Why your kid is obsessed with squishy toys
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Somehow, the Antichrist returned
In case you didn’t notice, the Antichrist is back.All right, forgive the hyperbole — this biblical agent of Satan hasn’t ...
What is an aging face supposed to look like?
A few months ago, while engaging in one of my more recent pastimes (or compulsions), I verbalized a fear I’d ...
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a highly ...
Why the new GLP-1 pill is such a big deal
A new era of weight loss medication began on Wednesday: The Food and Drug Administration has approved Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 ...
OpenAI accidentally built one of the world’s richest charities. Now what?
When Sam Altman first told her that he’d never let OpenAI go corporate, that what he and his colleagues were ...
The one question everyone should be asking after OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon
American AI companies love to say that the US must win the AI arms race, or China will.Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, ...
The Supreme Court’s tariff decision could save you $1,000
Editor’s note, February 21, 4 pm ET: President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would impose a global tariff of ...
It really looks like we’re about to bomb Iran again
The US military is in the midst of its largest build-up of forces in the Middle East in decades, in ...
Why American “quad god” Ilia Malinin skates like no one else
Figure skating is nothing without tension. Humans speed across slick ice, balancing on a thin metal blade and making sharp ...
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