What’s more likely to be sentient: An ant or ChatGPT?
How to tell if something is sentient or conscious, from bugs to ChatGPT.
Do health influencers actually know what they’re talking about?
Instagram, TikTok and YouTube are filled with people promising to make you healthier. But many of them don’t actually have…
The climate crisis is coming for your groceries
Extreme heat is already wiping out soy, coffee, berries, and Christmas trees. Farm animals and humans are suffering too.
What would J.R.R. Tolkien think of Palantir?
How The Lord of the Rings lore helps explain the mysterious tech company.
What does the post-Voting Rights Act world look like?
Democrats will have to balance racial representation with political reality.
Why banning kids from AI isn’t the answer
Banning kids from using artificial intelligence isn’t the answer.
How worried should I be about hantavirus?
Several cases and deaths from the virus have occurred in the past two weeks and the MV Honius is heading…
Are far-right politics just the new normal?
Liberals are preparing for a longer war with right-wing populists than they once expected.
Why are states unleashing millions of these fish?
America’s fishing paradox.
Live Nation lost. Will anything change for ticket prices?
A jury ruled Live Nation and Ticketmaster a monopoly, but what that means for ticket prices is not so simple.