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Is there such a thing as too much fitness?

If 2025 proved one thing, it’s that Americans’ interest in maximal fitness is higher than ever.  Participation in running races broke records....

yesterday 7

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Hannah Seo

A world without flu is possible

Let’s start with the bad news. There’s a decent chance, perhaps as high as 11 percent if you’re unvaccinated, that some time over the course of...

yesterday 5

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Bryan Walsh

The Supreme Court is about to confront its most embarrassing decision

Judges rarely complain openly about the Supreme Court, for the same reason that most people do not publicly chastise their bosses. Attacking your...

yesterday 20

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Ian Millhiser

How to understand this hidden driver of the modern world

We have a choice. We could leave our goals and values fuzzy. We can value things like wisdom, communication, friendship, or community. These are...

yesterday 30

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Cthinguyen

The enormous stakes of Donald Trump’s fight with Jerome Powell

On Sunday night, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell gave a surprise video statement declaring he was under threat of criminal indictments, having...

yesterday 9

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Mike Konczal

The research on microplastics in our bodies is terrifying. It might also be wrong.

This story originally appeared in The Guardian as an exclusive and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. High-profile...

yesterday 2

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Damian Carrington

The Supreme Court seems poised to deliver another blow to trans rights

There was never much reason to hope that the Supreme Court, which heard two cases on Tuesday asking whether transgender women have a right to play...

yesterday 2

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Ian Millhiser

Trump vs. the Fed, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

previous day 8

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Cameron Peters

The Supreme Court made Trump’s attack on Jerome Powell possible

On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell revealed that the Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation into him,...

previous day 10

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Ian Millhiser

Trump’s war on the Federal Reserve heads to the Supreme Court next week

On Sunday evening, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell posted an unusual video message to the nation, revealing that the Trump administration opened...

previous day 2

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Ian Millhiser

The fiction at the heart of America’s political divide

America’s most impassioned Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much. Ask the inhabitants of Bluesky and Truth Social whether a fetus is a...

previous day 6

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Eric Levitz

Why is this flu season so bad?

If this cold and flu season seem especially sneezy-coughy-fevery to you, it is not your imagination. Flu is surging in 45 states and outpatient...

previous day 30

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Jonquilyn Hill

The violent “randomness” of ICE’s deportation campaign

As competing narratives and interpretations of viral videos muddy the investigations of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an Immigration...

previous day 10

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Christian Paz

You want a baby. Is it ethical to choose surrogacy?

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism —...

previous day 10

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Sigal Samuel

How America made it impossible to build

There’s a familiar mood in American life right now, a frustration that feels both personal and ambient. The bridge doesn’t get fixed. The train...

previous day 5

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Sean Illing

We’re probably going to learn to live with AI music

According to the French music streaming service Deezer, there are about 50,000 fully AI-generated songs uploaded to its platform every day. Many of...

sunday 10

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Danielle Hewitt

Airports and airlines have a fake service dog problem

This past month I, like many Americans, flew back home for the holidays. On the first leg of that trip, from New York to Los Angeles, a dog in a “...

sunday 60

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Alex Abad-Santos

Grok’s nonconsensual porn problem is part of a long, gross legacy

For the past few weeks, Elon Musk’s Grok AI bot has been generating pornographic images of women and underage girls, without their consent, at an...

10.01.2026 2

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Constance Grady

Imagine enjoying a customer service experience

The weirdest thing happened to me recently. I contacted a customer service department and enjoyed it. I sent an email, heard back promptly, and got...

10.01.2026 4

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Adam Clark Estes

How the US shut the door on asylum-seekers

When he first emerged on the political stage more than a decade ago, Donald Trump made closing America’s borders and remaking our immigration system...

10.01.2026 2

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Miles Bryan

Trump’s Greenland push, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news...

09.01.2026 10

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Cameron Peters

Is this time different in Iran?

On Thursday night, the Iran government cut off internet service and international calling in the country as anti-government protests broke out...

09.01.2026 3

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Joshua Keating