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Science
What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship.
Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly…
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Tech
Amazon Reports $143.3 Billion in Revenue for First Quarter of 2024
The company also reported that profit more than tripled, to $10.4 billion, topping Wall Street expectations.
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Opinion
This Is Peak College Admissions Insanity
Selective college admissions have been a vortex of anxiety and stress for what seems like forever, inducing panic in more…
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America
China’s Electric Cars Keep Improving, a Worry for Rivals Elsewhere
More capable autonomous driving is just one way Chinese automakers are threatening to pull ahead — their E.V.s are also…
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America
What is Mubi? A Streaming Alternative to Netflix, Hulu and More.
We highlight one of the lesser-known places to discover great movies.
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Opinion
Taylor Swift Needs to Become Other People
The biggest cultural news of the month is that a lot of people are kind of “meh” about Taylor Swift’s…
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Opinion
What Would the Economy Look Like Under a Second Trump Term?
Speculating about how the economy would perform under a second Donald Trump presidency normalizes the candidacy of a deeply flawed…
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Opinion
Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?
It’s unusual when you find a strong dose of pessimism about the future of technological progress highlighted by one of…
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America
What to Know About China’s Export Dominance
From cars to solar panels to furniture, China is using lavish bank lending and enormous investments in robotics to cement…
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America
On ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ Taylor Swift Could Use an Editor
Over 16 songs (and a second LP), the pop superstar litigates her recent romances. But the themes, and familiar sonic…