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Did Apple empower China?
Financial Times reporter Patrick McGee argues in his new book 'Apple in China' that China wouldn’t be the China it is today without Apple.
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A former CDC vaccine adviser has words for RFK Jr.
Last month, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired an influential committee of vaccine advisers to the CDC. What that decision could mean for vacc…
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How the Scopes ‘monkey’ trial echoes today
One hundred years ago, teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school. His trial became a national sensation. T…
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Are we thinking about AI the wrong way?
AI researcher Ethan Mollick says most public conversation focuses too much on potential AI catastrophes and not enough on making the technology work …
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The Jackpod: Action completed this day
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a model of government inefficiency and the prospects for FEMA reform.…
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The new crisis in American kids' health
Mortality rates, mental health conditions, obesity and chronic disease rates are all up significantly in American children. Why are kids in the U.S. …
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What we know about the Epstein files
Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown knows more about the Jeffrey Epstein case than just about anyone. What does she think might be in the files the …
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How Trump cuts are causing a ‘brain drain’ in American science
The Trump administration is attacking American academic institutions on multiple fronts, including cutting grant funding and targeting foreign exchan…
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How did being a sports fan get so expensive?
It can cost a fan up to $5,000 a year to follow major sports, between merchandise and game tickets and TV streaming access. Is the pursuit of profit …
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Week of Wonder: Can we save the quietest places in the world?
Our planet’s rich nature sounds are disappearing, drowned out by human-made noise. Sound recordist Matt Mikkelsen travels the world, listening to and…
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