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Why singles are giving up on dating
There’s a record number of single people out there, but they aren’t finding each other. Jonathan Rosenthal, international editor for The Economist, j…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
When will A.I. want to kill us?
A.I. is becoming smarter without much help from humans, and that should worry us all. Nate Soares, president of Machine Intelligence Research Institu…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The U.S. has never had a common identity
In the story of the melting pot, the United States can integrate all peoples into one — but what if that’s more of a myth than a metaphor? Colin Wood…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The wartime justification of deportations
Three of the 18th Century laws making up the Alien and Sedition Acts have expired, but the Alien Enemies Act is getting quite a workout today. Qian J…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Why we need laws to be specific
Autocrats are famous for enacting vague laws with specific punishments – and if people preemptively overcorrect their behaviors, all the better. Matt…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Can you trust generic drugs?
When you pop open your medication bottle and take your pills, you assume they are safe. But how do you know? Debbie Cenziper, investigative journalis…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
The man (or woman) behind the curtain of A.I.
It takes seconds for an A.I. chatbot to give you an answer – but many manhours went into getting you there. Varsha Bansal, tech reporter for The Guar…
4 months ago
Women want testosterone, too
Muscle-bound bodybuilders may line up for testosterone replacement therapy – and increasingly, so do menopausal women. Susan Dominus, staff writer a…
4 months ago
The hidden history of ultra-processed food
From flavored yogurt to a package of Ding Dongs, Americans love ultraprocessed food. Alice Callahan is a New York Times reporter with a Ph.D. in nut…
4 months ago
Everybody can read but nobody does
For many of us, reading involves mostly scrolling through content on our phones rather than picking up a book. James Marriott writes for The Times of…
4 months ago