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Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water

By David Ferry
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A New Anonymous Phone Carrier Lets You Sign Up With Nothing but a Zip Code

By Andy Greenberg
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Want This Hearing Aid? Well, Who Do You Know?

By Steven Levy
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The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution

By Manisha Krishnan
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The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem

By Casey Johnston
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OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It

By Zoë Schiffer
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All of My Employees Are AI Agents, and So Are My Executives

By Evan Ratliff
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The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift

By Mary Roach
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Alex Karp Goes to War

By Steven Levy
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The Mathematician Who Tried to Convince the Catholic Church of Two Infinities

By Jason Socrates Bardi
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The Inside Story of How Gen Z Toppled Nepal’s Leader and Chose a New One on Discord

By Tulsi Rauniyar
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How KPop Demon Hunters Star EJAE Topped the Charts

By Manisha Krishnan
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The Cure

By Alex Mar
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Ed Zitron Gets Paid to Love AI. He Also Gets Paid to Hate AI

By Tommy Craggs
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The Future of AI Isn’t Just Slop

By Christopher Beam
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Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out

By Todd Feathers
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Why AI Breaks Bad

By Steven Levy
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Inside the Contentious World of Luigi Mangione Supporters

By Melkorka Licea
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A Journey Into the Heart of Labubu

By Zeyi Yang
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The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

By Laura Bullard
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How K-Pop Stans Set the Stage for the US TikTok Ban

By Emily Baker-White
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Tech Billionaires Already Captured the White House. They Still Want to Be Kings

By Vittoria Elliott
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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

By Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Vittoria Elliott, Makena Kelly, Kate Knibbs, David Gilbert, Molly Taft, Aarian Marshall, Paresh Dave, and Jake Lahut
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She Fought the Far Right Online for Years. Now She Wants to Do It in Congress

By Kate Knibbs
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