Kristen French

AI consciousness expert Susan Schneider on being stalked by chatbot users, the Moltbook meltdown, and why agentic AI isn’t ready for prime time

Glacier tourism tends to do more harm than good, and when the glaciers are gone, local economies will have to adapt

In a time of perpetual crisis, more and more mothers are trying to find the solutions that their governments seem unwilling to provide

What happens to kids who experience terminal lucidity—and the caregivers who tend to them

“Sleeping on it” comes of age

A group in rural California wants to help us understand death through hallucinogens and narrative medicine

The ways in which sports betting and predictive markets are ruining lives

The most elusive mental health condition is more common than we thought

Welcome to the real midlife crisis in the US

Nutrition scholar Marion Nestle on the appeal of a made-up category