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The Life of a Dairy Cow

The surprisingly simple reason kids have imaginary friends

One big reason for fewer babies: phones?

Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits (2020)

TV is watching you – Companies inventing new ways to make money off your data

Beef industry knew of environment impact; spent decades blocking climate action

Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled (2022)

DeepSeek is bad for Silicon Valley. But it might be great for you.

Why big tech turned right

The huge stakes for free speech in a new Supreme Court case about porn

California's future depends on how leaders rebuild after the Los Angeles fires

You can't optimize your way to being a good person

TikTok should lose its big Supreme Court case

Refrigerators have gotten really freaking good. Thanks, Jimmy Carter

A surprise solar boom reveals a fatal flaw in our climate change projections

The deep roots of Americans' hatred of their health care system

Why so many families are "drowning in toys"

Black Friday is a trap

8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving

Trump’s techno-libertarian dream team goes to Washington

Listen to what gets lost when an MP3 is made (2015)

Wild animals are spiraling to extinction. Can a bunch of bureaucrats save them?

A utopian strand of economic thought is making a surprising comeback

What if you can't afford to flee a hurricane?

The profit-obsessed monster destroying American emergency rooms

There’s no such thing as an autistic mouse

AI companies are trying to build god. Shouldn’t they get our permission first? - The public did not consent to artificial general intelligence.

In defense of the washing machine

OpenAI as we knew it is dead

Even solar energy's biggest fans are underestimating it

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