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We Don’t Have to Despair
Medical research director Eric Topol sees light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.
How Your Body Knows What Time It Is
Uncovering the molecules that keep our mind and body in a daily rhythm.
The Well-Meaning Bad Ideas Spoiling a Generation
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on politics, morality, and the coddling of the American mind.
It’s the End of the Gene As We Know It
We are not nearly as determined by our genes as once thought.
Iron Is the New Cholesterol
Elevated iron is at the center of a web of disease stretching from cancer to diabetes.
Herbicide Is What’s for Dinner
How the biggest farming practice you’ve never heard of is changing your food.
The Robot Economy Will Run on Blockchain
What finance will look like when it is controlled by machines.
Scary AI Is More “Fantasia” Than “Terminator”
Ex-Googler Nate Soares on AI’s alignment problem.
It’s Time to Make Human-Chimp Hybrids
The humanzee is both scientifically possible and morally defensible.
You’re Descended from Royalty and So Is Everybody Else
Anybody you can name from ancient history is in your family tree.