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America’s Hurricane Luck Is Running Out
Helene is a harbinger of relentless storm seasons to come.
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Millennials Are Worrying About Getting Old. Gen X Can Relate.
Despite the dichotomies pitting them against each other, more connects the generations than divides them.
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Five Books That Conjure Entirely New Worlds
The best-written stories can make readers feel as if they have passed through mundane states of...
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We Need Supply-Side Education Policy
Eliminating degree requirements for jobs is very popular with voters, but would do almost nothing to...
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Malcolm Gladwell, Meet Mark Zuckerberg
The writer’s insistence on ignoring the web is an even bigger blind spot today than it...
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Photos of the Week: Mansion Graffiti, Medieval Battle, Skeletal Deer
The effects of Hurricane Helene in Cuba, a simulated moon walk in Germany, Israeli airstrikes in...
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Don’t Assume That Eric Adams Is Going Anywhere
New York’s mayor is defiant, and his city has tolerated its share of corruption.
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A Question That Demands an Answer
The plight of Yaroslav Bazylevych poses a challenge to the West.
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The Kleptocracy Club
Autocrats dump their democratic allies and keep the company of kleptocrats.
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When One Animal Changes a Human’s Mind
E. B. White was accustomed to slaughtering pigs, until one stole his heart.
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Cities Are Ecosystems Too
We mourn glaciers and forests lost to climate change. Why not streets and sewers?
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What Ellen DeGeneres Isn’t Hearing Over All the Applause
In her new—and reportedly last—stand-up special, the comedian struggles to find the humor in her mistakes.
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How to Stop Self-Obsessing and Be Happier
Some introspection is healthy and necessary, but too much can trap you in a cycle of...
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That Time I Was a Russian Propagandist
The Kremlin’s information war in the West is reminiscent of the one it fought—and won—on the...
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A Harmless Volcanic Eruption Has Its Charms
Kilauea's eruption last week was a chance to appreciate Earth’s most powerful forces.
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High School Is Becoming a Cesspool of Sexually Explicit Deepfakes
AI-generated child-sexual-abuse images are flooding the web.
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Cultural Shifts Alone Won’t Persuade People to Have Kids
You still need the economic winds at your back.
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OpenAI Takes Its Mask Off
Another restructure, and the clearest signal yet of what the company really is
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Who Should Get to Have Kids?
The fight over IVF is really about who can start a family.
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The Modern Political Assassin
“The anger comes first. The shopping for the cause comes next.”
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Richard Dawkins Keeps Shrinking
As his career wraps up, a man of big ideas takes on ever smaller targets.
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The Undecided Voters Are Not Who You Think They Are
For most, the big decision is about whether to vote at all.
