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Was the Automotive Era a Terrible Mistake?
For a century, we’ve loved our cars. They haven’t loved us back.
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The Hidden Costs of Automated Thinking
Overreliance on artificial intelligence may put us in intellectual debt.
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Cyber Weapons Are Changing the Landscape of Modern Warfare
How do you levy a threat when it’s not clear where an attack is coming from?
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The Promise of Mr. Trash Wheel
How Baltimore Harbor’s beloved trash collector inspired a global effort.
What New York City Misses by Not Doing Hearing Tests on Students
Misdiagnosed “temporary conditions” can have long-term educational impacts.
The Problem of Political Advertising on Social Media
When taken to task for spreading hateful, distorted, and false information, Mark Zuckerberg claims that the social network is a neutral platform, unmoored from the content it carries.
When the Government Seizes Your Embryos
In Poland, single women who have frozen embryos are now barred from accessing them.
Intelligent Ways to Search for Extraterrestrials
Is there a more rational way to scan the heavens for alien life?
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The Promise and Price of Cellular Therapies
New “living drugs”—made from a patient’s own cells—can cure once incurable cancers. But can we afford them?
Parenting by the Numbers
The economist Emily Oster challenges the conventional wisdom on child rearing.
The Fight for the Future of YouTube
The video giant’s recent travails underscore a basic question: How “neutral” should social-media platforms try to be?
The Causes and Consequences of Berlin’s Rapid Gentrification
The city’s reputation as a place where artists and creative types can afford to live as they please is eroding.
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Why a Psychiatrist Collected Premonitions
Sam Knight discusses his reporting on how a psychiatrist set out to collect the dreams and forebodings of the British public.