“I’m disgusted to be a human”: What to do when you hate your own species
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s ...
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The surprisingly strong case for feeling great about your coffee habit
There are few news subjects more reliably depressing than nutritional science.A glance at the headlines will tell you that sugar ...
The old tech that could help stop the next airborne pandemic
It’s hard to imagine modern life without glycols. They are used in cosmetics, fog machines, and food. As you read ...
The backlash to Billie Eilish’s vegan comments explains a lot about the American left (and everyone else)
Last week, in a video interview with Elle magazine, the pop star Billie Eilish was asked the following question: “What’s ...
What’s more likely to be sentient: an ant or ChatGPT?
Sentience is hot these days. Partly because of the development of impressive new AI systems, everyone seems to be asking: ...
Some deaf children are hearing again because of a new gene therapy
In a lab room, a toddler, deaf from birth, sits while a tone plays. There’s no reaction. His face does ...
Renewable energy just broke a 100-year-old streak
For more than a century, the world has run on coal.When Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street electrical station in Lower Manhattan ...
How charities should handle the next Jeffrey Epstein
Not everybody acquiesced when Jeffrey Epstein came bearing gifts.Harvard University barred Epstein’s donations after he pleaded guilty to solicitation of ...
Why America’s HIV epidemic hasn’t ended
Brenton Williams finally felt he had the proper health insurance to ask his doctor about PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), a highly ...
The best thing you can do for the planet on Earth Day
It’s Earth Week, and these days, it’s become hard to know just what to do with this holiday. Is it ...
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