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How Factory Farming Ends
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The fight against the meat industry has been rocky. Can it be won?

By Marina Bolotnikova
How Factory Farming Ends
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The fight against the meat industry has been rocky. Can it be won?

By Marina Bolotnikova
How the most powerful environmental groups help greenwash Big Meat’s climate impactHow the most powerful environmental groups help greenwash Big Meat’s climate impact
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Organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund are laundering Big Meat’s propaganda. At what cost?

By Kenny Torrella
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This ancient disease still kills 1 million people every yearThis ancient disease still kills 1 million people every year
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A new generation of drugs promised salvation from hepatitis B and C. What went wrong?

By Dylan Scott
The staggering death toll of scientific liesThe staggering death toll of scientific lies
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Scientific fraud kills people. Should it be illegal?

By Kelsey Piper
How would we even know if AI went rogue?How would we even know if AI went rogue?
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An early warning system could help fix the dangerous information gap between Big Tech and the US.

By Jack Titus
Big Pharma claims lower prices will mean giving up miracle medications. Ignore them.Big Pharma claims lower prices will mean giving up miracle medications. Ignore them.
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The case against Medicare drug price negotiations doesn’t add up.

By Dylan Scott
The case of the nearly 7,000 missing pancreasesThe case of the nearly 7,000 missing pancreases
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Organ companies are getting up to pancreas hijinks.

By Dylan Matthews
People are falling in love with — and getting addicted to — AI voicesPeople are falling in love with — and getting addicted to — AI voices
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Even OpenAI warns that chatting with an AI voice can breed “emotional reliance.”

By Sigal Samuel
How AI’s booms and busts are a distractionHow AI’s booms and busts are a distraction
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However current companies do financially, the big AI safety challenges remain.

By Kelsey Piper
Antibiotics are failing. The US has a plan to launch a research renaissance.
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But there might be global consequences.

By Jess Craig
More than 4 billion people don’t have access to clean water at homeMore than 4 billion people don’t have access to clean water at home
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Researchers wildly underestimated how many people don’t have safe drinking water.

By Celia Ford
Mpox never stopped spreading in Africa. Now it’s an international public health emergency. Again.Mpox never stopped spreading in Africa. Now it’s an international public health emergency. Again.
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A first case outside of the continent has been detected in Sweden. What’s next?

By Jess Craig
The youth mental health crisis is hitting LGBTQ+ teens hardestThe youth mental health crisis is hitting LGBTQ+ teens hardest
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While better data is needed to understand just how wide the gap is, help doesn’t have to wait.

By Sam Delgado
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The former president says he’ll block funding for US schools that require vaccines.

By Dylan Scott
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The FDA rejected MDMA-assisted therapy, lengthening an already decades-long journey to medicalize the psychedelic.

By Haleema Shah
MDMA therapy didn’t get FDA approval. Now what?MDMA therapy didn’t get FDA approval. Now what?
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The end of psychedelic prohibition will have to wait a little while longer.

By Oshan Jarow
How the seasons screw with your moral compassHow the seasons screw with your moral compass
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Your morality isn’t as stable as you might think.

By Sigal Samuel
The only child stigma, debunked
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Being an only child doesn’t mess you up for life. We promise.

By Charley Locke
We have a drug that might delay menopause — and help us live longerWe have a drug that might delay menopause — and help us live longer
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Ovaries age faster than the rest of the body. Figuring out how to slow menopause might help all of us age better.

By Celia Ford
The animal rights movement was once locked in bitter debate. Now it’s getting things done.The animal rights movement was once locked in bitter debate. Now it’s getting things done.
Future Perfect

A short history of effective animal advocacy.

By Kelsey Piper
19th-century animal rights activists had a lot of moxie. Here’s how to get it back.
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The meat industry took away your food options and made activists the enemy. It doesn’t have to be that way.

By Crystal Heath
American government built the meat industry. Now can it build a better food system?
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The plant-based protein movement goes to Washington.

By Kenny Torrella
You’re wrong about PETA
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The nonprofit is a punchline. It’s also forced the world to face factory farming, animal cruelty, and our own hypocrisy.

By Jan Dutkiewicz
I’m a Black vegan. Why don’t you see more of us?
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People of color are more likely to be vegan. But the animal rights movement still has a white face.

By Noella Williams
Vegans are radical. That’s why we need them.
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Vegans are the dissenters in society’s war on animals.

By Jishnu Guha-Majumdar
Humanity is failing one of its greatest moral tests
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The long, maddening, glorious, vital fight against factory farming.

By Marina Bolotnikova
If the left is serious about saving democracy, there’s one more cause to add to the list
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Animal rights must become a core issue for progressives.

By Astra Taylor and Sunaura Taylor
Ditching factory farming can help prevent another pandemic
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The neglected environmental and health benefits of fighting Big Meat — for humans.

By Jonathan Safran Foer and Aaron Gross
Is there an AI bubble — and is it about to pop?Is there an AI bubble — and is it about to pop?
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The bill may be coming due for Silicon Valley’s huge investment in AI.

By Bryan Walsh
What AI in music can — and can’t — do
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Music production is getting easier. Does that make it better?

By Adam Clair
It’s practically impossible to run a big AI company ethicallyIt’s practically impossible to run a big AI company ethically
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Anthropic was supposed to be the good guy. It can’t be — unless government changes the incentives in the industry.

By Sigal Samuel
These reviled birds of prey literally save people’s livesThese reviled birds of prey literally save people’s lives
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When vultures died off in India, people died too.

By Dylan Scott
Africa is beating HIV. But the rest of the world is falling behind.Africa is beating HIV. But the rest of the world is falling behind.
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Now isn’t the time to stop funding key public health programs.

By Jess Craig
Do bigger highways actually help reduce traffic?Do bigger highways actually help reduce traffic?
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How America’s ever-widening highways are built on a lie.

By David Zipper
Warren Buffett’s breakup with the Gates Foundation will hurt the worldWarren Buffett’s breakup with the Gates Foundation will hurt the world
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Buffett’s decision to put his money into a foundation controlled by his kids is a mistake.

By Kelsey Piper
The most promising way to understand how AI works is by understanding the brainThe most promising way to understand how AI works is by understanding the brain
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We know how to build AI models, but not why they work. Neuroscience could be the key.

By Celia Ford
The billionaire tax proposal that’s driving Silicon Valley to support TrumpThe billionaire tax proposal that’s driving Silicon Valley to support Trump
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No, it isn’t a devious Democratic plan to destroy startups.

By Dylan Matthews
The bird flu doom loopThe bird flu doom loop
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Is bird flu here to stay?

By Kenny Torrella
It shouldn’t be so hard to live near your friends
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Americans are more socially isolated than ever. Here’s how we can reconnect.

By Zoë Bernard
Artificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic incomeArtificial intelligence isn’t a good argument for basic income
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A major study backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman shows unconditional cash has benefits that have nothing to do with AI.

By Oshan Jarow
How should we sell psychedelics?How should we sell psychedelics?
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A new report outlines policy options for who gets to sell psychedelics, and who gets to buy them.

By Oshan Jarow
Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.
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You have the right to opt out of facial recognition tech. Here’s how.

By Sigal Samuel