The great mosquito resurgence
At Vox’s climate desk, we’ve spent the past few months digging into a threat that’s easy to swat away in ...
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Obsessing about being a good person can backfire. There’s a better way.
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s ...
Is this the “sickest generation” in American history? Not even close.
If you’ve been paying any attention to the fractious debate over American health policy, you’ve probably heard this phrase: “the ...
How to save Social Security without screwing over poor people
The other day, economist Tyler Cowen made an offhand observation that took me aback a bit: that the French, today, ...
What is the worst-case scenario for AI? California lawmakers want to know.
When it comes to AI, as California goes, so goes the nation. The biggest state in the US by population ...
The most miraculous animal migration is happening in the middle of New York City
BROOKLYN, New York — When people imagine what nature looks like, this probably wouldn’t be it. On an overcast afternoon ...
A flesh-eating parasite is at our borders. What happens if it spreads?
A Maryland resident who traveled to El Salvador came home last month with an unwelcome souvenir: larvae of the New ...
How Ireland wrote the modern story of progress
One of my vacation habits is to take along a book about the place I’m visiting — which is how ...
A tournament tried to test how well experts could forecast AI progress. They were all wrong.
Two of the smartest people I follow in the AI world recently sat down to check in on how the ...
Is AI lying? (And other reader questions, answered.)
For the last few years, we’ve been asking Future Perfect newsletter readers what their biggest questions are. And while we ...
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