’t nearly enough.
A shocking new study suggests medical debt relief didn’t do much to improve patients’ finances or health.
Road-clogging, manure-dumping farmers reveal the paradox at the heart of EU agriculture.
In which philosophy tries to understand how normal people think about morality.
Dangerous, polluting SUVs and pickups took over America. Lawmakers are partly to blame.
Harvard dishonesty researcher Francesca Gino faked her research. But she still has a lot to teach us.
What a post-nuclear aftermath could really look like.
The US Department of Agriculture’s failed response to bird flu in cows, explained.
It is almost hard to believe just how effective vaccines are at saving infants’ lives.
The detection of bird flu in cows and thecommercial milksupply raises new concerns about the risks to public health.
Your taxes fundan obscure government program that kills millions of wild animals to benefit Big Ag.
A decade ago, research showed a troubling dip in empathy. A new study provides more hope.
The delightful abundance of going vegan.
Fareed Zakaria on the age of revolution.
Noticing more problems with Boeing planes doesn’t mean there are actually more problems with aviation safety.
Colorado passed legislation to prevent companies from selling your brainwaves. But is it enough to stop the likes of Meta and Apple?
Giving a kidney saves a life. Paying donors could fix the shortage.
How industrial meat and dairy trap us in an infectious disease cycle.
Companies sometimes match donations to charity. What if the government did too?
For the last 100 years, we’ve only had one TB vaccine — and it leaves a lot to be desired.
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