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Saahil Desai
Polymarket Is Going to Get Someone Killed
War markets are a national-security threat.
9 mins
Katherine J. Wu
What Jay Bhattacharya Wants From the CDC
The agency has been remade in the Trump administration, but its acting head says it still needs “renewal.”
10 mins
Charlie Warzel
Looks Like We’ve Democratized Insider Trading
Polymarket and Kalshi promise the wisdom of the crowds. They deliver something very different.
11 mins
Benjamin Mazer
Talk to Your Doctor About Your Distrust of Public Health
The Trump administration wants Americans to have more conversations with their physicians. But it also can’t seem to stop disparaging the medical establishment.
10 mins
Andrew Moseman
Tesla’s Secret Weapon Is a Giant Metal Box
Elon Musk’s car company is quietly poised to power the AI boom.
7 mins
Joshua Partlow
California’s Deadliest Avalanche Turned on One Choice
Why did a group of 15 skiers take a risky route on a dangerous day?
17 mins
Matteo Wong
A Dire Warning From the Tech World
Dean Ball, Trump’s former AI adviser, says that the targeting of Anthropic is just one piece of a much larger political breakdown.
10 mins
Yasmin Tayag
The Last Days of Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
American restaurants are going all in on snacks.
9 mins
Ross Andersen
Inside Anthropic’s Killer-Robot Dispute With the Pentagon
New details on precisely where the lines were draw
6 mins
Harsha Thirumurthy
Four Conditions Make Cash Transfers Save Lives
The success of other countries shows how cash-transfer programs can work in the United States.
9 mins
Matteo Wong
What Happens to Anthropic Now?
The Trump administration is severing all ties with the “woke” AI firm.
9 mins
Kaitlyn Tiffany
Meta Says It Cares About Kids. New Documents Tell a Different Story.
For years, employees acknowledged a problem with potential child groomers, but prioritized growth over fixes.
15 mins
Tom Bartlett
MAHA, Subdued
The nominee for surgeon general kept her most eccentric wellness beliefs largely in check at her confirmation hearing.
7 mins
Ross Andersen
This Looks Like an Insider Bet on Aliens
Someone just put a lot of money on ET.
7 mins
Yasmin Tayag
Is It Aging, or Is it ADHD?
Middle-aged Americans are considering a new possible explanation for their slowing brain.
8 mins
Nancy Walecki
Sephora Tots Are Coming
Millennials created the wellness economy, and now it wants their children as customers.
9 mins
Tom Bartlett
Del Bigtree Wants His Kids to Get Polio
The longtime ally of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. isn’t just anti-vaccine. He’s pro-infection.
12 mins
Katherine J. Wu
Another Measles Death Is Coming
The number of measles cases in the U.S. is too high to avoid the disease’s worst outcomes for long.
8 mins
Matteo Wong
The Edge of Mathematics
Terence Tao, the legendary mathematician, explains the promise of generative AI.
