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Robinhood has figured out how to monetize financial nihilism

And the financial system only has itself to thank

By Elizabeth Lopatto
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Focusing on personal responsibility still isn’t a good way to manage public health

By Nicole Wetsman

Why Epic is burning its own cash to cook Apple

By Elizabeth Lopatto
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The US declared war on TikTok because it can’t handle the truth

Chilling effect go brr

By Sarah Jeong
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What happens when you reach your limit online

By Monica Chin
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Letterheads: social media and the end of discourse

By Sarah Jeong
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This isn’t a COVID-19 wave — it’s a tsunami

By Mary Beth Griggs
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A rocket launch can’t unite us until the space world acknowledges our divisions

Spaceflight seems to exist in a bubble

By Loren Grush

A rocket launch can’t unite us until the space world acknowledges our divisions

By Loren Grush

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No one knows when the COVID-19 pandemic will end

We’ve got to be ready for the long haul

By Mary Beth Griggs

There’s no better time for cities to take space away from cars

By Andrew J. Hawkins
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Don’t bail out the cruise industry

By Sean O'Kane
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To improve the US coronavirus response, Donald Trump should resign

By Elizabeth Lopatto

It’s time for GM to abandon Trump’s auto emissions rollback

By Sean O'Kane
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After five years of Amazon’s Alexa, why isn’t it better?

By James Vincent
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Why Big Tobacco and Big Vape love comparing nicotine to caffeine

By Rachel Becker
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Online trolls are harassing a scientist who helped take the first picture of a black hole

By Mary Beth Griggs
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‘Selfie medicine’ might help people take their pills — at the cost of their privacy

By Angela Chen

‘Female Viagra’ is back and easily available online — which means it could be more harmful than ever

By Angela Chen

A short history of Scott Pruitt’s scandals from the big to the bizarre

By Alessandra Potenza
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Verily’s ‘exploding micro-needles’ are a fix for a problem that doesn’t exist

By Rachel Becker
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We can’t forget about mass transit when we talk about the ‘future of transportation’

By Sean O'Kane
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The FDA supports a cannabis-derived drug, but it’s still too hard to study pot

By Angela Chen

Why it can be okay to call it ‘marijuana’ instead of ‘cannabis’

By Angela Chen

If Facebook controls your mind, so do a lot of other tech companies

By Angela Chen

Scolding female scientists for embracing Instagram doesn’t solve the gender gap in STEM

By Angela Chen
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I got my iPhone’s battery replaced, and I’m angry Apple didn’t tell me to sooner

By James Vincent
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The FCC is having a terrible month, and consumers will pay the price

By Gigi Sohn
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It’s a dumb idea for the UK government to try and break encryption, but it’ll still try

By James Vincent
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If Saturday Night Live isn't going to take down Trump, what's the point of Saturday Night Live?

By Kaitlyn Tiffany
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What wireless earbuds will ruin about youth

By Kaitlyn Tiffany
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Why calling screen time 'digital heroin' is digital garbage

By Rachel Becker
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