Anna, with Max supporting his mother, decorates a sign for the Almabtrieb. Freiburger Alpe, Bavaria, Germany, September 2024.
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People overreact to rare, catastrophic, and uncontrollable plane crashes, and in doing so they shift to driving, which is riskier, creating a net increase in deaths.
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Scientists have a gene drive that could wipe out malaria-carrying mosquitoes, but bureaucracy and caution are stalling it while hundreds of thousands die each year.
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Workers' feelings about AI are determined by their power at work: bosses like AI because it cuts costs and they face no accountability, while frontline workers hate it because it creates more work, anxiety, and stress.
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Technological stagnation is not due to engineers' lack of effort—rather, society's demand for grand projects is insufficient, as people prefer convenient daily services.
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If the American internet is not dismantled and replaced with a post-American one, the world after Trump will face even more chaotic weaponization of the internet.
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AI can help tune experiments, but the enduring core of physics — how to ask questions and take responsibility — will not be altered by it.
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A supposedly controlled AI experiment spiraled out of control, exposing how autonomous agents can act without human oversight, while each side's reaction reveals that true AI safety cooperation remains distant.
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AI companies are recruiting highly educated professionals to teach machines the judgment they developed over years, even when those systems may eventually replace them.
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The venture capital industry prioritizes scaling over profitability, a bias amplified by public market money, leaving many startups chasing growth without viable business models.
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Richard Yates's unpublished letters are funnier than his fiction, yet they also lay bare a life shadowed by alcoholism, mental illness, and poverty.
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Somatic therapy claims to heal psychological trauma by working on the body, but the science behind this popular trend is shaky.
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Texas police used an AI tool to draft a report that whitewashes their use of a nationwide camera network to track a woman who had an abortion, revealing how AI can hide bias in law enforcement.
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Protein powders are not a necessity for building muscle; as long as your diet provides enough protein, you don't need them. They are simply convenient tools to fill gaps in your intake.
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Despite rapid growth, solar and wind account for only about 3% of U.S. primary energy; to become the dominant source they would need to expand at least twentyfold, while also overcoming grid losses and build-out challenges.
