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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.
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Herbicide Is What’s for Dinner
How the biggest farming practice you’ve never heard of is changing your food.
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The Robot Economy Will Run on Blockchain
What finance will look like when it is controlled by machines.
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It’s Time to Make Human-Chimp Hybrids
The humanzee is both scientifically possible and morally defensible.
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You’re Descended from Royalty and So Is Everybody Else
Anybody you can name from ancient history is in your family tree.
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The Bitcoin Paradox
Why cryptocurrency will always be political. -
The Science of Star Wars Weaponry
Just how realistic are lightsabers, blasters, and ion cannons? -
Love, Death, and Other Forgotten Traditions
What we don’t tell our children. -
Is There Beer in Space?
How the emptiness of the void got filled. -
Ideology Is the Original Augmented Reality
How we fill gaps in our everyday experiences.
