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The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we need to ensure that it doesn’t kill us off.

Dorothy Allison, the Bastard Out of Carolina author who died last week, modeled the power of honesty in her writing and her life.

Party leaders have spent much of the past six days dissecting what went wrong. Now they’re pitching their vision for the future.

If the party doesn’t figure out how to compete in more states, perpetual GOP dominance is all but assured.

A new book compares the authors and frenemies Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, but its fixation on their rivalry obscures the complicated truth.

Already a leader in clean tech, China may see a new reason to act as leader in addressing climate change too.

With America’s rudest man back in the White House, maybe comedy will be funnier. But maybe not.

Expectations of who will gain, and who will lose, from the president-elect’s second term are already moving markets.

Read about breakthroughs to treat lupus, a possible birth-control revolution, a food-allergy fix that’s been hiding in plain sight, and more.