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Breaking free of zero-sum thinking will make America a wealthier country
I live in New York City, which fashions itself as many things: the financial capital of the world, the media ...
The global decline in murder, explained in one chart
One source of good news — favored both by me and, apparently, venture capitalists — is what’s known as a ...
Despite Trump, international PhD enrollment in the US stayed steady
For most of the 20th century, the center of gravity in science was anywhere but the US. On the eve ...
Your washing machine is actually a time machine
If Good News had a patron saint, it would be the Swedish professor of global health Hans Rosling.Rosling, who died ...
The Ozempic effect is finally showing up in obesity data
For years, obesity rates in the US have gone in one direction: up. From the first year it was launched, ...
Cities are booming with bikes — and getting safer and cleaner
While walking my son to school a couple of weeks ago, I noticed something odd happening on Court Street, a ...
Why record harvests make famines far rarer — and what still holds us back
If you ever find yourself in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan, turn down Vesey Street toward North End Avenue. ...
US urban fire deaths have dropped sharply since 1980
My family lives in a heavily-trafficked part of Brooklyn, and most nights you’ll hear the occasional whine of fire engine ...
The accessibility revolution hiding in your AirPods
As a person firmly ensconced in middle age — 57 percent of the way through life, to be precise, if ...
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