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The Hot New Luxury Good for the Rich: Air
“The wealthy have different houses, different cars, different lifestyles from the rest of us. These days, they also want to breathe different air.”
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A Knife Forged in Fire
“All of human history would thereby be embodied in a single work of art.”
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My Transplanted Heart and I Will Die Soon
“Today, I will explain to my healthy transplanted heart why, in what may be a matter of days or weeks at best, she — well, we — will die.”
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If A.I. Can Diagnose Patients, What Are Doctors For?
“Large language models are transforming medicine—but the technology comes with side effects.”
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The Feud Between a Weed Influencer and Scientist Over Puking Stoners
Regardless of certain recent viral tweets about “scromiting,” cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) is a very real thing. But figuring out the root cause of the unfortunate condition gets a lot harder when a prominent CHS sufferer (and, yes, “weed influencer”) decides to waylay a burgeoning scientific study. Another banger from Amanda Chicago Lewis, queen of […]
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Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation
“How bots, mercenaries, and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out.”
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When the Arctic Melts
“What the fate of Greenland means for the rest of the Earth.”
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The Hibernator’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Scientists are on the verge of figuring out how to put humans in a state of suspended animation. It could be the key to colonizing Mars.”
